Michael L. Brown - Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message

You need to meet a good friend of mine was a memorable request from evangelist Leonard Ravenhill many years ago. I had learned that it was rare for Leonard to endorse anyone. Follow-up came quickly, and soon his friend Mike Brown and I became the best of friends.

The depth of our relationship was enriched by spending years together in the trenches of the Brownsville Revival. We worked as a team. I gave the altar calls, and Dr. Brown did everything he could to enlist the new young warriors into Bible school. His and the other leaders efforts paid off, as we saw thousands discipled and launched out into the whitened harvest fields. Now, years later, we remain solid friends and continue fighting side by side for the souls of men.

It is my privilege to recommend Mikes book on true, undefiled grace. His writing is of the highest quality. He is a master at defending the truth.

You, the reader, are the deciding jury. Dr. Brown is the attorney, and this book is his captivating argument. When the last word is read the verdict will be clear: Gods grace will have been defined and defended.

Now, let peace reign in your heart on this most precious virtue of our loving Savior.

S TEVE H ILL
Evangelist and Author of Spiritual Avalanche

We are living in a crucial hour when deception is sweeping into the church through a distorted grace message that is quickly growing in popularity. Im so thankful for leaders like Michael Brown who are boldly standing up for the glorious truth of the biblical grace message. Michael is a trusted scholar who writes with a voice of loving correction rather than criticism or condemnation. He rightly divides the Scriptures to shed light on the errors of the distorted grace teaching and bring us back to a place of balance and true liberty. I encourage everyone to read Hyper-Grace and apply its truths to your lives and share it with as many as you know.

M IKE B ICKLE
Founder of IHOP-KC

Gods amazing grace is both amazing and gracious, and we can all thank Him for that. But Dr. Michael Brown believes that as recipients of Gods good grace, it behooves us to come to terms with what Scripture reveals about the essence and substance of our amazing grace, and to offer a corrective to those who misrepresent and cheapen it. This book is a must-read.

D R. J EFFREY L. S EIF
Distinguished Professor of Bible and Jewish Studies,
Kings University

Dr. Michael Brown is one of the key voices today on the issues that face the church and the issues that face the society as a whole. His response to the loss of standards in the church fostered by hyper-grace (nonbiblical view of grace) teaching is a powerful statement. The whole meaning of salvation is at stake. As usual, Dr. Browns prose is passionate, powerful, and persuasive with a masterful use of the biblical text.

D R. D ANIEL J USTER
Director of Tikkun International

MICHAEL L. BROWN, PhD

HYPER-GRACE

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H YPER -G RACE by Michael L. Brown, PhD
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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked AMP are from the Amplified Bible. Old Testament copyright 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament copyright 1954, 1958, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked CJB are from the Complete Jewish Bible, copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Authors Note: All italics in Scripture quotations reflect the authors emphasis with the exception of quotations from the Complete Jewish Bible ( CJB ), which italicizes Hebrew terms.

Quotes taken from The Naked Gospel by Andrew Farley, copyright 2009 by Andrew Farley, are used by permission of Zondervan. www.zondervan.com

Quotes taken from 52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday , copyright 2011 by Steve McVey, published by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon 97402, www.harvesthousepublishers.com , are used by permission.

Copyright 2014 by Michael L. Brown, PhD
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brown, Michael L., 1955-
Hyper-grace / Michael Brown. -- First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-62136-589-1 (trade paper) -- ISBN 978-1-62136-590-7 (ebook)
1. Grace (Theology) I. Title.
BT761.3.B75 2014
234--dc23

2013037431

While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors or for changes that occur after publication.

CONTENTS

I N HIS BOOK Whats So Amazing About Grace? author Philip Yancey relates a story about the significance of grace. He writes:

It is out of both love and jealousy for Gods grace that I have written this book. Like many of you reading these pages, I have seen the destructive effects of legalism, which I define as externally imposed religion, specifically, rules without relationship, standards without a Savior, and laws without love. And I have experienced and seen the glorious, liberating impact of grace. In fact, I cant imagine living outside of Gods grace even for a minute, and I would never write anything that would minimize grace or take it for granted.