Clark Whitten - Pure Grace: The Life Changing Power of Uncontaiminated Grace

Copyright 2012Clark Whitten

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To Martha, my beloved wife and partner on the journey of discovering this great truth. Your life looks a lot like His to me.

To Grace Church, my family of faith, without whom this book might never have been. Your hunger for truth inspires me, and your unabashed support humbles me.

My first acknowledgment is to my friend, James Barron. Thank you, my dear brother, for all you have taught me about the finished work of Christ and for your relentless resistance to legalism in all its forms. You are a hero to all of us at Grace Church and to many more in the Body of Christ at large.

To my spiritual father, Jack Taylor. Thank you for your encouragement to write what you saw as an important addition to what has already been said. I love you, Pop!

To Don Milam at Destiny Image, thanks for taking a chance on a first-time author and for encouraging me to finish what I had begun.

To Mark and Amadita Stone, thank you seems inadequate for your generosity and unfailing support. Your help was more important than you know.

To all my ministry buds out there who challenged and encouraged meDavid Smith, Robert Morris, Tom Lane, David Loveless, Wayne Drain, Jimmy Evans, Ed Ivie, Brady Boyd, Alan Chambers, Bo Williams, Dudley Hall, and James Robison.

Last but certainly not least, to my dear family who inspired me daily to put into print what they heard me say. Thank you, dear ones, for believing in me. Without you, there would be no Grace Church and probably no book! I love you beyond wordsMartha, Wendy and Joey, Abby and Heath, John and Valli, Clark, Luke, John, and Shelby.

Pastor Clark Whitten writes from a depth of experience, strong scholarship and prophetic revelation about Grace. This book is simply profound. Clark looks at the profound implications of Gods grace in a simple, down to earth way. These pages are both challenging and understandable. I dont know anyone who would say they truly understand the vastness of Gods grace. Clark gets as close as Ive seen.

E. Wayne Drain
Senior Pastor, Fellowship of Christians

Nothing has transformed every part of who I am and what I do like grace. One man has helped me understand it in a way that has made a profound difference altering the course of my life, my walk with Christ and my ministry: Clark Whitten. Everything he has taught me over the last 16 years is now in this incredible book, Pure Grace . Im begging you to read it, apply it and live it. It will make all the difference in the world. To say that I recommend it is the understatement of the century.

Alan Chambers
President, Exodus International

Years ago I heard Clark Whitten preach on grace and I knew that he was a man in the grip of one great truth. His call to pure grace is a refreshing and much-needed immersion in a healing stream. Grace unalloyed by all that legalists might wish to add to it, grace as pure as the very nature of God, thats the grace I need and thats Whittens message.

Dr. Mark Rutland
President, Oral Roberts University

The first time I heard Clark teach on grace, everything within me thought, This is too good to be true! But it is true! And receiving the truth about grace has produced more love, joy, peace, righteousness, and faith in my life than anything else. The greatest burden I carry as a pastor and an author is to help people understand how good grace really is. Clark Whitten is the best teacher I have ever heard on the subject of Pure Grace. This is truly a book that will change your life, guaranteed!

Robert Morris
Senior Pastor, Gateway Church - Southlake, Texas
Author of The Blessed Life

Clark Whitten understands gracea foreign concept among many believers today. Grace is not works, but it certainly works the very life and transforming power of God into our lives. The church needs to recognize the need to walk in this power. Once we grasp the true meaning of grace, well live not as orphans, but as children of God.

James Robison
Founder, LIFE Outreach International
Fort Worth, Texas

If youre like me, there are few things I can remember that people said more than 20 years ago, unless it was life defining. But more than 20 years ago, while listening to Clark Whitten teach on grace he said these words: Most people know how to be good DOERS but few people have learned to be good RECEIVERS. Those words punctured my performance driven heart, and became a divine magnet that God has used to draw me to Himself in life-changing ways. When I heard that Clark was putting in writing the biblical grace concepts that Ive heard him share, and watched him live, I was extremely excited for you, the reader. If you need a fresh drink of living water from a very deep well that will last beyond a lifetime, then read this book. As you learn to DO LESS and RECEIVE MORE, few things will revolutionize you more.

David Loveless
Lead Pastor, Discovery Church
Orlando, Florida

Clark Whitten has taught me more about grace than any other person. I was sitting in a crowd listening to him at a mens retreat in Colorado when God wrecked my heart. I hope this book does the same for you.

Brady Boyd
Pastor, New Life Church
Author of Fear No Evil

One of the greatest gifts God has ever given to me is my friendship with Clark Whitten. Without a doubt, he is the greatest authority on the subject of grace I know. Over the past 28 years of our friendship I have heard Clark preach many sermons on grace. It has set me free and allowed me to understand and experience God in new and greater ways. Pure Grace is one of the best books I have ever read. I couldnt put it down! Reading this book will change your life. You will never be the same.

Jimmy Evans
Founder and CEO, Marriage Today
Senior Pastor, Trinity Fellowship Church

I am thrilled with the publishing of Clark Whittens Pure Grace. This has been the core of Clarks message for a long time. It is not some novel interpretation he has recently discovered. He has lived it, as well as proclaimed it, for many years. I agree with him that the contemporary gospel being promoted is a pale mixture of law and grace. It does not honor the God of grace nor transform those who embrace it. It produces a religious facade that makes followers sad and detractors mad. I pray that many will read