The Grace and Truth Paradox: Responding with Christlike Balance
Author: Randy Alcorn

(publisher’s overview)
Christians trying to model their lives after Jesus may find that He gets buried under lists, rules, and formulas. Author Randy Alcorn offers a simple two-point checklist for Christlikeness based on John 1:14. The test consists of balancing grace and truth, equally and unapologetically. Grace without truth deceives people, and ceases to be grace. Truth without grace crushes people, and ceases to be truth. Alcorn shows the reader how to show the world Jesus—offering grace instead of the world’s apathy and tolerance, offering truth instead of the world’s relativism and deception.

About the Author
Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching biblical truth and drawing attention to the needy and how to help them. Before starting EPM in 1990, Randy co-pastored for thirteen years at Good Shepherd Community Church outside Gresham, Oregon. He has ministered in many countries, including China, and is a popular teacher and conference speaker. Randy has taught on the part-time faculties of Western Seminary and Multnomah University, both in Portland, Oregon.

The author of several books, he also produces the quarterly issues-oriented magazine Eternal Perspectives, and has been a guest on more than 600 radio and television programs including Focus on the Family, Family Life Today, and Revive Our Hearts.

Randy resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci, and their Dalmatian, Moses. The Alcorns have two married daughters, Karina and Angela.