What the world calls courage is false hope in human devices. What the world calls false hope is belief in God with the will, by the gift of faith, to act upon what cannot be seen.
Three reasons readers read Deborah's books.
Deborah writes with conviction because hope is not wishful thinking. Hope for this world and the next is certain, and rooted in the unchanging character and communication of the one, true God. Her books name difficult things clearly and point readers toward the only foundation that holds, Christ.
Readers encounter uncomfortable truths because Deborah never confuses grace with softness. Her writing is tender and unflinching in equal measure — meeting people in their struggle, as she was met in hers — walking them toward Christ.
Deb's books issue a clarion call to obedient service, to deeper love and trust, to embrace the fullness of grace in unadulterated truth, and to unravel the fear that binds and limits us. She unsettles, nudges, stretches, and challenges the reader — but always toward rest in Christ.
Deborah takes to task the calcified conditions of human-centered philosophies while leaving the reader with a thoroughly biblical approach.
Dr. Mark Eckel
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Deborah Byker-Benson
Author & Sinner Saved by Grace
The wise and foolish, arrogant and humble,
pleasing and repugnant, young and old,
elect and reprobate —
I've met some of all on a glorious learning journey,
with Word and Spirit as guide.
As author I acknowledge all of you,
because on this thorny path, perfectly designed by God,
I haven't endured one prick too many,
nor enjoyed one salve too few.
Deborah writes as one who has walked the thorny path — not above it. Every sin she names in her writing is one she is guilty of. That is truth. Every blessing she points toward is one she has received through the finished work of Christ. That is grace.
Her books are not written from a place of arrival, but of honest, ongoing pilgrimage — guided by the Word and the Spirit, shaped by every encounter God has appointed along the way.