Download or read book Grace in a Tree Stump written by J. Ellsworth Kalas and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians often assume too sharp a distinction between the Old and New Testaments, argues preacher, author, and teacher J. Ellsworth Kalas. They are too quick to view the Old Testament as a strict book of laws and commandments and the New Testament as a witness to grace. The God of the Old Testament is misperceived as a God of wrath and judgment, while the God of the New Testament is viewed as a God of love and mercy.