Zondervan Publishers have released one book in two different formats. Actually, a lot of different formats. There’s the standard hardcover, softcover, audio CD, audio tape, study guide, etc. But they’ve also released a “visual edition” that is an abridged version of the original text with strong graphic design elements that complement and clarify the text. The visual edition is intended for a postmodern audience - generally in their 20s or younger (I guess now that I’m 30 I need to start saying “early 30s or younger” to talk about young people).

What’s so Amazing about Grace? Standard Edition
What’s so Amazing about Grace? Visual Edition

The core of the book is basically this: “Not long ago I received in the mail a postcard from a friend that had on it only six words, “I am the one Jesus loves.” I smiled when I saw the return address, for my strange friend excels at these pious slogans. When I called him, though, he told me the slogan came from the author and speaker Brennan Manning. At a seminar, Manning referred to Jesus’ closest friend on earth, the disciple named John, identified in the Gospels as “the one Jesus loved.” Manning said, “If John were to be asked, ‘What is your primary identity in life?’ he would not reply, ‘I am a disciple, an apostle, an evangelist, an author of one of the four Gospels,’ but rather, ‘I am the one Jesus loves.’ ” What would it mean, I ask myself, if I too came to the place where I saw my primary identity in life as “the one Jesus loves”? How differently would I view myself at the end of the day?”