In Search of Deep Faith: A Pilgrimage into the Beauty, Goodness and Heart of Christianity
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (713 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0830837744 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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We are on a journey to do the same, and this book is a welcome companion for the way." (Steve McKoy, The Gospel Coalition Book Reviews, February 2014, thegospelcoalition/book-reviews)"In Search of Deep Faith creates a love for courageous Christians of history, connects these discoveries to the challenges of today's world, and charts a course through the European continent that I would love to trek." (Paul Atwater, "The 2014 Leadership Book Awards," Leadership Journal, Winter 2014)"In his new book, Belcher expands upon the idea of deep church, investigating the sources of modern doubt and skepticism and sharing examples of Christian witness. That combination might sound strange, but it totally works, allowing us to view historical authors, theologians, artists and dissidents through the eyes of the author and his family, and to reflect on theological anchor points as if we were traveling with them." (Mark
Jim Belcher (PhD, Georgetown) is President of Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California and former associate professor of practical theology at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is the author of the award-winning book Deep Church.. He is the founding and former lead pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Newport Beach, California, where he served from
In Search of Deep Faith is the record of this pilgrimage, an unfolding drama marked by suspense and intrigue. And as the pilgrimage unfolded, day by day, month by month, what we learned and experienced over the year would startle us and surprise us and change us forever. What if we traveled on a pilgrimage for a year to England and Europe, and studied and experienced the biographies and places of some of the great heroes of the faith—people like C.S Lewis, Sheldon Vanauken, William Wilberforce, Corrie ten Boom, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maria Von Trapp. These three ideas became our inspiration, shaping the themes we pursued, revealing the heroes we studi
"My Favorite Kind Of Book" according to Matthew B. Redmond. There are some books that stay with you. They don't leave. The stories are too vivid. The subject matter so relevant. Or the writing hooks you in. They are the books you think about long after you finished reading. You may not have expected that to be the case while you were reading the book. But it happened, again and again.And the best books take you to other books. They give you an itch that needs to be scratched. They take you on journeys to distant lands and into the lives of those who have gone on ahead of you. They make you. Kara E. Powell said Will leave you thinking and wanting to change. "The first chapter was my favorite--until I read the second. The second chapter was my favorite--until I read the third. Chapter by chapter, Jim takes you and your family on a practical theology pilgrimage through Europe that will expand your vision for Christ-centered living. You'll be thinking about it and talking about it long after you finish the final page.". Good book, not really my style. J. Remington Bowling This is a family-travelog/spiritual-biography-of-some-of-the-author's-heros-of-the-faith book. The author and his family take a year-long trip through Europe in order to spiritually recuperate. They travel to different locations that are related to people who had a deep faith (or can teach us something about a deep faith). Each chapter contains a story about the family's travel experience interspersed with spiritual biographical material on a particular person (Lewis, Bonhoeffer, Maria von Trapp, etc.). Each chapter also has a spi