9781984822512-1984822519-Saving God from Religion: A Minister's Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age

Saving God from Religion: A Minister's Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age

ISBN-13: 9781984822512
ISBN-10: 1984822519
Author: Robin R. Meyers
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781984822512
ISBN-10: 1984822519
Author: Robin R. Meyers
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover 240 pages

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Saving God from Religion: A Minister's Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age (ISBN-13: 9781984822512 and ISBN-10: 1984822519), written by authors Robin R. Meyers, was published by Convergent Books in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Christian Living (Ministry & Evangelism, Christian Books & Bibles, Religious, Leaders & Notable People) books. You can easily purchase or rent Saving God from Religion: A Minister's Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Christian Living books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.7.

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A revelatory manifesto on how we can reclaim faith from abstract doctrines and rigid morals to find God in the joys and ambiguities of everyday life, from the acclaimed author of Saving Jesus from the Church

“In this book of stories from four decades of ministry, Meyers powerfully captures what it means to believe in a God who’s revealed not in creeds or morals but in the struggles and beauty of our ordinary lives.”—Richard Rohr, bestselling author of The Universal Christ

People across the theological and political spectrum are struggling with what it means to say that they believe in God. For centuries, Christians have seen him as a deity who shows favor to some and dispenses punishment to others according to right belief and correct behavior. But this transactional approach to a God “up there”—famously depicted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel—no longer works, if it ever did, leaving an increasing number of Christians upset, disappointed, and heading for the exits.

In this groundbreaking, inspiring book, Robin R. Meyers, the senior minister of Oklahoma City’s Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ, shows how readers can move from a theology of obedience to one of consequence. He argues that we need to stop seeing our actions as a means for pleasing a distant God and rediscover how God has empowered us to care for ourselves and the world. Drawing on stories from his decades of active ministry, Meyers captures how the struggles of ordinary people hint at how we can approach faith as a radical act of trust in a God who is all around us, even in our doubts and the moments of life we fear the most.
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