Faith Without Illusions

Following Jesus as a Cynic-Saint

By Andrew Byers

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: Likewise
Length: 224 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: March 2011

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3618-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3618-5
IVP Order Code: 3618

Related Subjects

Cultural Analysis
Discipleship

Call it burnout. Call it enlightenment. Call it whatever you like--it's plaguing the contemporary church. Andrew Byers calls it cynicism--the state we all too easily arrive at after passing through disillusionment. Too many saints in the making are having their wings clipped in this painful process.

But wait--there's hope. Disillusionment is, at its heart, the dispersal of illusions, pointing us toward what's really real--a great cloud of hopeful realists who have gone before us and welcome us into their number. There is a way beyond cynicism, and if we follow Jesus through it, we'll find faith and life at their fullest.