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Bezig met laden... The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earthdoor Ted Dekker
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  ChelseaVK | Dec 10, 2021 |    ) highlander6022 | Mar 16, 2016 | I picked up “The Slumber of Christianity” simply because it had Dekker’s name on it. I’m a fan of his and was curious whether his non-fictional work could be as well put together as his fictional works. I loved it. The book awakened my need to pursue the “prize” as the Apostle Paul puts it. Dekker points out that a majority of Christians lives day-to-day without thinking much, if at all, of the heavenly reward we are supposedly pursuing with our Christ-like walk. This read is already being worked into an upcoming message that I will be preaching. (  ) navets | Jan 2, 2009 | ) davidleeking | Nov 18, 2005 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
As believers, our walk with God is motivated by hope-not the bland, vague notion most people have, but the expectation of an exotic, pleasurable inheritance that guides us and fires our passion...or, at least, should. Ted Dekker has written an exposé on the death of pleasure within the Church. Because many of us have set aside hope and the inspired imagination that drives it, Dekker says we have been lulled into a slumber of boredom, even despondency. Our faith wanes, the joy at having been liberated fades, and we feel powerless. The Slumber of Christianity explores what robs us of happiness and how we can rediscover it and live lives that rekindle hope. The pursuit of pleasure is a gift to all humans-a function of the Creator himself, who is bent upon our happiness. It's time for Christians to reclaim our inheritance of pleasure. The Slumber of Christianity will inflame hearts toward full-fledged, mind-expanding encounters with hope, through the imagination. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)243Religions Christian Devotional Literature and Practical Theology Conversion + Evangelistic workLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.85)
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I really struggled with this book. There is a bit of truth to what Dekker is saying, but there were too many things going wrong that I just had to stop.
1. There were a number of times I felt he was not using scripture well (taking it out of context or reading into it what he wanted).
2. He lumps the majority of Christians world wide into this "slumber" with no consideration that it may be a majority of the Christians in the western world, but doesn't take into account the growing and thriving "church" in the rest of the world (in particular in the countries where Christians are under serious persecution).
3. I felt that he rambled quite a bit and made it even more confusing than it needed to be. He could have condensed things and been so much clearer, and that would have helped.
Perhaps there are some good things to be gotten further into the book, but for me it isn't worth slogging through the rest.
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