Faith Without Illusions: Following Jesus as a Cynic-Saint

by Andrew Byers

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830836187
• ISBN13: 9780830836185
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: IVP Books
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"