Thirsting For Authenticity: Calling the Church to Robust Christianity

By Dr. Douglas R. McLachlan

Evidence abounds that our culture is unraveling at the seams. Is it possible that the body of Christ bears at least a part of the responsibility for this reality. Studies have shown that there is a significant disparity between what Christians profess to believe from Scripture and how they actually practice that belief in daily life. This kind of indifference to truth inside the body of Christ accounts at least in part for the fact that the culture has become morally desensitized. Jesus called His followers to be "salt and light" (Matthew 5:13-16). If the salt loses its salinity and the light loses its clarity, the inevitable result will be the growth of cultural decadence and darkness. Thirsting for Authenticity is a challenge to the twenty-first-century body of Christ to exhibit the same level of commitment to radical dedication and sacrificial mission that was the hallmark of the first-century church.This book unfolds in three sections: First, Resetting our Rudder in a Postmodern World, focusing on the collapse of the cosmos, the condition of the church, and the consecration of the church. Second, Reaffirming the Essentials at the Center, highlighting the Centrality of Christ, Scripture, the Cross, the Gospel, the Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Glory of God. Third, Recovering our Spiritual Vitality, dealing with two superlatives: the magnificent obsession of an authentic Christian servant; and the quintessential shape of authentic Christian service. The overwhelming motivation for all of this is the hope that thirsting for such authenticity might precipitate a restoration of the Church to the robust Christianity and redemptive ministry with which it began two millennia ago.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530867932
• ISBN13: 9781530867936
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"