The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
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.
Top Highlights
“Now let’s define imagination again: An imagination is the God-breathed ability to consider something not perceived by our senses in the immediate reality.” (source)
“Have you ever wondered what happened to the dream that once urged you forward without regard for how difficult the path might become?” (source)
“We have fallen asleep to any tangible hope for the bliss of the afterlife and embraced earthly pleasure as a substitute.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
- Author: Dekker, Ted
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2005
- ISBN: 9781418513887
Ted Dekker is a New York Times best-selling Christian author best known for mystery and thriller novels, though he has also made a name for himself among fantasy fans. Early in his career he wrote a number of books with Christian themes that would best be categorized as Religious thrillers. His later works are a mix of mainstream novels such as Thr3e, Obsessed, Skin, Adam, and BoneMan’s Daughters; and fantasy thrillers that metaphorically explore redemptive history.