
Uncomfortable
The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community
Brett Mccracken(Author)
Crossway Books (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4335-5425-4 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2018 ECPA Book of the Year for Christian Living
Does your church make you uncomfortable?
It's easy to dream about the "perfect" church-a church that sings just the right songs set to just the right music before the pastor preaches just the right sermon to a room filled with just the right mix of people who happen to agree with you on just about everything.
Chances are your church doesn't quite look like that. But what if instead of searching for a church that makes us comfortable, we learned to love our church, even when it's challenging? What if some of the discomfort that we often experience is actually good for us?
This book is a call to embrace the uncomfortable aspects of Christian community, whether that means believing difficult truths, pursuing difficult holiness, or loving difficult people-all for the sake of the gospel, God's glory, and our joy.
Does your church make you uncomfortable?
It's easy to dream about the "perfect" church-a church that sings just the right songs set to just the right music before the pastor preaches just the right sermon to a room filled with just the right mix of people who happen to agree with you on just about everything.
Chances are your church doesn't quite look like that. But what if instead of searching for a church that makes us comfortable, we learned to love our church, even when it's challenging? What if some of the discomfort that we often experience is actually good for us?
This book is a call to embrace the uncomfortable aspects of Christian community, whether that means believing difficult truths, pursuing difficult holiness, or loving difficult people-all for the sake of the gospel, God's glory, and our joy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wheaton, IL
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 140 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4335-5425-4 (9781433554254)
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Brett McCracken is a senior editor for the Gospel Coalition and the author of The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World and Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community. He lives with his family in Southern California.
Content
Foreword by Russell Moore
Introduction: My Dream Church
Part 1: Uncomfortable Faith
Embrace the Discomfort
The Uncomfortable Cross
Uncomfortable Holiness
Uncomfortable Truths
Uncomfortable Love
Uncomfortable Comforter
Uncomfortable Mission
Part 2: Uncomfortable Church
Uncomfortable People
Uncomfortable Diversity
Uncomfortable Worship
Uncomfortable Authority
Uncomfortable Unity
Uncomfortable Commitment
Countercultural Comfort
Acknowledgments
Notes
General Index
Scripture Index
Introduction: My Dream Church
Part 1: Uncomfortable Faith
Embrace the Discomfort
The Uncomfortable Cross
Uncomfortable Holiness
Uncomfortable Truths
Uncomfortable Love
Uncomfortable Comforter
Uncomfortable Mission
Part 2: Uncomfortable Church
Uncomfortable People
Uncomfortable Diversity
Uncomfortable Worship
Uncomfortable Authority
Uncomfortable Unity
Uncomfortable Commitment
Countercultural Comfort
Acknowledgments
Notes
General Index
Scripture Index