Your God is Too Safe

by Buchanan, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781576737743
• ISBN10: 1576737748
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-02-05
• Publisher: Multnomah

Summary

Here's a thoughtful, probing exploration of why Christians get stuck in the place of complacency, dryness, and tedium -- and how to move on to new levels of spiritual passion! Buchanan shows how the majority of Christians begin their spiritual journey with excitement and enthusiasm -- only to get bogged down in a "borderland" -- an in-between space beyond the "old life" but short of the abundant, adventurous existence promised by Jesus. Citing Jonah, he examines the problem of "borderland living" -- where doubt, disappointment, guilt, and wonderlessness keep people in a quagmire of mediocrity -- then offers solutions ... effective ways to get unstuck and move into a bold, unpredictable, exhilarating walk with Christ. Inspired writing! Clear, stylish typeset, with user-friendly links to referenced Scripture.

Author Biography

Mark Buchanan is a pastor and freelance writer/editor who lives with his wife, Cheryl, and three children on the west coast of Canada. Educated at the University of British Columbia and Regent University, he has been published in numerous periodicals, including Christianity Today and Books and Culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword	6	(3)
Eugene H. Peterson
Introduction: I've Tried It, and It Don't Work	9	(10)
Part One: Life in Borderland
The Refuge of the Stuck	19	(9)
The God Who's Not Safe	28	(8)
Counting Dead Fish	36	(8)
Another Sign of Jonah	44	(8)
Whatever Happened to Wonder?	52	(9)
Seeing Is Not Believing	61	(11)
Wrestling toward Surrender	72	(8)
The Right Thing in a Wrong World	80	(12)
Saint Pride	92	(6)
Holding on to a Holy Must	98	(10)
The Ethics of a Dangerous Faith	108	(7)
Leaving Borderland	115	(10)
Part Two: Life in The Holy Wild
The Place of Holy Habits	125	(13)
Invoking His Presence by Yours	138	(15)
The Wounds We Share	153	(10)
The Good Confession	163	(12)
Leave Yourself Alone	175	(11)
Go Fast and Live	186	(12)
The Honeysuckle Bible	198	(10)
The Five Hundred Christs of Tzouhalem	208	(10)
Perfume and Bombs	218	(18)
Let's Party	236	(11)
Epilogue: Rise and Go	247	(5)
Notes	252	(3)
Acknowledgments	255