{"product_id":"faith-among-the-faithless-learning-from-esther-how-to-live-in-a-world-gone-mad-488579","title":"Faith Among the Faithless: Learning From Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad","description":"*\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2018 TGC Book Award for Popular Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e*  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"It's a brave new world in the late-modern West. Not too long ago, being a churchgoing person was an asset on a social resume; today it's increasingly a liability. This isn't entirely bad, of course; nominal Christianity has wreaked untold havoc in the church, and its death is long overdue. Nevertheless, we face serious challenges to gospel faithfulness that demand fresh wisdom and courage. *Faith Among the Faithless* is medicine for the moment. Writing with trenchant insight in a breezy style, Cosper unfolds the story of Esther with exegetical rigor, cultural analysis, and pointed application. From beginning to end, he sounds the right notes. Here's one example: \"Cultural assimilation is a failure of nerve, and cultural isolation is a failure of heart. The former fails to resist; the latter fails to love\" (43). Amen.\"  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e- Ivan Mesa, https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/2018-tgc-book-awards\/ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Acclaimed writer and pastor Mike Cosper provides Christians with a surprising guide for living in a secular culture by looking at the story of Esther--a tale of evil, awakened faith, and hope of good in a world where God seems absent.**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How can Christianity survive in a secular world? How can Christians live without compromise in an increasingly hostile society? And what if we have already been shaped by the culture around us in harmful, soul-destroying ways?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *Faith Among the Faithless* provides answers by drawing parallels between our world and the story of Esther. Far from the gentle cartoon stories we heard in Sunday school, the book of Esther is a brutal tale of people assimilated into a pluralistic, pagan society who discover its murderous underbelly and turn to God in a moment of courage and crisis. A story of sex, ego, and revenge, the book of Esther reveals a world where God seems absent from everyday life--a world not unlike our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *Faith Among the Faithless* helps readers see themselves in the very human character of Esther, discovering that like her we have an enemy who plots against us. A call to spiritual awakening and to faith and courage in an age of malaise and apathy, *Faith Among the Faithless* is an invitation to remembrance and presence, knowing that in our dark times God may be hidden, but he is never absent.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51563678466335,"sku":"9780718097479","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780718097479_1349235.jpg?v=1769179447","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/faith-among-the-faithless-learning-from-esther-how-to-live-in-a-world-gone-mad-488579","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}