True Story (Large Print)
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Volume(s): 1
Format Details: 16pt, Verdana
ISBN(s): 9781442965362
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Editorial Reviews
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“Brilliant…Tools like this can change the world.” —Rich Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life
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“…The book will appeal to readers of McLaren and others for whom “vampire Christianity,” a phrase Choung’s real-life mentor Dallas Willard uses to describe a faith reduced to a bit of blood shed on one’s behalf, has become untenable.” —Publishers Weekly
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“This insightful book offers a way of presenting the good news that fully engages with today’s complex postmodern issues and questions simply by refocusing on the original message of the gospel of Jesus our Savior.” —Peter T. Cha, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, TrinityEvangelicalDivinitySchool
About the Book
Caleb has been a Christian for a long time. But he can't bring himself to share his faith with anyone because it doesn't sound like good news anymore. Christianity's claims come across as hollow, arrogant and intolerant. Worst of all, it feels like Christianity is just about ''saving souls,'' giving people an escape ticket to heaven while the world falls apart. There must be more to it than that... In this engaging narrative, James Choung weaves a tale of a search for a Christianity worth believing in. Disillusioned believer Caleb and hostile skeptic Anna wrestle with the plausibility of the Christian story in a world of pain and suffering. They ask each other tough questions about what Jesus really came to do and what Christianity is supposed to be about. And the conversion that comes is not one that either of them expects.
About the Author
James Choung is divisional director with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in greater San Diego. He majored in management science and marketing at MIT, earned his master of divinity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and completed his doctor of ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary in postmodern leadership development. In the past, he has served on the pastoral staff of an urban church plant and at a megachurch in Seoul, Korea. He's often invited to speak at churches and conferences throughout the country. He's married and he and his wife have a son.