The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
Written by Ted Dekker
Narrated by Kevin King
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About this audiobook
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.
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Reviews for The Slumber of Christianity
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The BIG question for Christians is why are we worried so much about our life on earth when it will comprise an immeasurable portion of our eternal life? Why are we not more passionate about the life to come while we are on earth? Before reading this book I never thought about that...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ted Dekker is famous for being an author of “Christian Fiction” - fictional novels with faith-based ideas. This book is far from fiction.I picked up “The Slumber of Christianity” simply because it had Dekker’s name on it. I’m a fan of his and was curious whether his non-fictional work could be as well put together as his fictional works.I loved it.The book awakened my need to pursue the “prize” as the Apostle Paul puts it. Dekker points out that a majority of Christians lives day-to-day without thinking much, if at all, of the heavenly reward we are supposedly pursuing with our Christ-like walk.This read is already being worked into an upcoming message that I will be preaching.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book - it's a discussion of how to be content while alive, while at the same time long for heaven. The focus is on how christians have "fallen asleep" here on earth - Dekker has pointers on "waking up."