{"product_id":"9781641238885_out-of-the-embers","title":"Out of the Embers","description":"\u003ci\u003eDeconstruction: \u003c\/i\u003e Trendy brand name for falling away from belief in God? Or a process essential to authentic faith? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiberation or trauma? Prison break or exile? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's complicated. Just like you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristian history records a Great Reformation and a Great Awakening. But today's \"Great Deconstruction\" will surely leave an equally profound impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOut of the Embers, \u003c\/i\u003eBradley Jersak explores the \u003ci\u003enecessity, perils, and possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e of the Great Deconstruction--how it has the potential to either sabotage our communion with God or infuse it with the breath of life, the light and life of Christ himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of vulnerable memoirs, philosophical memos, and candid provocations, Jersak resists both the hand-wringing urge to corral stray sheep and the exultant desire to play the happy-clappy \u003ci\u003eEx\u003c\/i\u003e-vangelical cheerleader. He employs the wisdom and expertise of the great deconstructionists--Christianity's ancient influences (Moses, Plato, Paul, and the Patristics), \"beloved frenemies\" (from Voltaire to Nietzsche), and the masters of deconstruction (Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, and Weil)--to double down and deconstruct deconstruction itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere is faith after deconstruction?\u003c\/i\u003e The author's heart is to engage and empathize with the bereft and disoriented, stoking the brittle ashes for live embers. In this quest for the resilient gospel of the martyrs, the marginal, and those outside the threshold...inexplicably, in this liminal space, life stirs. A Light shines through the ashes. We find, often for the first time, that living connection Jersak calls \"presence in communion.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a sea change occurring across the Western church and civilization. Whether we're watching a radical course correction or a complete collapse remains to be seen, and how it pans out will likely depend on \u003ci\u003ehow we see\u003c\/i\u003e what's happening, \u003ci\u003ewho we are becoming\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e how we live\u003c\/i\u003e in response--and, most important, \u003ci\u003ewhere we find Christ\u003c\/i\u003e situated in this storm.","brand":"Bradley Jersak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701714071601,"sku":"9781641238885","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781641238885.jpg?v=1768374090","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781641238885_out-of-the-embers","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}