Buck-Naked Faith: A Brutally Honest Look at Stunted Christianity [Paperback]

Eric Sandras (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 2004

Drop the layers of make-believe nonsense that stunts our spiritual growth. What emerges is a positive alternative to life-crushing counterfeit faiths many of us are trying our best to work through.

To do this, men, women, and teens need the vision and encouragement to take the risk and get dangerously real with God. He exposes the naked truth: We need to dress our lives with a real friendship with God and nothing else.

• Includes discussion questions

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From the Back Cover

Take off your designer, postmodern phoniness. Strip off your pretty-sounding words. Get your faith naked. Honest and gritty, Eric Sandras encourages a generation of believers to drop the layers of make-believe nonsense that stunts our spiritual growth. What emerges is a positive alternative to life-crushing counterfeit faiths many of us are trying our best to work through. To do this, there's no secret handshake or magic formula, but there is vision and encouragement to take the risk and get dangerously real with God. He exposes the naked truth: We need to dress our lives with a real friendship with God and nothing else.

About the Author

Eric Sandras, Ph.D., is pastor of the Olympic Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Port Angeles, Washington. A founder of Vineyard's Emerging Leaders Initiative, he also frequently speaks across denominational lines at various seminars and gatherings. Eric and his wife, Cindy, live in Washington State with their two children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: NavPress (April 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576835251
• ISBN-13: 978-1576835258
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #905,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gen-X, Postmodern, Emergent, and Next-generation are all labels that Eric Sandras has lived under, taught about, and tried to find identity in. As with every generation, labels soon fade away and what is left is the worn garment we call adulthood. What Eric has found his passions to truly be are: 1) Learning to build a cooperative friendship with Jesus, 2) Becoming a really good dad and husband, 3) Igniting a deeper love for God's kingdom in others regardless of generational or cultural boundaries and 4) Having extra butter on his popcorn at the movie theatre.

Eric received his Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Relations from Oregon State University where he was also an instructor for Human Sexuality and various Child Development courses. Since graduating in 1998, Eric has taught for various universities and colleges in the Northwest. He is a frequent conference speaker and has been featured on 100 Huntley Street, Canada's largest Christian broadcasting program.
Eric lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State with his wife, Cynthia, and their two children, Dakota Jasmine and Carter William. He is the head coach (senior pastor) of the Olympic Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Port Angeles.