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: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #899,454 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.

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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Willing to pursue real faith, discipleship, relationship?, December 10, 2004

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Pat Loughery "Pat Loughery" (North Bend, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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It takes a lot of courage to begin a book on Christian discipleship with this sentence: 'Sex with a stranger wasn't supposed to end this way.'. That's the start of this challenging book.

It's one that will fundamentally change - and strengthen - your walk as an authentic disciple of Jesus the Christ if you let it. I've had the privelege of knowing Eric and occasionally serving Jesus with him, and of attending a marriage workshop that he led. He's a true disciple of Jesus, a man with powerful character who is willing to share the guts and grime of his story so that God gets the glory for His work of redemption. Thanks for being a great coach, Eric.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid read, August 24, 2005

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Sean A. Benesh "Sean Benesh" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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I was refreshed by this book. I appreciated the honesty and care in which Eric handled the subject matter. It's also refreshing to read about a pastor who lays open his own heart and life allowing us into the deep recesses of his soul. I came away invigorated by the way the author's life intersected with the material he was writing about.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving past Buzzwords..., December 12, 2004

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J. Ginn (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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Once in awhile a book comes along that strips away all of the pretenses and leaves you feeling like you actually heard from God as you read. Buck Naked Faith is such a book.

Authenticity has become a buzzword in the christian jargon of the day. This books goes deeper than using words, but points out what it means to develop a living, vital faith with Jesus.

The raw honesty and experience from which Eric Sandras writes ranges from the borders of humor to personal pain and points to a great God who loves to exercise grace.

I'll never look at a Bonsai tree the same way again.

Well done!