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

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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.

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.

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!

I thought, from other reviews, I was getting a fresh perspective on the workings of Christian faith. What I got was another "You must..." "You should..." "You haven't been" preachy look at evangelical faith. I was disappointed.

The original Kindle version of this book had some pretty horrible artifacts from the conversion process. Was that an actual Kindle font (looked almost like stenciling), or images of words or letters? I mean, the text scaled and wrapped, but sometimes half a letter would be separated by a wide space from the other half of the same letter. UPDATE: The publisher of the Kindle edition of this book listened, and the format no longer interferes with the message! The font is now clear and sharp. Yay!

The book itself remains engaging and provocative. The content is really nothing new (the author cites Christian thinkers over centuries of history), but way too many Christians today live as though it is. Basically, the target audience of this book is Christians who approach their faith as a religion, or as a proposition to be believed, or as a set of rules or a way of life. The message for these people is that it should really be all about being Jesus' friend, having a personal relationship with God. The things we do help us to have a closer or deeper or more strained or shallow relationship with God, so all we really need to do is whatever it takes to grow in that relationship. For some readers this is like, "Duh." For others, this could be a game changer. For me, I "already knew" what the author was saying--but needed the reminder.

I ordered the Kindle addition of this book and now, I really wish I had tried to get it as a paperback instead. The font of the Kindle addition is very hard to read (even adjusting the size of the letters didn't help) and some words were broken apart. I was able to get through the book, but I found this very frustrating. I think something definitely needs to be done about this.

As for the content itself, it was very powerful and convicting. It challenged me in many different areas. I also very much appreciated the author's transparency about his own struggles. But I don't think the content really matched the title. For me, this wasn't one of those books that made me sit up and say "Wow, I never would have thought about it that way." There was really nothing earth-shattering here. But that said, it was a book definitely worth reading. I just am not sure I would read other works by this author. I would recommend "Weird: because normal isn't working" by Craig Groeschel instead.

Best book I have read about facing up to where one is in their faith.
Reading "Buck Naked Faith" was like holding up a mirror and seeing someone
you really didn't know,but know now and you pray and hope to change.
If you want to grow! read this book and become that tree by the stream of living
waters.

The book may be good but I will probable never know. The kindle editon doesn't use the normal fonts and the book is just about unreadable. The letters are poorly rendered and missing parts. Perhaps it is a scan?

The start of the book was very engaging, but I couldn't get past the horrific font. There were gaps in most vowels, gaps between words, and the density is best described as "faded". It was like trying to read the last page printed before the toner dies altogether. I couldn't get past it. I'm hoping the library's print copy uses a crisp font and sufficient ink to make it readable. Otherwise, I may never know how this ends....

I was very excited about this book, and it lived up to its expectations.
Buck Naked Faith forced me to look inward and see that I had been doing things that were hindering me from real faith. I had gotten too comfortable in my enviroment. If your open to it this book can open you eyes and leave you feeling exposed, which is a fantastic feeling. The growth points were fantastic and really made me be completely honest with myself.This books helps you to see that its okay to be Naked.