Holier Than Thou: When Faith Becomes Toxic [Paperback]

Dr Ergun M Caner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2009

The streets of our culture are littered with former church members. Why do people leave the church? Might the responsibility for increasingly absent and disgruntled members lay on the shoulders of toxic Christians?  No Christian sets out to have toxic faith. At the beginning of their journey, a newborn saint is filled with joy, gratitude,  praise and grace for others. They hunger for God and long to enjoy God in their lives. Yet for some, a subtle shift begins to take place. They become critics rather than workers, skeptics rather than servants. Before long, one finds them resistent or seeking to impose their will on others, regardless of Scriptural injunction. Dr. Ergun Caner charts this gradual decline into becoming a sin-sick soul, not to bemoan this ailment or resign to its inevitability, but in order to arrest and alter the person's course away from obsession back toward devotion. 

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About the Author

Ergun M. Caner is the president of Liberty Theological Seminary at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. A leading voice for evangelicalism on the national stage and author of several books, he is the first former Muslim to lead an evangelical seminary. He has been a guest on FOX news, MSNBC, CNBC, the BBC, and TBN.

Product Details

• Paperback: 109 pages
• Publisher: Abingdon Press (May 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0687658403
• ISBN-13: 978-0687658404
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,190,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Toxic Church Syndrome, June 4, 2009

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Dr Caner has certainly seen the panorama of "church ladies". This book is very helpful in that it not only addresses the problem, it proposes solutions. Gimme that old time religion, the one displayed by it's leader, Jesus Christ.