When Everything’s on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes Hardcover – November 9, 2021 by Brian Zahnd

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Author: Zahnd Brian

Brand: InterVarsity Press

Package Dimensions: 0x0x726

Number Of Pages: 192

Release Date: 09-11-2021

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Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief?
Intellectual certainty has long been a cornerstone of the Christian faith. But in an age of secularism, skepticism, and cynicism, our worldviews have been shaken. Various solutions exist―some double down on certainty, while others deconstruct their faith until there is nothing left at all. But Brian Zahnd offers a third way: what is needed is not a demolition but instead a renovation of faith.
Written with personal and pastoral experience, Zahnd extends an invitation to move beyond the crisis of faith toward the journey of reconstruction. As the world rapidly changes in ways that feel incompatible with Christianity, When Everything’s on Fire provides much-needed hope. A stronger, more confident faith is possible when it is grounded in the beauty and truth of Christ. Zahnd permits us to risk the journey of deconstruction so that God can forge something more beautiful in its place.

Review

“In our postmodern age ablaze with skepticism and secularism, Brian Zahnd’s pastoral instincts and prophetic insights encourage us not to fear the loss of all that is being burned up in the church, but to be reassured that the enduring fire of God’s love is branding the entire world with the kingdom of God. This is the burning bush of a book I didn’t know I needed. Turn aside, take off your shoes, and read!” — Eric E. Peterson, pastor of Colbert Presbyterian Church and author of Letters to a Young Congregation

“What we need is a wise, unflustered, generous, and disruptive friend. Brian Zahnd is this kind of friend. Engaging wounds inflicted by the church, questions haunting the mind, and those aches deep in the soul, Brian writes as one who has truly encountered Jesus, even while wrestling in the dark. Brian writes with the curiosity and daring of one who has learned to trust the long lyric of love.” — Winn Collier, director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary and author of Love Big, Be Well: Letters to a Small-Town Church

“Is it possible to hold on to Christian faith in an age of unbelief? This is one of the many questions Brian Zahnd wisely and prophetically engages in When Everything’s on Fire. It’s a massive question that requires a level of exploration many are not adept to speak on. But Brian has time and time again demonstrated an uncanny ability to help us navigate this present age. Whether you are losing faith or want to help others hold on to it, we would do well to have Zahnd take our hand and be our guide.” — Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship and author of The Deeply Formed Life

“It is always a gift to find the words that lend language to your own experience. I needed this book. My world needs this book. Brian’s words are a pleasing aroma, pastoral and full of love, reminding me―in the midst of what has often been my own terrifying disillusionment―that Jesus Christ remains the participatory God who empathizes with my lostness but does not leave me there, alone. How I have longed for faith informed by the kind of love that casts out fear, but what a frightening thing it is―to lose the fear that has for so long equated itself with faith! When Everything’s on Fire, indeed. But does not my heart burn within me? Yes, and―admittedly―with a hint of envy. This is the book I wish I had written.” — Levi Macallister, “Levi the Poet”

“Though this beautiful, compassionate, and intelligently crafted book is for everyone, it is especially for those who feel their faith is barely hanging by fingerholds over the abyss of unbelief. Before you let go, take a moment and a breath, and read this book. You are not alone. You do matter.” — Wm. Paul Young, author of The Shack

“‘The theologian who writes about God but never utters Oh, God in prayer is not a theologian I’m interested in,’ says Brian Zahnd. And I find Brian to be a very interesting pastor-theologian indeed! His well-tuned heart r