Bradley Jersak

Christian history records a Great Reformation and a Great Awakening. But todays "Great Deconstruction" will surely leave an equally profound impact.

InOut of the Embers,Bradley Jersak explores thenecessity, perils, and possibilitiesof the Great Deconstructionhow it has the potential to either sabotage our communion with God or infuse it with the breath of life, the light and life of Christ himself.

In this collection of vulnerable memoirs, philosophical memos, and candid provocations, Jersak resists both the hand-wringing urge to corral stray sheep and the exultant desire to play the happy-clappyEx-vangelical cheerleader. He employs the wisdom and expertise of the great deconstructionistsChristianitys ancient influences (Moses, Plato, Paul, and the Patristics), "beloved frenemies" (from Voltaire to Nietzsche), and the masters of deconstruction (Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, and Weil)to double down and deconstruct deconstruction itself.

Where is faith after deconstruction?The authors heart is to engage and empathize with the bereft and disoriented, stoking the brittle ashes for live embers. In this quest for the resilient gospel of the martyrs, the marginal, and those outside the threshold...inexplicably, in this liminal space, life stirs. A Light shines through the ashes. We find, often for the first time, that living connection Jersak calls "presence in communion."

There is a sea change occurring across the Western church and civilization. Whether were watching a radical course correction or a complete collapse remains to be seen, and how it pans out will likely depend onhow we seewhats happening,who we are becoming,how we livein responseand, most important,where we find Christsituated in this storm.

304 pages

9781641238885

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