Mike Cosper

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  Church In Dark Times

  $19.99

  We expect evil to appear in obvious forms: malice, cruelty, and contempt. We also expect to find villains at the helm of evil movements and organizations, leaders with dark impulses and motivations. But all too often, malevolence is more subtle, hiding behind our own best intentions.

  In The Church in Dark Times, cultural critic Mike Cosper unveils this dynamic in the growing crisis of abuse and other failures in modern evangelical churches. Drawing on the work of twentieth-century political theorist Hannah Arendt, Cosper explores what we can learn from her theory of the “banality of evil”–the thoughtlessness that allows ordinary people to become complicit in all manner of corruption. He uncovers the underlying causes of the breakdowns of the church and offers practices that foster healing and renewal.

  This book will engage Christian leaders and all followers who want to better understand how church crises keep happening–and how we can resist them and move forward.

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  Land Of My Sojourn

  $24.00

  In the years since leaving local church ministry, I’ve devoted an enormous amount of time and resources to examining the church’s often troubled witness, its ongoing crisis of leadership, and the epidemic of narcissism, abuse, and cover-up that has continued to emerge year after year. This book is about my journey both before and undergirding that work-the shattering of dreams and the grace that restored a broken faith in the aftermath. It’s a story about grace leading me home when I thought all was lost.

  Taken together, my encounters with Peter, Elijah, and Jesus connected to indelible images from my time in Israel and formed a new spiritual landscape in my mind, one with enough gravity to draw my feet back to solid ground. My hope is that as I tell this story you might find echoes of your own. I pray if you’re in the wilderness, you might find that though the territory is a mystery, you are far from alone. Most of all, I pray that you rediscover that Jesus is chasing you like a lover . . . right through heaven’s gates.

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  Faith Among The Faithless

  $18.99

  Acclaimed writer and pastor Mike Cosper provides Christians with a surprising guide for living in a secular culture by looking at the story of Esther–a tale of evil, awakened faith, and hope of good in a world where God seems absent.

  How can Christianity survive in a secular world? How can Christians live without compromise in an increasingly hostile society? And what if we have already been shaped by the culture around us in harmful, soul-destroying ways?

  Faith Among the Faithless provides answers by drawing parallels between our world and the story of Esther. Far from the gentle cartoon stories we heard in Sunday school, the book of Esther is a brutal tale of people assimilated into a pluralistic, pagan society who discover its murderous underbelly and turn to God in a moment of courage and crisis. A story of sex, ego, and revenge, the book of Esther reveals a world where God seems absent from everyday life–a world not unlike our own.

  Faith Among the Faithless helps readers see themselves in the very human character of Esther, discovering that like her we have an enemy who plots against us. A call to spiritual awakening and to faith and courage in an age of malaise and apathy, Faith Among the Faithless is an invitation to remembrance and presence, knowing that in our dark times God may be hidden, but he is never absent.

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  Recapturing The Wonder

  $20.99

  Introduction
  1. Discovering Our Disenchantment Pathway One: Re-Enchanting Our World
  2. Modern Displays And The God Who Ends Religion Pathway Two: Experiencing Grace
  3. Selfie Sticks, Spectacles, And Sepulchers Pathway Three: Bringing Scripture To Life
  4. Seeking A ?Hidden Ground? Pathway Four: Withdrawing With God
  5. Abundance And Scarcity Pathway Five: Practicing Abundance
  6. Feasts Of Attention Pathway Six: Throwing A Feast
  7. The Monastery And The Road Pathway Seven: Writing A Rule Of Life
  Epilogue: One Final Wonder
  Acknowledgments
  Notes

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  Christians aren’t immune to becoming cynical and critical, especially when it comes to matters of the Christian faith. This book challenges readers to rediscover the magic and wonder of Christianity, and to recognize the ways in which our culture suppresses our enchantment with the Christian faith.

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