Bøker av Tom Saunders

What is faith? What does true faith look like? Many people profess to have faith in God. It's true that faith comes much easier to some people than it does for others. But what does genuine faith truly look like? The Bible tells us that faith means putting our full confidence in the things we hope for, it means being certain of things we cannot see. Is that even possible?That's the kind of faith God wants us to have in Him. He wants us to trust our entire existence to Him. Every need, every want, every desire, He wants us to trust that He will provide for us. He doesn't say He will give us whatever we ask for; He says He will provide for our needs and look after those who trust in Him.Can we really trust God for our every need? It's hard to imagine what that type of faith might look like to most of us, but many of us have perfect examples of that type of faith living in our homes--our pets, more specifically our dogs!Obviously, our children rely on us to provide for them, but as they grow, they become less dependent on us as parents. Dogs, however, are completely dependent on us from the time we bring them home to the day they die...they count on us to provide for their every need.They must have complete faith in us to provide for them no matter what they need from food to hygiene to companionship and love; they have--must have--complete faith and trust that we will provide for them, that we won't let them down. That's the kind of faith God wants us to have in Him.Isn't that what true faith looks like? If we claim to be believers, isn't that what our faith in God should look like? Shouldn't we have complete faith that God will meet our every need no matter how big or how small? Faith that demonstrates an unwavering trust that God will never let us down...shouldn't we have faith like a dog?

Tom and Jason met over twenty years ago under circumstances that should have severed any chance they would develop any kind of a personal relationship, let alone a close friendship.Yet their paths continued to cross, and over time, the answer to why this happened would be made very clear to both of them and hopefully become a lesson for many others as well.Jason believed in science. He thought scholarship and the human capacity for learning and reason could provide every answer about life and the human condition; however, there was a tiny ember of belief he dismissed many years earlier that always remained...Tom believed in God, to what extent he wasn''t even sure.Jason grew up in a very religious family.Tom hardly went to church at all but believes Jesus is God''s Son and died to make salvation available to all that would receive the gift He offers, but he always struggled with the orthodoxy taught by religion and tradition...Jason became a business owner and the founder and president of the Mid-Michigan Atheist and Humanist Group.Tom became a chaplain and an elder (pastor) after more than twenty-two years of military service.This book is about the unlikely friendship that changed the course of their lives and the worldviews of both Jason and Tom, a story of two people with completely different trajectories for their lives that converge to teach all of us that we don''t have to be of like minds, come from the same backgrounds, or even share the same values to not just get along but to be close friends.This book illustrates the value of thoughtful listening and mutual respect and how, when put into practice, these attributes make it possible to learn something about ourselves, what we believe, and why we believe it.Share this journey with Jason and Tom with an open heart and mind, and chances are, you will discover something about yourself along the way...

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