{"product_id":"stretched-faith-under-load-9798171173968","title":"Stretched: Faith Under Load","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Q. Wolfgang Watkins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Life - Spiritual Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith is a muscle. It grows under load.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost devotionals comfort. This one stretches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver fifty-one days, STRETCHED refuses to separate the three questions every believer eventually asks: \u003cb\u003eWhat is God like? What does it mean? And what, today, am I going to do about it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach day is a single, unhurried essay that begins with the character of God, opens the hardest philosophical question underneath it, and lands on your feet with a concrete practice. Kierkegaard and the neuroscientists share the room. Augustine, Pascal, Dostoevsky, Frankl, Bonhoeffer, Simone Weil, Howard Thurman, and C. S. Lewis all get a hearing - and so do the objectors. Nietzsche and Ivan Karamazov are handed their strongest arguments and answered honestly, not dodged. Grace runs beneath every page as the power \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e the stretch, never an excuse to avoid it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe journey moves through eight movements - stepping out, holding on, moving forward, being rooted, tested, joined, poured out, and finished - carrying you from the first uncertain act of faith all the way to the questions of hope, suffering, and the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a devotional for readers who want their faith to think as hard as it feels - and to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you'll find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e51 daily readings, each with a passage, reflection, a spoken word, a concrete practice, and a prayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn eight-session small-group discussion guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree flexible reading plans (8-week, daily, and a Sabbath rhythm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn index of the thinkers who appear throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eScripture is quoted from the King James Version. Whether you read it alone or with a group, STRETCHED is built to put weight on your faith - and grow it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67787081842839,"sku":"9798171173968","price":2426.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798171173968.webp?v=1790688932","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/stretched-faith-under-load-9798171173968","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}