Calatoriile m-au adus in locuri unde crestinii infrunta focul purificator al persecutiilor, violentelor si molimelor. Aceasta carte relateaza zece intamplari dramatice din locuri precum China, unde biserica creste spectaculos, in ciuda unui guvern ateu; din Orientul Mijlociu, unde o biserica odinioara infloritoare, in chiar inima acestei regiuni, acum abia mai rezista; din Africa de Sud, unde o biserica multicolora se cauta pe sine printre ramasitele unui trecut rasist.
In Statele Unite am vizitat nu doar scena masacrului de la Virginia Tech si o conventie a prostituatelor, ci deopotriva un grup de alcoolici din Chicago si doua enclave din sudul crestin conservator.
Cand imi petrec timpul printre acesti oameni, propria mea credinta este pusa pe masa de teste. Cred oare eu in ceea ce scriu acolo, pitit in casa mea din Colorado? Pot eu sa proclam cu deplina incredere adevarurile Cartii in fata unei femei care se zbate sa le asigure copiilor hrana fara sa se intoarca la prostitutie, a unui alcoolic care se lupta cu dependenta de o viata sau a unui detinut aflat in cea mai violenta inchisoare a Africii?
Cum actioneaza harul intr-o lume ce pare coplesita de rau? La ce este bun Dumnezeu? Ma aflu mereu pe urmele neindoielnice ale credintei, cautand, oriunde ma duc, semne ale autenticitatii si relevantei acesteia in viata oamenilor.
-- Philip Yancey
Philip Yancey is an American Christian author. Fourteen million of his books have been sold worldwide, making him one of the best-selling evangelical Christian authors. Two of his books have won the ECPA's Christian Book of the Year Award: The Jesus I Never Knew in 1996, What's So Amazing About Grace in 1998. He is published by Zondervan Publishing.
Yancey was born in Atlanta, Georgia. When Yancey was one year old, his father, stricken with polio, died after his church elders suggested he go off life support in faith that God would heal him. This was one of the reasons he had lost his faith at one point of time. Yancey earned his MA with highest honors from the graduate school of Wheaton College. His two graduate degrees in Communications and English were earned from Wheaton College Graduate School and the University of Chicago.
Yancey moved to Chicago, Illinois, and in 1971 joined the staff of Campus Life magazine--a sister publication of Christianity Today directed towards high school and college students--where he served as editor for eight years. Yancey was for many years an editor for Christianity Today and wrote articles for Reader's Digest, The Saturday Evening Post, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Eternity, Moody Monthly, and National Wildlife, among others. He now lives in Colorado, working as a columnist and editor-at-large for Christianity Today. He is a member of the editorial board of Books and Culture, another magazine affiliated with Christianity Today, and travels around the world for speaking engagements.
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