Orphaned Believers, Sara Billups
Orphaned Believers, Sara Billups
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Orphaned Believers
How a Generation of Christian Exiles Can Find the Way Home

Author: Sara Billups

Narrator: Rosemary Benson

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2023


Synopsis

In the wake of the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s, many young evangelical Christians found themselves untethered, disillusioned, and—ultimately—orphaned as they grappled with the legalistic, politically co-opted churches of their youth and embarked on a search for a more loving, more biblical expression of the faith and discipleship taught by Jesus.

Sara Billups was one of those orphans. She knows the grief of loving Jesus while watching political pundits twist her faith to support their power struggles and exclusionary policies. She knows the feeling of being alone, misunderstood, and maligned. In this honest yet hopeful book, she invites fellow orphaned believers to process their pasts so they can move boldly forward into a future where they know without a doubt that they are beloved by Christ and belong to the family of God. With love and compassion, she binds up the wounds of the broken and points them toward a new expression of faith that is motivated to make the world a better place.

About Sara Billups

Sara Billups is a Seattle-based writer and cultural commentator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Christianity Today, and more. Sara is completing her Doctor of Ministry in the Sacred Art of Writing at the Peterson Center for the Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary. She works to help wavering Christians remain steadfast through cultural storms and continues to hope for the flourishing of the Church amid deep political and cultural division in America.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebeka on January 21, 2023

This book is a lighthouse, strength for sore hearts, and brimming with the firm conviction that hope in the selflessness and shepherding of Jesus is enough to keep and hold us. I've enjoyed following Sara Billups on Instagram for a couple of years and her words have always been like a balm. Her words......more

Goodreads review by Haley on April 30, 2023

Sara Billups is a skilled storyteller, and I loved how her tender incorporation of her father into her own story added much to an otherwise journalistic book. At times it felt like, as another reviewer said, she doesn't leave room for a Christianity that doesn't look like hers (and some of the Covid......more

Goodreads review by Renee on February 03, 2023

The experience of reading this book was cathartic and it helped me feel like I'm not alone in the many experiences of disconnect with what I see in the church. Billups helped me build more understanding and compassion for others around me whom I've struggled to understand by sharing the historical c......more

Goodreads review by Megan on April 04, 2023

If you grew up Christian in the ‘80s or ‘90s, this book is for you! Sarah explained the cultural undercurrent that permeated my Christian youth - things I experienced but was either too young or sheltered to have context for. Then she takes you through what’s happening culturally and politically tod......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on January 23, 2023

Sara does a masterful job inviting us back to living a life close to God, even if we feel like recent events have alienated us from our faith communities. If politics, nationalism, end-times theology, or culture wars have taken a toll on your faith, you're not alone. This book will be a salve to you......more