The Faith, Charles W. Colson
The Faith, Charles W. Colson
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The Faith
What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters

Author: Charles W. Colson, Harold Fickett III

Narrator: Charles W. Colson

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 02/19/2008


Synopsis

Rightly understood and rightly communicated, the Christian faith is one of great joy. It is an invitation to God's kingdom, where tears are replaced by laughter and longing hearts find their purpose and their home.This is the heart of the gospel: God's search to reclaim us and love us as his own. But have we truly grasped this? Those of us who have disdained Christianity as a religion of bigotry--have we repudiated the genuine article or merely demonstrated our own prejudice and ignorance? Those of us who are Christians--have we deeply apprehended the mission of Jesus, and do our ways and character faithfully reflect his beauty? From the nature of God, to the human condition, to the work of Jesus, to God's coming kingdom, and all that lies between, how well do we understand the foundational truths of Christianity and their implications?The Faith is a book for our troubled times and for decades to come, for Christians and non-Christians alike. It is the most important book Chuck Colson and Harold Fickett have ever written: a thought-provoking, soul-searching, and powerful manifesto of the great, historical central truths of Christianity that have sustained believers through the centuries. Brought to immediacy with vivid, true stories, here is what Christianity is really about and why it is a religion of hope, redemption, and beauty.

About Charles W. Colson

Chuck Colson was a popular and widely known author, speaker, and radio commentator. A former presidential aide to Richard Nixon and founder of the international ministry Prison Fellowship, he wrote several books that have shaped Christian thinking on a variety of subjects, including Born Again, Loving God, How Now Shall We Live?, The Good Life, and The Faith. His radio broadcast, BreakPoint, at one point aired to two million listeners. Chuck Colson donated all of his royalties, awards, and speaking fees to Prison Fellowship Ministries.

About Harold Fickett III

Harold Fickett is the author of numerous books, including an acclaimed novel about the evangelical experience, The Holy Fool; a critical biography of Flannery O’Connor, Images of Grace; and the inspirational Living Christ. He is a cofounder of Image: Art, Faith, Mystery, a journal devoted to the intersection of the arts and religion. He is a contributing editor of the web magazine GodSpy (www.godspy.com) and writes regularly for such publications as Books & Culture and Crisis. Fickett made contributions to Colson’s projects for twenty-five years, beginning with Loving God and most recently in The Good Life. He speaks regularly at conferences and retreats. He and his wife, Karen, live in Nacogdoches, Texas, with their children, Will and Eve.    


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandi

"The Faith" is a very basic primer in the basic tenets of the Christian faith. It's very readable, but a bit light. It does a terrific job of focusing on the things that all Christians--Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant--have in common rather than the things that divide them. The author makes a str......more

Goodreads review by Kristel

This is a work of nonfiction, an effort by the author to summarize what Christians believe which Colson refers to as the Christian World View. The author starts with an epigram of the definition of orthodoxy. 1. That which adheres to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in r......more

Goodreads review by Alain

I was given “The Faith” by Charles Colson and Harold Fickett for Christmas and worked it into my reading and finished it today. And while I don't agree with everything Colson and Fickett write about, or their conclusions on a number of things, I do feel they did a good job of writing about his topic......more

Goodreads review by Chris

This is a super read. I have really come to enjoy and appreciate the writings of Chuck Colson. This is a very easy to follow book, not heavy on theology or overly "scholarly." But, at the same time, it is not missing theology. In other words, it is not just another Christian "self-help" book, like s......more


Quotes

'...a winning combination of Christian apologetics and Christian doctrine -- a manifesto for looking at the world in a distinctly Christian way....'The Faith' is moved along by stories more than by systematic theology (though there's plenty of the latter in the book as well). Colson and Fickett bring together stories of courage and martyrdom from the annals of Christian history as well as riveting accounts of personal transformation from Colson's Prison Fellowship ministry. The contemporary stories help readers see what the Christian life looks like today. The ancient stories remind us that we are not the first generation of Christians to live this way. The stories aren't just inspirational. They're informative....[T]he book indeed works as both catechesis and as apologetic, a strong defense for traditional faith without sounding overly defensive. 'The Faith' is more a celebration of orthodoxy than a circling of the theological wagons. Its primary message is that Christianity is true, Christianity is good, and Christianity is beneficial for the world. Its primary method is to do so by explaining what Christianity is.' Christianity Today