Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent SocietyIn this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic socio-cultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don't know what to value--how to choose what's important and weed out the rest--we remain dissatisfied with what we have and are compelled to want more. Dawn demonstrates, however, how Christians can organize their lives to live in ways that allow them to love God and neighbor and, in the process, alleviate the despair in their lives and in the lives of others in the world. |
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Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society Marva J. Dawn Limited preview - 2003 |
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