If you think grace is waiting in a pew with its arms crossed, you've been lied to.
Backsliders & Beloved is for the ones who slipped out quietly-the disillusioned, burned-out, or just plain tired-who still hum worship songs in traffic but can't force a smile on Sundays. With the blunt honesty of a friend and the steadiness of a pastor, D. Michael Gross reframes the gospel as a search party, not a performance review. This is not a pep talk, and it's not parole. It's the scandalous claim that the Shepherd doesn't update the locks or the guest list when you wander; He puts on His battered boots and comes after you.
Across short, potent chapters, Gross dismantles religious score-keeping (your name is kept), the myth of "cheap grace" (He pays the cost again), and the paralyzing fear that you must carry your own weight back to God (the first step is being carried). The tone is Protestant, biblical, and deeply humane-written for church-hurt Christians, exvangelicals, and anyone suspicious of religious sales pitches.
If you need less persuasion and more pursuit-less hustle and more homecoming-this book is your open door. You don't need a speech. You don't need a plan. You don't even need much faith. You just need to stop running long enough to be found.
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。
