Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Jonathan Merritt
Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Jonathan Merritt
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Learning to Speak God from Scratch
Why Sacred Words Are Vanishing--and How We Can Revive Them

Author: Jonathan Merritt

Narrator: Jonathan Merritt

Unabridged: 6 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mission Audio

Published: 08/14/2018

Synopsis

DISCOVER A FAITH WORTH TALKING ABOUT As America rapidly becomes a pluralistic, postmodern society, many of us struggle to talk about faith. We can no longer assume our friends understand words such as grace or gospel. Others, like lost and sin, have become so negative they are nearly conversation-enders. Jonathan Merritt knows this frustration well. After Jonathan moved from the Bible Belt to New York City, he discovered that whenever conversations turned to spirituality, the words he'd used for decades didn't connect with listeners anymore. In a search for answers and understanding, Jonathan uncovered a spiritual crisis affecting tens of millions. In this groundbreaking book, one of America's premier religion writers revives ancient expressions through cultural commentary, vulnerable personal narratives, and surprising biblical insights. Both provocative and liberating, Learning to Speak God from Scratch will breathe new life into your spiritual conversations and lure you into the embrace of the God who inhabits them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on August 01, 2018

Do you love language? Do you love learning about faith? This book will check both those boxes. Learning to Speak God from Scratch is for anyone interested in religious dialogue in these secular times. Though the author is a product of an Evangelical home, the issues he raises are not specific to one......more

Goodreads review by Cara on July 06, 2018

I can’t get enough of Jonathan Merritt’s thoughts, mostly because I find myself on the same page with him, 1000%. If you find yourself needing to redefine certain sacred words, his book is a must-read. Loved, loved, loved it.......more

Goodreads review by Ginger on March 21, 2019

This was a tale of two books. The first 82 pages, I was set to declare it one of my favorite books of the year. I kept jotting down names in the back of the book of the people I wanted to recommend it to, kept stopping to read passages aloud to my husband. Jonathan Merritt breaks down a complex conce......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on June 25, 2018

Merritt the Younger Again Proves He Is His Father's Equal. Jonathan Merritt and I grew up in roughly similar church traditions at roughly the same time in roughly the same geographic area. His father would eventually become President of the Southern Baptist Convention, my pastor would later become P......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on September 16, 2019

3.5 stars. This is a tough book to rate, partly because I highly value Jonathan Merritt's writing and observations even when I don't always agree with him theologically, and partly because I think his purpose would have been better served by stating some of his assumptions up front. For lovers of la......more

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