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    Butterflies In the Belfry -- Serpents In the Cellar: An Unintended Pursuit for a Natural Christianity
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    Butterflies In the Belfry -- Serpents In the Cellar: An Unintended Pursuit for a Natural Christianity

    By J. Michael Jones

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    In 1988 while working for a demanding Christian organization, Michael Jones moves his family to the Middle East to serve as missionaries to Muslims. Though Michael finds the Muslim people to be extremely hospitable, he discovers serious flaws within his own evangelical worldview. After a catastrophic collapse of faith, standing in middle of the post-evangelical wilderness, Michael contemplates possible paths out, including returning to agnosticism or even suicide. He takes the reader on an intimate yet intellectually enthralling journey through his personal history and the history of Western civilization. In the end, not only does he find the answers to his personal dilemma, but, inadvertently, he discovers a refreshing form of Christianity that has been forgotten. This book shares insights the author gained during front-line service amid the conflicts that arise when worldviews clash and presents his field-tested portrait of a raw, focused, and muscular Christianity.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaked Christian Press
    Release dateJan 13, 2017
    ISBN9780997759112
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    J. Michael Jones

    J. Michael Jones started writing in the early 1980s, publishing over thirty articles in national medical journals, and The Stones of Yemen is his eighth book, five of them fiction. He had a thirty-eight-year career as a physician associate and worked in refugee camps in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Oman, UAE, Egypt, and Nepal. In addition, he hosted twenty Yemeni students over two years in the U.S. Besides his medical studies, he has a degree in Arabic from the American University in Cairo, which was invaluable during the research for this book. Michael resides with his wife Denise in Washington's San Juan Islands, where he writes full time. They are the parents of five grown children and one hairy Saint Bernard.

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