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Especially in the southern states where Churches of Christ were concentrated, it seemed inconceivable that they would ever face their own death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike many communities of faith, these churches are now in rapid decline. The numbers are devastating. At the current trajectory, Churches of Christ in America, with a membership of just over a million, will be less than a quarter their current size in thirty years. As they awaken to their crisis, many of them are beginning to see themselves at the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an elegy for those churches. But it is also a story of hope and promise. As from the \"Blue Hole\"--the tiny, hidden spring from which flows the San Antonio River, near where Jack Reese ministers--there is still abundant life and grace to be found flowing into Churches of Christ, waiting to be uncovered. Anyone wondering how to stem the seemingly inevitable ebb of the fading Western church will find solace and help in Reese's account of a once-thriving fellowship of churches that, God willing, may yet emerge from the grave into the light of resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49875268469009,"sku":"CIN0802879527VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51422988730641,"sku":"CIN0802879527G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0802879527.jpg?v=1750882661"},{"product_id":"title-the-body-broken-embracing-the-peace-of-christ-in-a-book-jack-r-reese-9780974844176","title":"Title: The Body Broken Embracing the Peace of Christ in a","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50375352975633,"sku":"CIN0974844179G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0974844179.jpg?v=1751203727"},{"product_id":"grace-sideways-book-jack-r-reese-9780802885890","title":"Grace, Sideways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if doubt isn't an obstacle to faith but an opening to authentic encounters with God?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting with a pastor's heart and a storyteller's love of language, Jack Reese looks back on a lifetime of ministry to share what he has learned along the way: that seasons of uncertainty when old answers no longer hold are often when faith becomes most alive. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith honesty, humor, and an abundance of hope, Reese reclaims the deeper storyline of Scripture, where unanswered questions and unresolved doubts are not obstacles on the spiritual path but openings--hidden patches of holy ground where we're likely to see God. Drawing from decades of walking with others through both beauty and brokenness, he offers glimpses of a God who often works in mystery--whose grace sometimes arrives in our lives head-on but more often emerges from the side, where we least expect it. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace, Sideways\u003c\/i\u003e isn't a book of scripted answers or spiritual clichés. It's a deeply personal witness from a seasoned pastor still learning to hold belief and doubt in the same hand. It's a companion for those with young faith--or no faith at all--who aren't sure what to do when the puzzle pieces don't seem to fit, and for those who have walked with God for years but now find some of their old beliefs cracking. 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