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Three cassettes, 5 hours


"I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out and reclaim words used and misused by the Christians of my youth," says Philip Yancey, whose explorations of Christian faith have made him a guide for millions. In SOUL SURVIVOR, he charts his spiritual pilgrimage through the influence of key individuals: "These are the people who ushered me into the Kingdom. In many ways, they are why I remain a Christian today, and I want to introduce them to other spiritual seekers."

Yancey interweaves his own journey with fascinating stories of those who modeled for him a life-enhancing, rather than life-constricting, faith: Dr. Paul Brand, G. K. Chesteron, Annie Dillard, Frederick Buechner, C. Everett Koop, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henri Nouwen, John Donne, Mahatma Gandhi, Shusaku Endo, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Coles.

Listeners will find these inspiring portraits both nurture and challenge their own understanding of authentic faith. Yancey fans will devour these new glimpses of how he has held onto faith while acknowledging with utter honesty its inherent difficulties. Listeners will be drawn in by the theme of faith verses religion and drawn along a compelling narrative of signposts on a spiritual journey.

SOLE SURVIVORS offers illuminating and critically important insights into true Christianity, which will enrich the lives of veteran believers and cautious seekers alike.

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