Buck-Naked Faith: A Brutally Honest Look at Stunted Christianity

by Eric Sandras, David A. Stoddard, Robert J. Tamasy

Drop the layers of make-believe nonsense that stunts our spiritual growth. What emerges is a positive alternative to life-crushing counterfeit faiths many of us are trying our best to work through.
To do this, men, women, and teens need the vision and encouragement to take the risk and get dangerously real with God. He exposes the naked truth: We need to dress our lives with a real friendship with God and nothing else.• Includes discussion questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576835251
• ISBN13: 9781576835258
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great title. Better book.

An honest and refreshing look at what so many of us fall prey to: masking our true selves to appear as if we have this "Christian" thing down. Author Sandras compares those of us who are unwilling to get real with God and others to a Bonsai tree--on the outside, beautiful in a raw, having-weathered-the-storm way; on the inside, fragile and susceptible to the elements. He then gives the reader seven thought-provoking steps to a "butt-kicking, life-giving friendship with Jesus". Now for the hard, but best part--putting those steps into practice. A great tool!

a great read

I would especially recommend this book to all young Christians (meaning haven't been Christian for that long) and all teenagers and college students struggling with how to make their lives fit in a world that demands many things while Christianity demands one thing. This book helps put everything in perspective.

Rocking ones Faith

Best book I have read about facing up to where one is in their faith. Reading "Buck Naked Faith" was like holding up a mirror and seeing someone you really didn't know,but know now and you pray and hope to change. If you want to grow! read this book and become that tree by the stream of living waters.

Moving past Buzzwords...

Once in awhile a book comes along that strips away all of the pretenses and leaves you feeling like you actually heard from God as you read. Buck Naked Faith is such a book. Authenticity has become a buzzword in the christian jargon of the day. This books goes deeper than using words, but points out what it means to develop a living, vital faith with Jesus. The raw honesty and experience from which Eric Sandras writes ranges from the borders of humor to personal pain and points to a great God who loves to exercise grace. I'll never look at a Bonsai tree the same way again. Well done!

Willing to pursue real faith, discipleship, relationship?

It takes a lot of courage to begin a book on Christian discipleship with this sentence: 'Sex with a stranger wasn't supposed to end this way.'. That's the start of this challenging book. It's one that will fundamentally change - and strengthen - your walk as an authentic disciple of Jesus the Christ if you let it. I've had the privelege of knowing Eric and occasionally serving Jesus with him, and of attending a marriage workshop that he led. He's a true disciple of Jesus, a man with powerful character who is willing to share the guts and grime of his story so that God gets the glory for His work of redemption. Thanks for being a great coach, Eric.