{"product_id":"yearning-living-between-how-it-is-and-how-it-ought-to-be","title":"Yearning: Living Between How It Is and How It Ought to Be","description":"Does God want us fulfilled?\nPopular psychology says we should be fulfilled. Advertisements tease us with dozens of ways we can be fulfilled. Many preachers and book promise Christian fulfillment.\nBut in this surprising (and surprisingly liberating) book, Craig Barnes suggests we weren't created to be whole or complete. With a fresh reading of the early chapters of Genesis, he says that much of our pain and disillusionment arises from wrong expectations of the gospel and of life.\nEchoing comedian Bob Newhart, Barnes \"would like to make a motion that we face reality.\" He candidly draws from his own experience as a son, a student, a husband, a father and a pastor to help us see what we all know but are so reluctant to say aloud--that biblical living will not save us from crises or unfulfillment.\nBarnes writes for anyone who knows that faith must be tough enough to \"hold up in the emergency rooms of life.\" But he doesn't merely help us face reality. He helps us see how our needs and limitations are gifts, the best opportunities we have to receive God's grace. Because of that, Yearning may be the most honest and the most helpful book you'll read this year.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0830813780\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0830813780.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barnes, M. Craig\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41504390414394,"sku":"DBV.0830813780.A","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0830813780-0_d9d2179f-336d-4712-97c2-fd17891f86cd.jpg?v=1783105509","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/yearning-living-between-how-it-is-and-how-it-ought-to-be","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}