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Laura and Malcolm are everyday people whose lives are turned upside down when the church community they sign into becomes more and more un-Christlike in its behaviour. When her toddler's life is risked by the church leaders, Laura knows she has to escape. But already the community has become a prison, and she becomes more and more frantic in the struggle against her husband's and son's disinterest in leaving, her growing attraction to another man, and her confusion about basic Christian gifts of the Spirit. Faced with decisions that will rip apart her family, Laura acts: but her breathtaking struggle to escape tears apart the family, as this story of betrayal builds to a terrifying climax.
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Going Astray
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Christine Moore has written an excellent depiction of the dilemma a Christian family faces when hoping to live like the early church, but becoming overwhelmed by egotistical manipulation by the leadership. Laura, the Mother, a highly-intelligent and independent woman, slowly begins to resent being forced to conform, is concerned when she finds speaking in tongues has to be part of everyone?s prayer life and fears the loss of close family bonds as her children are housed apart and influenced by others.
The author has so clearly depicted the horror of moving to a place where Christians would hope to find sanctuary, peace and love, but finding instead a prison --Sue Gibbons, writer and TV producer
Have you had times in your Christian life when you feel out of step with some of the Christian people around you, even if their experience and take on things appears to be acceptable? Sometimes it seems as if someone is able to exert an undue influence and you don't have the courage or confidence to respond with your own questions - so you bring these things to God, trusting Him for the answer.
This novel is a page-turner about a family which embarks on communal Christian living. Issues of healing, gifts of the Spirit, faithfulness in marriage, and discipleship are dealt with in a thoughtful, but challenging way as they emerge through the story. There are also some delightful and humorous scenes.
This book is unlike anything else on the market at the moment. Get it & enjoy it! --Rob and Marion White: Mainstream Network Ministries, www.mainstream-uk.com; co-founder and Chairman of Hope for Justice, www.hopeforjustice.org.uk
Blind faith: a phrase that describes the essence of this compelling and cautionary tale. As the earnest but rash mother at the heart of this story discovers, even in the matter of faith Jesus' exhortation to be 'as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves' is advice well worth heeding. --Diane Taylor, Christian Speaker
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- PublisherSunpenny Publishing
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0955528399
- ISBN 13 9780955528392
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages300
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