| Struck: One Christian's Reflections on Encountering Death Contributor(s): Ramsey, Russ (Author), Sauls, Scott (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0830844945 ISBN-13: 9780830844944 Publisher: IVP OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Body, Mind & Spirit | Inspiration & Personal Growth |
| Dewey: 248.86 |
| LCCN: 2016046957 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - New Age - Topical - Death/Dying |
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Publisher Description:
When my doctor told me I was dying, I came alive. What happens when you come face-to-face with your mortality? When your body fails you, what happens to your faith? Russ Ramsey was struck by a bacterial infection that destroyed his mitral valve, sending him into heart failure and requiring urgent open-heart surgery. As he faced the possibility of death, he found himself awakened to new realities. In the critical days and months that followed, Ramsey came to see the world through the eyes of affliction. He grappled with fear, anger, depression, and loss, and yet he experienced grace through the suffering that filled him with a hope and hunger for the life to come. This profoundly eloquent memoir gives voice to the deepest questions of the human condition. In the midst of pain, we can see glimpses of eternity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ramsey, Russ: - Russ grew up in the fields of Indiana and studied at Taylor University and Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM). He is a pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and his writing has appeared at The Rabbit Room, The Gospel Coalition, The Blazing Center, and To Write Love on Her Arms. |