If God Disappears: 9 Faith Wreckers & What to Do about Them

by David Sanford

Virtually everyone has-or will-face crises of life and faith. These pivotal times are part of everyone's spiritual journey. Why then do some people emerge from the crisis with their faith intact while... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1414316178
• ISBN13: 9781414316178
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: SaltRiver
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

I know someone who needs this! Including me!!

A book full of powerful stories - with every chapter I read at least one person comes to mind where I can say - "they need to read this". A valuable life change tool that will warm your heart, make you cry and draw closer to our creator God. Easy to read - and profound in its impact. Stories you want to tell those you love and care about. Stories that can change your life - forever. A MUST READ!

A Must Read if God Has Let you Down!

Has you been so shattered by some tragic event, disappointment, loss or death that you've thrown in the towel on your faith and given up on God? Have you come to accept that everything about God you have ever believed has turned out to be nothing more than a man-made lie? If this describes you, you MUST pick up a copy of David Sanford's new book IF GOD DISAPPEARS. In a "been-there-done-that," non-judgmental fashion, Sanford exposes nine of the most common faith wreckers that not only take away our faith, they literally steal, kill and destroy the very quality of our lives. Sanford boldly faces the toughest faith challenges, reveals truth (yes, truth) and offers hope in the midst of numbness and hopelessness. Could it be that you have come to misread or misinterpret the facts of your own circumstances to mean something they in fact do not mean? What is truth, really? And who, what and where is God when he seems to disappear? Do yourself a favor and pick up David Sanford's book to find out. After all, at this point in your life you have nothing to lose.

Wonderful devotional about trusting God even when we can't see Him

If God Disappears by David Sanford is a powerful book about the times when we question God in our lives and how we can seek and find him. Sanford picks nine crises that when they strike can make us wonder what God is doing or if He is even paying attention. Sanford offers several anecdotes about the ways that God has worked for him and people he knows, and sometimes when God hasn't worked, but we still have to trust him anyway. I can't help but admire Sanford's deep faith after growing up with an atheist father who disapproved of his son's decision to follow Jesus. The chapter about betrayal by the church resonated strongest with me. After the deep pain Jesse and I suffered at our previous church, we are healing at our current one. But it isn't perfect, and we still have issues with commitment there. Sanford reminds me that no church is perfect, but God is there, and I need to trust in and wait on that. The most powerful part of the entire book just may be the epilogue. Sanford tells the story of how Jesus got Peter and his brother to follow him; by meeting them, hanging around, and then disappearing so that they had to seek him out. Perhaps that's just what God does on occasion: disappear so that we seek Him out. The book is intelligent with a great deal of heart, the type you want to read over the course of several readings so that you can really take in the message and let it soak into your soul.

Real issues and real truth

If God Disappears is a powerful and moving book that candidly addresses issues of doubt and anger towards God that we sometimes feel. David Sanford gives us an honest look at the feelings we can run up against when we face life's deepest challenges. This book is full of real life examples from the author's life and others about how to confront and overcome our crisis of faith. After reading this book, I was challenged in my own life to look at my assumptions about God, circumstances, and suffering. There are no easy answers to the questions, Why do people suffer, or Why do bad things happen, but David Sanford wisely steers us to draw closer to God in the suffering, and honesty wrestle with and through our questions and doubts about God. This is a book I will come back to when the going gets tough. Shane G.

Powerful, Relevant and Riveting!

David Sanford's book, If God Dissappears, ministered to me and encouraged me from the very first page. Mr. Sanford has an uncanny ability to weave simple, real-life stories with timeless principles. I loved how the chapters were easy to read, yet very engaging and filled with scripture. It's obvious that this author has invested a great deal of time in the Bible. He shares some of his own times of anger, discouragement and failure throughout the book. He teaches with authority about the nine "faith-wreckers," because he has personally encountered every one of them. Yet,through prayer, God's Word and other Christians, he overcame them, and his faith was strengthened. I have family members who are still angry at God for things in their past. I intend to share this book with them. I believe Mr. Sanford's words and loving, conversational writing style may help break through and soften their hearts toward God again.--Dwayne Moore, author of Pure Praise: A Heart-focused Bible Study on Worship