Description: Does God use flawed people despite their shortcomings? Mere
Believers tells the stories of eight remarkable men and women living in
tumultuous times, revealing surprising and inspirational answers.
William Wilberforce defined Christian as ""a pilgrim travelling on
business through a strange country."" In Mere Believers, historian Marc
Baer examines eight Christian figures from the past, indicating how
their conversion not only directed them to new vocations (""travelling
on business""), but also impacted in profoundly positive ways the
society and culture of that ""strange country"" they called home. The
book reveals how faithful lives can have revolutionary consequences,
offering poignant models for vocational discernment and spiritual
formation. Mere Believers helps readers engage our own times better by
bringing them into conversation with courageous Christians of the past.
The subjects represent a variety of Christian traditions. They are male
and female, black and white, English, Welsh, Scottish, and an African
immigrant. Mere Believers reveals how what we believe is the legacy of
what they achieved, that some of the best minds and hearts in the past
have been committed, culturally wise Christians, and in turn how their
lives and worldviews have shaped our own--including, paradoxically,
those who reject Christianity.
