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Disobedient God

Trusting a God Who Goes Off-Script

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In this powerful guidebook, the lead pastor of Fellowship Church demonstrates how the moments that test our faith are the moments God uses to direct our hearts to the one thing we truly desire most: a relationship with Christ.

When the people of Israel, those who had witnessed the most abundant and inexplicable acts of God, grew tired of waiting for Moses to come off the mountain, they made a calf of gold. It was easier for them to make a new god than to continue serving a God that didn’t conform to their schedule and expectations.
Just like the Israelites in the desert, we are all fundamentally longing for God… but who and what are we actually reaching for and serving? Disobedient God addresses the things we do when we feel ignored, inconvenienced and frustrated by God. What things are we reaching for in our life? Are we reaching for porn when we long for intimacy? Reaching for success when we long for security? We would never say that we have replaced God, but our actions tell a different story. Whether we are trying to replace God, trying to run away or trying to perform for Him, we have no mindset to deal with a disobedient God. Disobedient God is a book for people dealing with this disappointment and interested in properly understanding and loving the God they’ve misunderstood.
 
This is not a step-by-step instruction manual for how to react when things are difficult; rather, it is a way of understanding God that leads people to discover the relationship with God that they were always meant for.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 30, 2023
      Tate (How We Love Matters), founding pastor of Fellowship Church in California, invites believers to wrestle with their emotions when God deviates from expectations in this missable offering. While responses to a “disobedient” God can include “replacing” him with earthly distractions, emotionally withdrawing, or “performing” good to win his favor, Tate encourages readers to “be okay with not being okay” while trusting divine providence. The author utilizes scriptural narratives (Jonah fleeing from God, for example), personal anecdotes (dealing with a friend’s suicide attempt), and frequent rhetorical questions to urge readers to examine the staunchness of their faith. Having helped those struggling with God’s sovereignty, Tate offers generally familiar solutions, among them confessing one’s sins, reaching for God in moments of stress, and leaning on fellow believers for support. While some readers will appreciate Tate’s approachable writing style and encouraging tone, the messaging is repetitive, and his strategy of deriving large chunks of his argument from a single word in scripture sometimes sacrifices more substantive dialogue. Though emotionally cathartic, this doesn’t bring much new to the table.

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