Radical Faith Brings about Radical Change
Beth Webb Hart explores what happens
when we
leave our inhibitions behind.
What would it look like if we really loved
each other—if we had no inhibitions about sharing our faith and our very lives
with a hurting world? How would we really spend our time and our money? And
what impact would this have on our own families, especially our children? What
impact would it have on our communities, our country and the world? These are
the questions that first inspired Beth Webb Hart to write her newest novel, Sunrise on the Battery.
Hart always begins her writing with a question, and she was
inspired with these questions after reading David Platt’s book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the
American Dream. His book uncovered blind spots in her own life and helped
her fully imagine just where her characters’ uninhibited faith might take them.
Mary Lynn Scoville has everything anyone could desire—a handsome
husband, three beautiful daughters and a ticket into the social elite of
Charleston, S.C. But after a miraculous answer to a prayer on her behalf, Mary
Lynn decides to pray that her husband will discover the faith she loves. But
when her prayers are answered, she finds her world turned upside down and is
forced to deal with the idols she has created in her own life.
Jackson
Scoville is a man on a mission. Growing up deprived of the finer things in
life, he wants more for his children. His mission is to give his girls the best—a
top-rate education, exposure and immersion in the fine arts and frequent
opportunities to see the big wide world. “Not just education, baby—cultivation,”
he is known to say. But when he discovers the truth of Scripture, his focus
takes a quick turn—a turn his family may not like.
While writing about the lives of Mary Lynn, Jackson and
their daughters, Hart shows her readers how God can change a life and inspire a
family. She draws her readers into the story, especially with her intricate
details of the social culture of Charleston. Her characters will shine a
reflection on her readers’ own struggles and fears, and they will be
inspired to examine their own lives and discover what really matters.
According to Publisher’s
Weekly, “Hart writes inspirational fiction that leaves readers pondering
the subtly expressed life lessons well after the final chapter. She manages to make even the unlikely a real possibility in
this richly written tale of discovering faith.” So come
along as the Scoville family discovers their new family mission—a mission that
will change their world and the world around them.
Sunrise on the Battery by Beth Webb
Hart
Thomas Nelson/October
11, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-5955-4200-7/320
pages/paperback/$15.99
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