The Beach: Where Religion Meets Reality
This magical and visionary novel takes the reader into a rethinking of who Jesus is and what it means to follow him. Beware—this might change your life.
Overview
The Beach follows the spiritual and emotional unraveling of Jacob, a lifelong pastor whose crisis of faith culminates during a dramatic communion service. Haunted by personal failures and a deepening sense of emptiness, Jacob abandons his congregation and ends up on a foggy beach. There, he encounters a mysterious, destitute man claiming to be Jesus Christ.
Over the course of a long night, their surreal and probing dialogue forces Jacob to confront the cracks in his beliefs, his relationships, and his very identity. This transformative encounter challenges his understanding of everything he thought he knew, leaving him to question what it truly means to know and believe in Jesus.
What if everything you thought you knew was wrong?
What if the faith you lost was the one you needed to lose?
What if the Jesus you worship is a stranger to the Christ of the Gospels?
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