Beyond Belief – Faith That Works | Austin Macauley Publishers

“If the gospel changes everything, why is there so little change in my life? Why do I struggle so much with sins that are debilitating, those that knock the wind out of me and deplete me emotionally? Where can I find hope to experience the freeing beauty of following Jesus?”

Many Christians are frustrated over the disconnect between faith and lifestyle. Beyond Belief bridges the gaping chasm between belief and behavior. In so doing it exposes the short-circuits in how we view what the gospel is and how it practically changes us.

If you are looking for a faith that works, especially in daily living, Beyond Belief is for you. As you apply the principles in Beyond Belief those around you will notice the change. And so will you.

The son of German immigrant parents who settled in the USA, Dietrich was named after Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He and his wife, Jan, have been involved in church planting in Germany and in Europe for over 37 years. They have three adult children and four grandsons. Dietrich and Jan reside in Wheaton, Illinois.

Dietrich is the author of:

SHIFT: The Road to Level 5 Church Multiplication

The Jesus Model: Planting Churches the Jesus Way

Profound: Twelve Questions That Will Grab Your Heart and Not Let Go

Customer Reviews

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Ellen Livingood, President at Catalyst Services

It doesn’t take long for Christians to recognize the nasty truth that sinful attitudes and habits have not been eradicated by a decision to place faith in Christ, no matter how sincere the convert is. Even more disillusioning is the discovery that simplistic solutions don’t deliver believers from cycles of failure. Dietrich’s short book addresses this issue headlong by offering biblical guidelines for developing godly disciplines that over time form Christlike character. The Christian life is a battle against sin, and this book will serve as a guide to engaging the resources God provides His children to win.
Dr. Jeffrey Boersma, President Discovery Coaching Services

It will be the extremely rare follower of Christ who does not see themselves in the experiences of Shelly in Dietrich Schindler’s Beyond Belief. We think we know things that we haven’t actually lived. The idolatries of making anything more important than God persist. We all have our “dented Teslas” that reveal those idolatries. We “instrumentalize” God when we reduce him to being simply someone who helps us get what we want.

God’s path, the halak-life of wisdom, is an amazing, ongoing experience of continual communion with the One who frees us from performance-based living precisely because Jesus is the only one who turned in the only perfect performance. Schindler captures the essence of this life in this book through solid Scripture interpretation, powerful analogy through the character of Shelly, and the insightful example of the creation of Adam.

What we do and how we live is always rooted in God’s character and what has first done for us.
The halak-life is a life of grace and a life of G.R.A.C.E. as this book so clearly describes.
Linda Wagner, Missionary, counselor, teacher and trainer in counseling

There is a way of living the Christian life that is supernatural. It isn’t just cleaning up how we live. It flows out of a life in relationship with Jesus. I appreciate Dietrich’s effort at showing what it means to walk with God and where wisdom fits. Wisdom is the applied knowledge of God in our lives. Our lives will be different when it flows from within and applied outwardly.

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