Rings of Fire
Walking in Faith through a Volcanic Future
by Leonard I. Sweet · NavPress · 2019
Book summary
A future-facing work that interprets converging crises as 'rings of fire' and calls Christians to resilient, imaginative, Jesus-centered faith.
Chapter & section guide
The Volcanic Future
Multiple cultural, ecological, technological, and political pressures erupt together.
Fear and Faith
Crisis exposes whether hope rests in control or in Christ.
Reading the Signs
Faithful people discern patterns without turning prediction into panic.
Resilience
Spiritual practices prepare communities to absorb shock and remain present.
Innovation
New conditions require new forms of mission and leadership.
Community
Networks of trust become essential in unstable times.
Creation Care
Ecological crisis is a theological and moral summons.
Jesus in the Fire
The future is entered through companionship with Christ rather than escape from the world.
Editorial note: these are original thematic summaries prepared as a research and reading aid, not quotations from the book itself.