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This isn't your grandma's Jesus. This book is for those who need a Jesus who was: - a fighter - a ferocious personality - a man of fire and courage - a man who had hell in his blood and mad love in his heart. This book is for a rare class of athletes: the fiercest and most intense. It is for the lions, the wild horses, and the badasses, who naturally possess the strongest potential for great leadership. Badass Jesus will powerfully challenge your spirituality. Focused on Jesus' core principle rather than all the differing beliefs of Christian churches, Badass Jesus offers a simple new vision of intense faith: Jesus' ethos of extreme self-sacrifice mixed with his 1st and Greatest Commandments of radical, noble love - all dedicated to serving God and changing the world
This may be the most honest book ever written about Jesus. As a veteran pastor in the United Church of Christ, Dr. Watson shares his thoughts on the timeless topic of Christology--the doctrine of Christ--with new and creative insights, informative and accessible theology, personal anecdotes, and lively wit. Nothing is off-limits in this no-holds-barred contribution to the Jesus genre. Big Jesus is not another theological "spin" on the identity and nature of Jesus of Nazareth, nor is it a sentimental fairytale for those who prefer their Christology to be served up on Sunday mornings with fluffy sheep, little children, and footprints in the sand. This book is for Christian adults with a sense of humor.
This isn't your grandma's Jesus. This book is for those who need a Jesus who was: a fighter a ferocious personality a man of fire and courage a man who had hell in his blood and mad love in his heart. This book is for a rare class of athletes: the fiercest and most intense. It is for the lions, the wild horses, and the badasses, who naturally possess the strongest potential for great leadership. Badass Jesus will powerfully challenge your spirituality. Focused on Jesus' core principle rather than all the differing beliefs of Christian churches, Badass Jesus offers a simple new vision of intense faith: Jesus' ethos of extreme self-sacrifice mixed with his 1st and Greatest Commandments of radical, noble love - all dedicated to serving God and changing the world. Sven Erlandson, M.Div., B.A., is an internationally-respected author, motivational speaker, college religion and athletics lecturer, former college Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, former Division I athlete and record-setting power lifter. He was the first pastor ever in the Lutheran Church to be hired as a full-time Sports and Recreation Pastor. He has worked with thousands of athletes of all levels, as well as coaches, universities, small colleges, churches, pastors and hungry spiritual seekers. Erlandson excels at translating spiritual concepts into the language of athletes and spiritual but not religious people. Most of his time is spent consulting athletes and coaches on maximizing their mental and physical performances. Erlandson literally wrote the book - the very first book - on the spiritual but not religious movement in America, and is credited with coining that term (Spiritual But Not Religious: A Call to Religious Revolution in America). He has also written the critically-acclaimed Rescuing God from Christianity and The 7 Evangelical Myths, as well as numerous articles on spirituality, politics, culture, and parenting. His high-powered and counter-intuitive approach to spiritual life has been inspiring younger generations for years.
If we can agree on anything, it's that we are not okay. Our culture is reeling from the ravages of a global pandemic, a precipitous rise in depression and anxiety, suffocating debt, white supremacy, hypercapitalism, and a virulent political animus--to name a few. But what if it's not us? What if it's . . . well, everything? What if trying to conform to a sick culture is actually making us sick? It's Not You, It's Everything is a timely and incisive inquiry into the anxious pursuit of happiness at all costs. Psychotherapist and former pastor Eric Minton claims that the pernicious melding of capitalism and Christianity means a world of competition, perfection, and scarcity disguised as self-help and self-care. Rather than shaming, silencing, or medicating away our disappointment at not having obtained the happiness we were promised, however, Minton posits a radical alternative. In an impertinent, droll, yet pastoral voice, Minton suggests that our "not-okayness" will require rethinking everything we thought we knew about God, depression, the economy, culture, education, technology, and happiness. Our angst--and that of our children and teenagers--is telling us the truth about the kind of world we've created. By naming all the ways we're not okay, we move away from fear and shame and toward love, and trust, and trustworthiness. We'll need nothing less than hip-hop, Mr. Rogers, liberation theology, and Jesus to get us there. But on the other side of our pain is a radical "okayness" that might just set us free.
Burying White Privilege by Miguel A. De La Torre Pdf
Short. Timely. Poignant. Pointed. Burying White Privilege is all of these and more. This is the book that everybody who cares about contemporary American Christianity will want to read. Many people wonder how white Christians could not only support Donald Trump for president but also rush to defend an accused child molester running for the US Senate. In a 2017 essay that went viral, Miguel A. De La Torre boldly proclaimed the death of Christianity at the hands of white evangelical nationalists. He continues sounding the death knell in this book. De La Torre argues that centuries of oppression and greed have effectively ruined evangelical Christianity in the United States. Believers and clerical leaders have killed it, choosing profits over prophets. The silence concerning—if not the doctrinal justification of—racism, classism, sexism, and homophobia has made white Christianity satanic. Prophetically calling Christian nationalists to repentance, De La Torre rescues the biblical Christ from the distorted Christ of white Christian imagination.
LOL at the GOP - Volume 5: You Can't Spell "Forgot To Take Their Crazy Pills" Without "Tea Party" by Craig Rozniecki Pdf
A Tea Party may not sound crazy at first, but once the likes of Ted Cruz, Louie Gohmert, and Steve King show up at the door, it will make any frat party look tame in comparison. This level of craziness is on full display in Craig Rozniecki's twelfth book, LOL at the GOP - Volume 5: You Can't Spell "Forgot To Take Their Crazy Pills" Without "Tea Party." In this book, read all about: One Tea Partier's claim that abortion leads to global warming, Donald Trump's attempt to sue Bill Maher over an orangutan joke, Representative Steve Stockman's endorsement from a dead person, and so much more! Not only that, but this book answers all the tough questions, such as: Does President Obama hate white people, even though he's part white himself?; Did Gandhi carry guns with him on peaceful marches?: Do cookies make up for the stripping of women's rights?; and more!
Decolonizing Christianity by Miguel A. De La Torre Pdf
“How curiously different is this white God from the one preached by Jesus who understood faithfulness by how we treat the hungry and thirsty, the naked and alien, the incarcerated and infirm. This white God of empire may be appropriate for global conquerors who benefit from all that has been stolen and through the labor of all those defined as inferior; but such a deity can never be the God of the conquered.” Echoing James Cone’s 1970 assertion that white Christianity is a satanic heresy, Miguel De La Torre argues that whiteness has desecrated the message of Jesus. In a scathing indictment, he describes how white American Christians have aligned themselves with the oppressors who subjugate the “least of these”—those who have been systemically marginalized because of their race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status—and, in overwhelming numbers, elected and supported an antichrist as president who has brought the bigotry ingrained in American society out into the open. With this follow-up to his earlier Burying White Privilege, De La Torre prophetically outlines how we need to decolonize Christianity and reclaim its revolutionary, badass message. Timid white liberalism is not the answer for De La Torre—only another form of complicity. Working from the parable of the sheep and the goats in the Gospel of Matthew, he calls for unapologetic solidarity with the sheep and an unequivocal rejection of the false, idolatrous Christianity of whiteness.
You know Jesus, You think he’s a nice guy,and you never forget his birthday.But the truth is...you want more than that. You’re bored. Exhausted. Tired of the grind. You’re done with hearing about Jesus in sermons. Reading about Jesus in devotions. You want to encounter Jesus—and know him for who he really is. You want to experience Jesus’ love, not just admire him. To become a follower, not just a fan. The Jesus-Centered Life... • invites you into wonder as you explore the magnetic force of the real Jesus • frees you from a “trying harder to get better” lifestyle, so you can follow Jesus instead • walks you through one-of-a-kind practices that lead you into actual encounters with Jesus Packed with easy, natural, everyday life practices that transform how you see Jesus, The Jesus-Centered Life is the perfect antidote for a ho-hum connection to Jesus—a fresh invitation for you to make Jesus the center of your life. This book helps you chart a clear, fulfilling path straight to the Jesus who loves you.
The Complete Book of 2010s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz Pdf
This volume contains detailed information about every musical that opened on Broadway from 2010 through the end of 2019. This book discusses the decade’s major successes, notorious failures, and musicals that closed during their pre-Broadway tryouts. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues.
My Badass Book of Saints by Maria Morera Johnson Pdf
Winner of a 2016 Association of Catholic Publishers Excellence in Publishing Award: Inspirational Books (First Place). In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality, blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty-four holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances. In My Badass Book of Saints, Johnson shares her experience as a first-generation Cuban-American, educator of at-risk college students, and caregiver for a husband with Lou Gehrig's disease. Through humorous, empowering, and touching portraits of twenty-four spiritual mentors who inspired her, Johnson shows how their bravery, integrity, selflessness, perseverance, and hope helped her and can help others have courage to reach for a closer connection to God. She presents remarkable holy women and saints--including the gun-toting Servant of God Sr. Blandina Segale who tried to turn the heart of Billy the Kid, and Nazi resister Irena Sendler who helped smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II--in a way that brings their vivid personalities to life and helps readers live out the challenges of their lives with virtue and conviction. The book includes a group discussion guide.
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Pdf
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “paradigm-influencing” book (Christianity Today) that is fundamentally transforming our understanding of white evangelicalism in America. Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism—or in the words of one modern chaplain, with “a spiritual badass.” As acclaimed scholar Kristin Du Mez explains, the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in contemporary American evangelicalism. Many of today’s evangelicals might not be theologically astute, but they know their VeggieTales, they’ve read John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart, and they learned about purity before they learned about sex—and they have a silver ring to prove it. Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. And evangelical culture is teeming with muscular heroes—mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of “Christian America.” Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne, an icon of a lost time when men were uncowed by political correctness, unafraid to tell it like it was, and did what needed to be done. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the “moral majority” backed Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 for purely pragmatic reasons, Du Mez reveals that Trump in fact represented the fulfillment, rather than the betrayal, of white evangelicals’ most deeply held values: patriarchy, authoritarian rule, aggressive foreign policy, fear of Islam, ambivalence toward #MeToo, and opposition to Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community. A much-needed reexamination of perhaps the most influential subculture in this country, Jesus and John Wayne shows that, far from adhering to biblical principles, modern white evangelicals have remade their faith, with enduring consequences for all Americans.
Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger by John McDougall Pdf
The Raid that Rescued Us. The Mission that Defines Our Lives. You are trapped behind enemy lines. You feel it every day. Powerful forces want to destroy you and those you love. Completely surrounded, you see no means to escape. Sadly, the Jesus we often picture is too timid to help—more like a daytime talk show host than a dangerous Rescuer. Who would follow—much less risk everything—for such a leader? Get ready to see Jesus like you’ve never seen him before—a battle-scarred Combatant who stared death in the face and won. This is no Sunday-school Jesus, meek and mild. This is the Warrior Christ who has descended from the heavens, defeated the Enemy, and rescued humanity. Now, he calls us to continue his mission and fight for others—our families, our communities, and the world. In Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger, Army Chaplain John McDougall offers an alternative to the soft, gentle caricature of Jesus. Only the Warrior Christ can impact our broken world. And only in following him can you find the life of purpose you’ve always wanted. SUIT UP. It’s time to enter the fight with the first and greatest Airborne Ranger. The views expressed in this book are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense or the U.S. government.
Mathew Abernathy had all that life offered. He had wealth, a stunningly beautiful wife, and a healthy, energetic young daughter. Life was good. Everything seemed fine. But things were not what they seemed. Abused as a child, he blocked out the reality of his torment, his shame. He lived life through the lens of fantasy. The nightmares started early and got progressively worse as he approached puberty. After starting his own family, his descent into darkness begins. Slowly, his life fades into a violent world in which he lives out fantasies based on his character in nightmares. The nightmares have become so real he believes the life he’s known since childhood, the life he suppressed, never existed. His personality changes as physical evidence suggests he is acting out in real life his nightmare character role. He kills his first victim while in what he believes to be a nightmare, but news reports force him to realize he may have done it for real. Confused and desperate for answers, he becomes more detached from reality. As time goes on, he is less capable of distinguishing what is real and seeks professional help from a psychiatrist, an old family friend. The doctor misdiagnoses his condition and the treatments make matters worse. Soon, Mathew loses control and gives in to his most primal instincts. Unable to control the transformation, he embraces the idea that he, in fact, is a murderous villain and abandons his real life along with everyone in it. Would Mathew make it back to his real world? Would there be anyone who wanted him to get back? Mathew finds himself king in one of the most vicious neighborhoods of the city. Feared by all, yet respected by none, his list of enemies grow. Driven by a fury he can no longer control, he kills, randomly, brutally, without remorse. Mathew fully embraces his new life, when suddenly his nightmare world slowly unravels and the struggle for reality starts all over again. His enemies notice the change and become emboldened by his waning ability to defend himself. What will happen to Mathew? Will he succumb to his enemies? Will anyone from his past even care? Stuck between two worlds again, Mathew becomes a victim of his own existence. Captured by an unknown enemy, a disguised voice for which there is no face. He is alone, tormented, and held to account for sins he no longer remembers. In the end, Mathew comes face to face with the one enemy he had not accounted for. Can he survive?
This is a collection of 24 poems written over three years on the everyday spiritual experiences of youth. Often we find ourselves standing on the boundary between a material life and spiritual experiences. Both worlds have a lot to offer to our Mind and to our Self. The balanced journey between these worlds often lets us know that there is not much difference between them. The pure joy of living the everyday life of work, home and everything in between often takes us to the depths of Spirituality and Materialism. In this day and age, when we have the grace of living masters such as Ammachi, Mooji, Sadhguru and profound wisdom over Youtube channels, what more do we need to really wake up? Still the pull to do something in the world and maybe create an app or two just to prove yourself also attack us once in a while. Finally, all we can be grateful for is this beautiful opportunity of human life in this century.
