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Matthew Paul TurnerConvergent Books / 2008 / ePubOur Price$15.993.5 out of 5 stars for Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess - eBook. View reviews of this product. 14 ReviewsAvailability: In StockStock No: WW11078EB
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Mdj12135 Stars Out Of 5Perfectly written!February 10, 2011Mdj1213Quality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess.This is the childhood I shared with my sister! Matthew Paul Turner captures the comic overtones of being raised in a church along with the toll coming of age in the faith takes on your adult beliefs. A must read for everyone:)
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Matt Hafer5 Stars Out Of 5November 25, 2008Matt HaferThis review was written for Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess.Great read. MPT is one of our better Christian author's, even on par with that of a Rob Bell or Don Miller, but without the publicity. His experiences resinate with everyone that would read this book, whether a Christian or not. It is a warm hearted attempt at making sense out of the madness and one of the most humorous collections of the trials of growing up in a fundamentalist culture you will ever find. 100% recommend.
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Steve Murphy5 Stars Out Of 5November 25, 2008Steve MurphyThis review was written for Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess.What an incredible book! Anyone who has spent any amount of time in church (or several churches, as the case may be) will get a kick out of this great story! I say story because while this book would qualify as non-fiction, Mr. Turner has a brilliant style of writing that made me feel like I was watching a new season of the Wonder Years. Mr. Turner recaps an odd life journey where he started as a Methodist, transitioned into a Fundamental Baptist church, and ultimately landed at non-denominational Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN. I have no problem in recommending this book; first, just for sheer entertainment! There are countless times in this story where you will laugh out loud! Secondly, it will cause you to recap your own church journey and make you wonder how you survived any of it!
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pastor2519West Point, UTAge: Over 65Gender: male4 Stars Out Of 5learn to laugh at yourselfFebruary 21, 2011pastor2519West Point, UTAge: Over 65Gender: maleQuality: 4Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4This review was written for Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess.Matthew Paul turner takes us on a wonderful joyous and poignant trip through the aisles and behind the pulpit of the church that so many of us remember from our childhood. The church that tried so hard to do everything right, and according to its own set of standards probably did a great job. Every 'T' was crossed, every 'I' was dotted, but somehow they didn't quite realize the goal of bringing people closer to the God they claimed had pre-eminence.
The rules were all in place to celebrate the Living God, everyone knew the rules, but as so often happens people caught up in the religiosity of the moment and forgot why they were really there. When we worry about all the rules we forget that Jesus told us to not worry, but instead to take a lesson from the birds of the air, and the lilies of the fields.
We try so hard to do it right, and so often it turns out wrong, but God overlooks our ignorance and showers us with grace, grace to keep on trying, grace to finally realize that when God asks us to obey, He's asking us to follow where he leads, not show up on Sunday morning and evening, and again on Wednesday night, wearing the right clothes, having the right haircut, quoting the right translation of the bible, and staying the appropriate distance from members of the opposite sex.
And as Turner shows us in this book, God even gives us enough grace to laugh at ourselves. Sometimes He even gives us enough grace to uncross a 'T' or un-dot an 'I'.
Regardless of the church you grew up in, or are currently attending, sometimes it's important to get past the religiosity in order to appreciate the fact that Jesus is sitting next to you, trying to get your attention. -
i am awsomeAge: Under 18Gender: male4 Stars Out Of 5churched reviewFebruary 18, 2011i am awsomeAge: Under 18Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4This review was written for Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess.I just recently read a book called "Churched" it is a good book about a young man's travel through the church and finding his way to God, he tells a lot of stories about his youth and how strange some people he met were. According to him his preacher would at least say that he didn't smoke or chew, or hang with girls that do once a month. He talked about how he disliked and still does dislike being alone with a pastor.
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