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Product Description
▼▲Product Information
▼▲Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: Zondervan Publication Date: 2009 | ISBN: 9780310540403 ISBN-13: 9780310540403 UPC: 025986540401 |
Publisher's Description
▼▲The author of My Beautiful Idol is on a quest to be successfulin a lucrative job at an advertising agency, in ministry work, even in his relationships. And in a futile attempt to control the sources of love and security, he has turned these things into idols he can keep in his soul's back pocket. He pulls the idols out when he feels vulnerable and defenseless, and hides them again when things are going well. But the idols keep failingeven when he turns to his own Christian faith. In a creative narrative style rooted in raw honesty, My Beautiful Idol invites readers to identify with the young would-be Christian hero as he seeks God, and as he hides from God. Far from reducing complex matters to simplistic formulas, Pete Gall weaves together stories both sublime and wretched, ego-building and humbling, humorous and painful, and successfully celebrates the messiness of faith, the importance of validating truth, and the unscripted nature of experiencing a God who is intimately involved in all of life.
Author Bio
▼▲Endorsements
▼▲My Beautiful Idol is a delicate reminder to denounce all that dazzles that does not look like Jesus. It is an invitation to say no to all other lovers and counterfeit hopes, and to put our faith in the God that is blessing the most downtrodden people of this world, the God whose gospel is good news to the poor. - Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution