God wasn't there.

For Matthew Paul Turner, a spiritual drought was stretching into a desert. Throughout his life Turner believed he knew what Christ was all about. But now he was facing a sobering reality: He couldn't seem to hear from the Jesus who had always seemed so available. In his desperation, Turner turned to Christ's most provocative message, the beatitudes. What he discovered there forever changed his view of his Lord, his faith, and his life.

Join popular author Matthew Paul Turner on a spiritual journey to discover just who Jesus is. Filled with Turner's spot-on humor, incisive insights, and no-holds-barred transparency, Relearning Jesus offers readers a fresh perspective on their faith and a reintroduction to their Saviour.

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He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it.

In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusing–sometimes cringe-worthy–and poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household, where even well-intentioned contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be “of the devil.”

churched is a collection of stories that detail an American boy’s experiences growing up in a culture where men weren’t allowed let their hair grow to touch their ears (“an abomination!”), women wouldn’t have been caught dead in a pair of pants (unless swimming), and the pastor couldn’t preach a sermon without a healthy dose of hellfire and brimstone. Matthew grapples with the absurdity of a Sunday School Barbie burning, the passionate annual boxing match between the pastor and Satan, and the holiness of being baptized a fifth time–while growing into a young man who, amidst the chaotic mess of religion, falls in love with Jesus....

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