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#BookReview: #SecondCivilWar by U. Ray Moran

OMFG! HILARIOUS! This is THE book to read going into the 2018 Midterm Elections. Seriously, this is one of the best current events parodies I’ve seen in any format, and particularly book format. Definitely not for the faint of heart or overly sensitive, but skewers “both” sides of the political aisle fairly evenly. Libertarians or those tired of politics from “both” sides will find this particularly funny, but even those on “either” side of the aisle will find the jokes at the “other” side’s expense funny even while groaning or being upset by the jokes at their side’s expense.

This review of #SecondCivilWar by U. Ray Moran was originally published on July 8, 2018.

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#BookReview: Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt

For what it is, this is a fascinating book using one family’s journey to look at a broader issue currently being discussed anywhere discussions take place. It lacks knowledge, and thus presentation of the pertinant points, that government hurts transgender people as much as it helps them, but that doesn’t overly detract from the overall tale told here. Highly recommended.

This review of Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt was originally published on June 20, 2018.

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#BookReview: The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren

Is Incomplete and Unproven. I was looking forward to this book. I really, really was. I wanted McLaren to show us how, what, where, and why Christianity was on a migration towards being a better Christian. Instead I got a story of how McLaren himself has moved from being a very conservative Christian to a very liberal one. Instead of describing how Christianity can transcend our political issues of the day, McLaren insists that we fight for one side of the political issues of the day. Instead of instilling hope, he seeks to instill fear – in the words of The American President, he doesn’t appear interested in solving anything so much as making Christians afraid of some *other* global catastrophe and saying that those who have a “lesser understanding” of the Bible are to blame for it. Rather than being transformative, as he believes himself to be, he exposes himself as just another elitist trying to tell everyone else that he knows what is best for them. Truly a shame.

This review of The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren was originally published on May 28, 2018.