No More Dragons
Get Free from Broken Dreams, Lost Hope, Bad Religion, and Other Monsters
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Becoming a dragon is a dangerously subtle process.
You make a long chain of bad choices. The chain gradually wraps around you. Layer by layer, it begins to take on the aspect of scales. One day you glance at yourself in the mirror and a monster is staring back at you. You aren't who you used to be. You aren't who you want to be. You're not who you were created and designed to be. Instead, you're a dragon.
When Jim Burgen was nineteen years old, he realized how easy it had been to become a dragon. He knew he didn't want to be one anymore . . . but how? No More Dragons is the story of our common, hopeful journey from dragonhood back to personhood.
As Pastor Burgen narrates the remarkable process of reclaiming himself from himself, he implores modern church goers to shake off the trivialities of churchiness in favor of the substantive questions that make a spiritual transformation:
"Is Jesus the only one who can undragon people?"
"Why don't I like most churches?"
"Where is God in difficult times?"
"How do you shed decades of gnarly scales?"
Some choices will lead you to a better life. Some will kill you. Some choices will add a new layer of scales to your dragon, and some will slough them off. No More Dragons is about asking Christ to deliver you and learning how to obey him.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. You, Me, and Dragons: What Is This Book About?
- 2. Monkeys, Naked People, and Traitors: Only Jesus Slays Your Dragons
- 3. Your Past, Your Present, and Your Train Tracks: Believing Without Aligning Is Useless
- 4. Elephants, Lions, and Depression: What Happens When Dragons Hunt You?
- 5. Shark Week, Allergies, and Faith: Faith Isn’t What You Thought It Was
- 6. Prayer, People, and Pills: So What Is Faith?
- 7. Missing Limbs, Burned Pizza, and Chreaster Services: Why Are Some Churches Dragons?
- 8. Gay Guys, Gangsters, and Everyone Else: A Challenge to Fight for Your Church
- 9. Scarred Guys, Sick Guys, and Small Steps: Do You Want to Be Whole?
- 10. Truth, Grace, and Spiritual Poverty: Being Un-Dragoned Is Better, Not Always Easier
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author