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"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."

- David F. Wells

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Your Jesus is Too Safe Available for Amazon Pre-Order

Posted by Jared @ 9:18 pm CDT
Filed under: Literature, The Gospel

Just discovered you can now apparently pre-order my book on Amazon.

Go here and feel free to pre-order one or five.

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1. Shrode - 04/18/2009 11:59 pm CDT

Awesome-arama!!!!!!!!!!

I'm too lazy to go hunt for the post or link to it here, but there was another post earlier when I challenged people to commit to buying a copy or more of this book when it came out.

It's time to step up people! You know who you are!

2. jen - 04/19/2009 9:33 am CDT

Cool!

3. hobo - 04/20/2009 3:42 pm CDT

Congratulations, man. That must feel awesome.

4. Bob Sacamento - 04/20/2009 3:49 pm CDT

Congratulations, Jared. Must be great.

And, BTW, any posts you might write with a title like "How to Go from Working Stiff to Published Author (Who May or May Not Remain a Working Stiff)" would be greatly appreciated.

5. Jared - 04/20/2009 5:18 pm CDT

Thanks, all! I do appreciate the well wishes.

Bob, not sure if this is sort of what you're looking for, but the closest I've come to something like that is this post, which was written before I got a book deal:
http://gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com/2008/08/tips-for-aspiring-writers.html

6. Sam in Mesquite - 04/20/2009 8:10 pm CDT

I'll wait and buy mine from LifeWay, but congratulations many times over. I am looking forward to having you come do a book signing at my store. Let us know when you have a book tour scheduled.Of course, you need to bring the whole family!

7. Shrode - 04/21/2009 5:07 pm CDT

Pre-ordered mine today...

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