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What if we could do away with all of the religious guilt and live from delight? What if we could enjoy so great an intimacy with God that it would seem he was nearly beneath our skin? What if we could just go through life being ourselves and somehow express Christ along the way? And what if all of this could come at no expense of our own?<\/p>\n

There is an Old way that forever leads to disappointment, no matter how much \u201choly\u201d effort is exerted. There is also a New way that comes free of charge and changes everything. And yet there is also a third option\u2014a hybrid of Old and New that you find in many churches today.<\/p>\n

This book is intended to reveal the futility of the Old and the ecstasy of the New. We\u2019ll talk about how to escape the misery of today\u2019s hybrid religiosity and enjoy the purity of the New. The New is what God intended all along for the dedicated but miserable people throughout history.<\/p>\n

And the New is what God intends for you.
\n\u2014\u2013
\nfrom \u201cThe Naked Gospel\u201d (Zondervan)<\/p>\n

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