This week's 3 Picks features multi-talented, multi-kidneyed author, Jay Wilburn. Jay is the author of books for all ages including the Lake Scatter Wood Tales books for middle grades and younger readers, the middle grades book series Time Travel Academy, the Maidens of Zombie Kingdom trilogy for young adult readers, and many novels for adult readers including the Vampire Christ books. Jay Wilburn can be found @AmongTheZombies on Twitter, his YouTube channel is Captain Three Kidneys, and he livestreams his writing at Twitch.tv/JayWilburn on Twitch.
Jay is also the host of Matters of Faith podcast, part of the Project Entertainment Network. For four years, Jay has explored faith in relation to himself and faith as others experience it. It is a deep, non-denominational podcast and Jay expertly breaks down aspect of faith in an almost therapeutic manner. With that in mind, Jay has come to share his 3 Picks for faith based books.
These books that deal with topics of faith and Christianity are in order of descending reverence.
Pick 1. This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
This is every Christian fiction reader's favorite book and author. It shows angels in spiritual warfare around the lives of struggling Christians. It follows a strict Christian worldview. Unlike most Christian fiction, it finds a way to make the story work and actually be good.
Pick 2. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Jesus's childhood friend is resurrected in modern times to write a version of the Gospel while held in a hotel room by an angel. It deconstructs the early life of Jesus and the message of the Gospels according to those other four guys. It is funny, but does not stick with the Biblical narrative accepted by the Church ... any church. Many Christians will not like it.
Pick 3. Saint Sadist by Lucas Mangum
This novel is irreverent and extreme. A girl runs from an abusive father and ends up with a religious cult. The novel explores religion, sanity, and reality. Only pick this up if you can endure the graphic and the extreme, but then definitely pick it up. Many, many Christians will not like it. Even the ones that were cool youth ministers in the 90s and said things like, "I think Marilyn Manson has an important place in the discussion through his social commentary," even they aren't this cool. Choose your reading with care because ideas can be dangerous to your worldview and your comfort.
Those are 3 awesome picks! Those books take on faith from several different angles. All great books to check out for anyone of any faith... or no faith at all!
If you want to believe in Jay Wilburn you can check out everything he's got going on at: JayWilburn.com
Pick 1. This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
This is every Christian fiction reader's favorite book and author. It shows angels in spiritual warfare around the lives of struggling Christians. It follows a strict Christian worldview. Unlike most Christian fiction, it finds a way to make the story work and actually be good.
Pick 2. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Jesus's childhood friend is resurrected in modern times to write a version of the Gospel while held in a hotel room by an angel. It deconstructs the early life of Jesus and the message of the Gospels according to those other four guys. It is funny, but does not stick with the Biblical narrative accepted by the Church ... any church. Many Christians will not like it.
Pick 3. Saint Sadist by Lucas Mangum
This novel is irreverent and extreme. A girl runs from an abusive father and ends up with a religious cult. The novel explores religion, sanity, and reality. Only pick this up if you can endure the graphic and the extreme, but then definitely pick it up. Many, many Christians will not like it. Even the ones that were cool youth ministers in the 90s and said things like, "I think Marilyn Manson has an important place in the discussion through his social commentary," even they aren't this cool. Choose your reading with care because ideas can be dangerous to your worldview and your comfort.
Those are 3 awesome picks! Those books take on faith from several different angles. All great books to check out for anyone of any faith... or no faith at all!
If you want to believe in Jay Wilburn you can check out everything he's got going on at: JayWilburn.com
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