{"product_id":"childish-things-a-memoir","title":"Childish Things: A Memoir","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe Jesus movement of the 70s was a heady time. It was a time of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJesus Christ Superstar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGodspell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It was a time of the Doobie Brothers telling us that “Jesus is Just Alright With Me,” and Norman Greenbaum singing about a “Spirit in the Sky.” It was a time when Jesus was going to return any day, according to the bestselling book “The Late Great Planet Earth.” It was a time of the Rapture, Armageddon, and the Antichrist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDave Warnock’s faith took root during this intoxicating era, and soon he was speaking in tongues, casting out demons, and praying for legs to grow. That raw, emotional faith grew into a mature Christian lifestyle over the next three and a half decades, including pastoral roles in three different churches, where the innocence of Dave's early faith evolved into staff meetings, budgets, and carefully planned worship services. Dave's spiritual journey included vocational, financial and personal struggles, and an increasingly frustrating search for God's involvement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what if it’s not true? What if there’s not an active God doing things for His people? What does a man do when he pauses and reflects on a life lived in this kind of faith, and finds, upon examination, that the God he dedicated his life to has never been there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 2011 Dave had come to the conclusion that he no longer believed in a personal God and he rejected his lifelong faith. In 2019 he was diagnosed with ALS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildish Things\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Raw, open, honest—I can’t imagine the courage it took to write this book, but it is a story you will not be able to put down until the last page. I hope this has a healing influence on anyone who reads it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Darrel Ray, president and founder of Recovering from Religion, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe God Virus and Sex \u0026amp; God, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efounder of the Secular Therapy Project\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“You will need a fire extinguisher as you read Dave Warnock’s journey. The pages blaze with courage, intensity, drama and heartbreak—and sometimes real fire. This candid revelation of behind-the-scenes ministry has no come-to-Jesus moment. Just the opposite.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDan Barker, co-president of Freedom from Religion Foundation, Author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Godless \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Life Driven Purpose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e“This book healed emotional and mental wounds I didn’t know I had. It shook me to my core. This is not a confession of sins—an imaginary term and concept created to control people. It’s more a presentation of what-the-fuck-was-I-thinking?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCass Midgley, former pastor and podcast host of \"Everyone’s Agnostic\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dave Warnock writes like he speaks: conversationally and compellingly. Deconversion stories aren’t uncommon, but Dave’s chronicle is unique, interesting, and inspiring . . . a great read for the religious and non-religious alike.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeth Andrews, The Thinking Atheist, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe-Converted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfessions of a Former Fox News Christian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Astounding and aching. Dave’s story helped me, as a Millennial, to understand the Christianity formed among my parents’ hippie generation. Dave also invites us into empathy with those whose grief pulls them away from God. Suffering strengthens the faith of many, but for others, suffering confirms God’s unwillingness to save his faithful and throws into free-fall the fallacy of omnipotent love. Dave offers a raw, humorous, and unflinching account of purpose after pain—and freedom after faith.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice Greczyn, actress, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWayward, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efounder of “Dare to Doubt”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912223547583,"sku":"0bb2410d-ba90-470c-8cdc-2350c7493b99","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/bfd4e0a64ce8051a9d37b9eb3d7f0422.jpg?v=1785006764","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/childish-things-a-memoir","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}