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Released today! Fractured Christianity

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  Fractured Christianity: A Repu blic in Peril (Jerry Aveta) has been released. Amazon, for some reason, is planning on a release on Thursday (ebook and paperback) but the paperback is already available on Barnes & Noble and at the MSI Press webstore (use coupon code FF25 for a 25% discount at MSI). Book description: Racism and the politicization of Christianity have shaped America since the colonial era, leaving divisions that continue to fracture the nation, its churches, and its communities. In Fractured Christianity: A Republic in Peril , the author draws on a lifetime of service as a federal civil servant, teacher, counselor, and pastor to examine the historical roots of these divisions and their ongoing impact on American life. More important, he offers a path toward healing grounded in a timeless biblical principle: repentance—the willingness to change one's mind, listen, and seek reconciliation. Rather than arguing over who is right or wrong, readers are challenged t...

🫁 The Breath of Contemporary Christianity: Gospel Oxygen in a Polluted Atmosphere

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  If Christianity were an organism, its lungs would be working overtime. The breath of Scripture still moves through the body — ancient, steady, life‑giving — but the atmosphere around it has changed. The air is no longer clean. It is thick with politics, consumer appetites, algorithmic noise, and the constant churn of outrage. The organism inhales what is available, and what is available is often toxic. Some parts of the organism still know how to breathe well. Contemplative communities draw slow, deliberate breaths, refusing to let the world’s pace dictate their pulse. Monastic orders inhale silence and exhale mercy, keeping the rhythm of prayer like a heartbeat. Small house churches breathe in Scripture with the intimacy of shared air, shared meals, shared burdens. These lungs expand fully. They oxygenate the bloodstream with peace, patience, and the unhurried presence of God. They remind the organism what healthy respiration feels like. Other lungs struggle. Some gasp for atten...

Fractured Christianity (Aveta) now on pre-order in paperback and ebook formats

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  Fractured Christianity: A Republic in Peril (Jerry Aveta) is on now pre-order through October 15.  Paperback:  Fractured Christianity: A Republic in Peril | MSI Press  [use coupon code FF25 for 25% discount] Ebook:  Fractured Christianity: A Repu blic in Peril Book description: Racism and the politicization of Christianity have shaped America since the colonial era, leaving divisions that continue to fracture the nation, its churches, and its communities. In Fractured Christianity: A Republic in Peril , the author draws on a lifetime of service as a federal civil servant, teacher, counselor, and pastor to examine the historical roots of these divisions and their ongoing impact on American life. More important, he offers a path toward healing grounded in a timeless biblical principle: repentance—the willingness to change one's mind, listen, and seek reconciliation. Rather than arguing over who is right or wrong, readers are challenged to engage in meaningful c...