{"product_id":"no-more-dragons-get-free-from-broken-dreams-lost-hope-bad-religion-and-other-monsters-paperback","title":"No More Dragons: Get Free from Broken Dreams, Lost Hope, Bad Religion, and Other Monsters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Burgen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecoming a dragon is a dangerously subtle process.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou make a long chain of bad choices. The chain gradually wraps around you. Layer by layer, it begins to take on the aspect of scales. One day you glance at yourself in the mirror and a monster is staring back at you. You aren't who you used to be. You aren't who you want to be. You're not who you were created and designed to be. Instead, you're a dragon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jim Burgen was nineteen years old, he realized how easy it had been to become a dragon. He knew he didn't want to be one anymore . . . but how? \u003ci\u003eNo More Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of our common, hopeful journey from dragonhood back to personhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Pastor Burgen narrates the remarkable process of reclaiming himself from himself, he implores modern church goers to shake off the trivialities of churchiness in favor of the substantive questions that make a spiritual transformation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Is Jesus the only one who can undragon people?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why don't I like most churches?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Where is God in difficult times?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How do you shed decades of gnarly scales?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome choices will lead you to a better life. Some will kill you. Some choices will add a new layer of scales to your dragon, and some will slough them off. \u003ci\u003eNo More Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e is about asking Christ to deliver you and learning how to obey him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Burgen\u003c\/b\u003e studied Bible and Sociology at Milligan College. He spent the first twenty years of his ministry working with high school and college students in Kentucky. He has been the lead pastor of Flatirons Community Church in Boulder County, Colorado since 2006. He also serves on the board of SOZO International, an NGO focusing on holistic community empowerment in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42656086524000,"sku":"9781400205622","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/aGhSM2E5V2J1UUFKQncxZWU0Q2EvUT09.webp?v=1774144266","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/no-more-dragons-get-free-from-broken-dreams-lost-hope-bad-religion-and-other-monsters-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}