Sex, Sushi, and Salvation: Thoughts on Intimacy, Community, and Eternity [Paperback]

Christian George (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

There's more to life than computerized slippers and sexy ring tones. The world revolves around something greater than ourselves, and we all burn for intimacy, crave community, and struggle for eternity.This is a book about sex, sushi, and salvation-a book of snapshots-the ups and downs, the failures and fortunes. If you hunger for a raw faith that satisfies the soul, read on.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Jumping from adventure to adventure, Christian George takes the reader from a fear of life's turbulent experiences to a confidence that comes from knowing God. Through seemingly random but progressively connected stories, the three deepest hungers of the human heart are unearthed: the drive for intimacy, the comfort of community, and the expectation of eternity.

From the Back Cover

 

There’s more to life than computerized slippers and sexy ring tones. The world revolves around something greater than ourselves, and we all burn for intimacy, crave community, and struggle for eternity.

 

 

This is a book about sex, sushi,and salvation—a book of snapshots—the ups and downs, the failures and fortunes. 

 

If you hunger for a raw faith that satisfies the soul, read on.

 

 

 

This exotic potpourri of life-slices vividly projects the truth that our Redeemer God alone can fulfill the desires for intimacy, community, and eternity that He has implanted in us. A top-class read . . .” — J. I. Packer

 

This is a marvelous, very well written book that provides powerful insights into the Christian life.  It is, in fact, an extraordinary book . . .  Christian George gives us hope for the future.  I predict you’ll be hearing much from him as time goes on.  I highly recommend this. —Chuck Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship

 

Truly vivid! The pictures painted by what’s found on the pages of this delightful book have taken up residence in my heart. I find they make me hunger even more for the kind of life that can only be found in knowing Jesus. —Mike Weaver, Big Daddy Weave

 

If you find your heart and stomach growling for the real Jesus, if you ache to authentically live out your faith, if you crave the courage to risk it all for the only thing that matters—you need this book. — Marla Taviano, author of From Blushing Bride to Wedded Wife

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802482546
• ISBN-13: 978-0802482549
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,406,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, Someone who understands!, January 5, 2008

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S. Prokop (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex, Sushi, and Salvation: Thoughts on Intimacy, Community, and Eternity (Paperback)

A friend approached me the other day and recommended that I give Christian George's book a shot. "What is it called again?" I asked, blushing at the title. I'm not much of a reader, but was assured that this book would meet my cravings for a captivating story, complete with asian flare and down-to-earth experiences about world travel. Little did I know, Christian would talk about hunting vampires, resisting the urge to have sex with a Russian prostitute, and recount the time in Japan when he lost his sushi virginity. It reads like Donald Miller's "Blue Like Jazz," only on theological steroids!

Being a martial artist, I am always on the look out for things on a deep level. Striving to master and maintain the body, a Christian is no different from a practitioner of any other art. Christian also trained in aikido, and relates those principles to the Christian experience. His book takes you back to your center of your substance by explaining that you exist to glorify God in all things. The distractions of this world bring only temporary happiness and cannot satisfy the soul.

Christian strikes the pressure points of the soul by reminding us that time spent with God is really where we find fulfillment in life. I'm going to buy five copies and give them to my closest friends.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A BOOK THAT ENGAGES US, December 31, 2007

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SomewheresHere (Heart of Dixie) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex, Sushi, and Salvation: Thoughts on Intimacy, Community, and Eternity (Paperback)

A friend of mine gave me this book to read. I thought it was going to be just another Christian book, with a good message. It isn't. It engages my generation, it is brutally honest - something so sorely lacking in Christian books today, and best of all, theologically straight. I am making plans to buy 4 or 5 for gifts to friends. Two of whom do not know the Lord. They would read this book, and find it refreshing, instead of being soft and mushy, like other Christian books they've been given. My generation is being called the last great hope for spreading the gospel. If this is the case, Christian George's Sex, Sushi, and Salvation, is certainly to be a part of this. My generation is tired and worn out with books with platitudes, but with no serious considerations for the statement's consequences. It's about time we had an author to punch through all that, and give us meat, when all we've gotten from churches and friends is milk.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parents/Grandparents Take Note!!, April 11, 2008

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Ginger G. Clifton (Sylacauga, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex, Sushi, and Salvation: Thoughts on Intimacy, Community, and Eternity (Paperback)

Parents and grandparents, take note. Christian George's book is not JUST
for the younger generation. It is a wonderfully honest book that is full of insights about God and how he is working in the life of an incredible
young man. I could not put it down, and I have shocked my grandchildren
and nephews by giving them a book with "sex" in the title.This is a great gift for birthdays and upcoming graduations, and you will learn a thing or two yourself. I expect to hear great things from this very "real" writer with such compelling writing skills.