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Kill the Spider: Getting Rid of What’s Really Holding You Back Paperback – October 3, 2017

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Carlos Whittaker equips you with the practical steps you need to destroy the roots of your deep-seated habits so you can embrace true freedom in Christ. Because you can't just clear away the cobwebs; you need to find the spider--the source of the issue--and take it out.

Are you tired of trying to live for Christ--only to fail time and time again with the same old behaviors? Do you pray for guidance, ask for deliverance, and vow to do better, yet fail to progress?

As an author, speaker, podcaster, and communicator for our time, Carlos has lived much of his spiritual life in the spotlight. But, like any Christian, his faith story has its ups and downs. He spent decades trying to figure out how to be a "better person." Time and time again, he strived for holiness only to get caught in the web of destructive habits, behaviors, and thought patterns. But the buck stops here. Or, rather, the spider is killed here.

In Kill the Spider, Carlos shares personal material ranging from hilarious, self-deprecating stories to passion-filled wisdom--to show others it's not enough to try to "stop sinning." He teaches that knocking out deep-rooted habits and issues comes by treating the issue, not just the symptoms.

Carlos offers a breath of fresh air to any believer looking to finally step into the freedom in Christ. So, sit down. Open the book. And grab a shoe. We're going on a spider hunt.

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Carlos Whittaker is an author/speaker who travels the world to deal hope to the masses. As a self-professed "Hope Dealer", Carlos writes and speaks with one goal in mind...To leave the people who hear or read his words with more hope than when they arrived.Carlos and his wife Heather live in Nashville, TN with their 3 kids, dog, cat, and 5 chickens.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 031033800X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan (October 3, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0274828421
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310338000
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches

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Carlos Whittaker is bringing hope to humans all over the

world. And he’s pretty good at it: he’s an author, podcaster, and global speaker backed by the power of a massive Instafamilia, his enthusiastic social followers who tune in daily to join forces with Carlos to find connection, do good, and be in community.

When Carlos enters a room, he makes people feel seen. His superpower is creating spaces—online and in-person—where people are safe to engage in conversation about the topics that matter most but are often avoided. His motto: don’t stand on issues, walk with people.

That’s the professional stuff—but all day every day, Carlos is a family man. He and his wife Heather live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their three amazing children, where you can find them working on the family farm, planning trips around the world, and dancing to Single Ladies (seriously, Google it).

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Melissa Molyneux

Easy and encouraging ready

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 3, 2022

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Great easy read for if you need some encouragement to keep going in life. Love all the personal stories the author told.

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Lori

I ended 2017 and began 2018 with this book. Great read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 2, 2018

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Last night many people were waiting until midnight to ring in the new year. I was devouring this book like a camel to water and I finished it the first day of the new year. This is how I ended 2017 and began 2018.

I have followed Carlos Whittaker loosely many years, only kind of kept up via Instagram etc. I did not want to read his book (heck I HATE spiders and he put the word in the title!!) and we have some differing opinions on certain things, but on a whole enjoyed past messages. As I was searching Amazon for books to read, the Lord kept bringing this book to mind. I actually could not remember the title, only that it has the word "spider" in it. (Carlos, do you know what scary pictures come up when you search "spiders" on Amazon!! So you have to know the Lord was leading me to this book). Remember I said I had in the past already decided I did not want to read it; I thought it would be another book from an "Internet" Pastor/Musician that tells us how great his life is and how you can be great too.

I was wrong. Soo wrong....

This book grabbed me and I could not put it down. I am still processing and unpacking things mentally/spiritually. I personally would never go to an OnSite 7-day retreat, but I am thankful for Los sharing his experience and journey. My word for 2018 is Wisdom and maybe this is why it was a great book to ring in the new year, may the Lord lead me in wisdom as I clear the cobwebs to find the spiders.

Carlos talks about cleaning cobwebs in our life, "Cobwebs aren't necessarily major moral failings or criminal activity, just something that keeps you in turmoil and distanced from God." But that is not enough, you need to do some cobweb cleaning so you can find the spider to kill. You have to kill the spider, the producer of all the cobwebs.

Carlos explanation on anxiety and depression was spot on for me. He put into words what I could never articulate. I want to copy that paragraph and say ---> this...this puts into words what depression and anxiety feel like for me when I am going through it.

A favorite quote: "Trials reveal foundations; they aren't the ideal time to build them."

This was a great book to read at the beginning of 2018.

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Nika M.

Not my kinda book, but not bad

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 18, 2021

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I only wanted to read this book because I follow Carlos on Instagram. When I looked it up on Amazon, I ended up paying only 52 cents for it because of book credits. I’m not a religious person, so when I opened it and saw stuff about God, I put it down and pushed it aside for a while. But I felt bad that I only paid 52 cents for it, so I made myself go back and read it fully. And it’s really not so bad. Carlos is a fantastic storyteller, and I felt like I was there with him during his time at OnSite. I also felt like I learned some things about myself. Found some of my spiders, if you will. The scripture and prayer parts that aren’t my thing were easy to skim past without missing anything, so I’ll probably go look up his other books now and possibly give them a shot.

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Dikkon Eberhart

A brisk step away from marital estrangement for a husband who is scared

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 18, 2019

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Real, raw, authentic, genuine, intimate, vulnerable - and useful - this book arrived about 6 pm, and I was eager to start. As the sun rose next day, I was at its end...and both hyperventilating and weeping at the same time. Before you think me crazy, here's my situation. After four decades of marriage, my wife and I are estranged, living in the same house but not in the same life, neither seeking divorce, both eager to break through the posing, the disconnection, the pretending that has grown in me. She longs to have an authentic husband back. I am scared. Carlos Whittaker nails this reality I am in -- and he was in -- and he is in no longer.

Reader, if this is close to your situation, read this book. It is a hand-up. It is a message from the Holy Spirit that all is not lost for you. It is funny and impactful, filled with agonizing truth.

Sad and self-loathing as you may be, take heart from Carlos Whittaker. Whittaker's writing energy, his truthfulness, his willingness to expose his male weaknesses, his expressed longing for the love and forgiveness of his wife, and the specific tasks that he enjoins of you may give you a first step back to where you are meant to be. Where you are meant to be is where Whittaker shows you how to be - where your life and love is not futile, your failures are not fatal, and your death is not final - and where you and your wife can return to being at play together in the fields of the Lord.

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Terri

You need this book- only if you’re ready.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 24, 2020

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10 out of 10 would recommend if you’re ready to stop living in self destructive cycles of never feeling free.
I'm trying to do what feels impossible and follow through on a goal I've set for myself, a New Year's Resolution in the summertime. A writer and podcaster that I love listening to, Annie F Downs, says she doesn't do resolutions because she doesn't stick to them but rather, calls them experiments because that sounds more fun. And it sounds way more fun to me - so I'm doing that. I'm started with Carlos Whittaker's "Kill the Spider" that is addressing how spiritual transformation typically only deals with the removal of our cobwebs, that which can be easily seen as surface level rather than killing the spider, that is at the root of our issues. I am tired and worn out from swatting at the cobwebs- the enemy designed it this way for me to get burnout and complacent that I could never fully experience freedom from my spiders.
This book has led me into some seriously difficult mental and spiritual places and I feel like I've gone ten rounds with the heavy-weight champion. But my God wins. He has taken me by the hand and slowly revealed each cobweb's root and brought the spider to all eight of it's knees for me to decide to kill it or believe it, and He promises to make it stay dead by the power of his resurrection.

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Honest Account of a Christian Life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 4, 2017

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This book is one of the most truthful books I have ever read. There were parts of this book that related to my life and I totally understood what the author was going through. It is at times funny but what stood out for me was how the author was so open about his life from childhood upwards and there were parts that related to my own childhood/ early adulthood. A thoroughly good read, couldn't put it down initially - had to discipline myself. Yep, that good!

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Thought provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 28, 2018

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This book has an intriguing title, and it's contents held me throughout. Revealing and thought provoking, with useful questions to help you work through your own issues and kill your own spiders

annwen stone

Profound

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 25, 2018

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Easy read and profoundly helpful

Ryan Short

Looking forward to his next book ...

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 14, 2019

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Loved his memoir style. Good reflections on the Truth of who we are in Jesus. I think that the Author was very fortunate to have the On-site experience, but it can be quite difficult to uncover the lie (spider) that has been dictating your life. I would have liked a reference area in the back for all the pastor's, places, and material he references.

I'm actually looking forward to his next book - I think Carlos is ready to go deeper with people.

ARJUN J MATHURAM

Don't believe the lie!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on August 2, 2020

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If you ever found yourself believing that you were anything but the product of the finished work of Christ, then this book is for you!

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