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About Mick Mooney
Mick Mooney is a storyteller at heart and a life-long student of human nature. His books are both entertaining and insightful, and revolve around the quest for inner freedom and the pursuit of a life directed and empowered by love.
You can connect personally with mick on his website: www.mickmooney.com, via Twitter: @mick_mooney and on Facebook: facebook.com/mickmooney.author
You can connect personally with mick on his website: www.mickmooney.com, via Twitter: @mick_mooney and on Facebook: facebook.com/mickmooney.author
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An Outsider's Guide to the Gospel
Aug 26, 2014
by
Mick Mooney
$6.99
When Jesus turned up to start his public ministry, he did things differently. He didn’t schmooze with the politically connected and wealthy, nor did he get cozy with the ruling religious class in the hope of gaining support and influence. He didn’t obsess over his own imagine in the hope of presenting himself as picture-perfect, with picture-perfect followers and admirers. Instead, he identified with those with no image in the eyes of the ruling class. He picked a bunch of teenagers and a few young men from the poorest, most mocked part of the country, and even threw in a tax collector, one of the many tax collectors who were despised by the whole nation.
He openly befriended women, even the most despised in the eyes of his own nation, Samaritan women, and prostitutes of ill repute. He drank alcohol liberally with those society looked down upon, much too liberally for the religious folks of the day, causing him to be branded a 'glutton and a drunkard'.
He publicly exalted the women who followed him, at times pointing out how they understood the truth about God while both the Pharisees and his own male disciples failed to grasp the reality of his ministry and the true character of God.
But he did more than just identify with those whom society so easily cast into its shadows. He came to stand up to all the religious bullies standing behind their pulpits and holy robes, obsessed with twisting the God of love into some kind of split-personality mental case.
He went on record, talking openly while making his claims, that God does not consider it acceptable behavior for anyone to harass, suppress and abuse people because they hold a position inside a religious institution or have some kind of religious title before their name.
He came to be a light for all who were living in the darkness of the abusive and manipulative tactics of those in powerful positions in religious institutions. To the everyday person, he offered: “Come walk with me, for my way is easy, and what I give you is light.” But to the religious leaders he declared: “And you self-appointed gurus in the Bible, woe to you, because while you load people down with burdens and responsibilities they can barely carry, you yourselves are not willing to lift a finger to help them!”
The only thing that got Jesus mad, from what we see in the account of his ministry, is thinking one can judge and condemn others and place a heavy burden upon them due to a belief that they are some kind of divine mediator for God on earth.
In the gospel accounts we see that Jesus' finger was not pointed at those with moral sins. The only time Jesus pointed his finger in judgment was when it was pointed at the religious, hardened in heart by their pious pride, who made it their self-appointed duty to look down upon, correct and condemn others.
In every way, Jesus went against the grain of the strongly established social, cultural and religious prejudices. And in doing so he broke this awful yoke off the neck of all who wanted to be set free from it. The yoke of the social, cultural and religious falsehood that measures people unjustly, that pushes people down, that keeps rank, that keeps count. That separates. That rejects. That oppresses. That disqualifies.
He consistently stood on the side of those society looked down upon, and lifted them up. Time and time again he showed those who were exalted in society―by wealth, title, sex, or nationality―that the very people they pitied were in fact greatly blessed. Yes, blessed, for while they may have been looked down upon by men, they were not looked down upon by God. Rather, they were as equal as everyone else in God's eyes.
He openly befriended women, even the most despised in the eyes of his own nation, Samaritan women, and prostitutes of ill repute. He drank alcohol liberally with those society looked down upon, much too liberally for the religious folks of the day, causing him to be branded a 'glutton and a drunkard'.
He publicly exalted the women who followed him, at times pointing out how they understood the truth about God while both the Pharisees and his own male disciples failed to grasp the reality of his ministry and the true character of God.
But he did more than just identify with those whom society so easily cast into its shadows. He came to stand up to all the religious bullies standing behind their pulpits and holy robes, obsessed with twisting the God of love into some kind of split-personality mental case.
He went on record, talking openly while making his claims, that God does not consider it acceptable behavior for anyone to harass, suppress and abuse people because they hold a position inside a religious institution or have some kind of religious title before their name.
He came to be a light for all who were living in the darkness of the abusive and manipulative tactics of those in powerful positions in religious institutions. To the everyday person, he offered: “Come walk with me, for my way is easy, and what I give you is light.” But to the religious leaders he declared: “And you self-appointed gurus in the Bible, woe to you, because while you load people down with burdens and responsibilities they can barely carry, you yourselves are not willing to lift a finger to help them!”
The only thing that got Jesus mad, from what we see in the account of his ministry, is thinking one can judge and condemn others and place a heavy burden upon them due to a belief that they are some kind of divine mediator for God on earth.
In the gospel accounts we see that Jesus' finger was not pointed at those with moral sins. The only time Jesus pointed his finger in judgment was when it was pointed at the religious, hardened in heart by their pious pride, who made it their self-appointed duty to look down upon, correct and condemn others.
In every way, Jesus went against the grain of the strongly established social, cultural and religious prejudices. And in doing so he broke this awful yoke off the neck of all who wanted to be set free from it. The yoke of the social, cultural and religious falsehood that measures people unjustly, that pushes people down, that keeps rank, that keeps count. That separates. That rejects. That oppresses. That disqualifies.
He consistently stood on the side of those society looked down upon, and lifted them up. Time and time again he showed those who were exalted in society―by wealth, title, sex, or nationality―that the very people they pitied were in fact greatly blessed. Yes, blessed, for while they may have been looked down upon by men, they were not looked down upon by God. Rather, they were as equal as everyone else in God's eyes.
God's Grace Apart From Law: A Biblical Explanation On Living A Victorious Christian Life By Grace Alone
Dec 12, 2011
by
Mick Mooney
$9.99
'God's Grace Apart From Law' is an easy to read, conversational journey through the first three chapters of Paul's letter to the Roman church. If you want to gain a better understanding of how the New Covenant functions and how to correctly understand the relationship between God's grace and God's law, then this book will help you greatly.
***
"Mooney presents us with yet another reason he is such a gift to today's church. This book exposes the fraud of self-made righteousness and invites us to the joys of truly knowing our perfect standing in Jesus Christ. So if you want to more fully celebrate God's grace, read this book and find your heart overflowing with gratefulness to your Jesus."
Dr. Andrew Farley
Bestselling author of "The Naked Gospel" and "God Without Religion"
***
Paul's letter to the Roman Church is, in a nutshell, a testimony of God's grace: the Gospel of God. It brings into focus not only the correct way to understand the New Covenant reality of grace, but also, perhaps more significantly, the correct way to understand the Old Covenant of law. The importance of this clarification cannot be understated. In fact, it was the dominant theme Paul continued to clarify to the church throughout his entire known ministry. To Paul, the Christian life was lived through the profound reality of grace.
The New Covenant is the awakening of God's divine way of the Spirit, established at its appointed time through the finished work of his Son. Paul was convinced of this new era of grace, and, in a way that perhaps only Paul could do, he explained how all things found their reality in grace and how all things are achieved through the power of grace. Grace was not merely a nice word to Paul; it was the very nature of God. It was to Paul, and remains true for every generation, the all-encompassing power of the Almighty.
If you have ever wondered how it can really be possible for a Christian to live their life of faith by grace alone, without the need or requirement of the Old Covenant law, then 'God's Grace Apart From Law' will be of a great help to you. It is a clear, in-depth, biblical explanation. Based on the first three chapters of the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans, it goes into great details to help you understand Paul's heart and motives for writing the letter, and how his message of 'grace alone' is just as important in today's church to grasp and live by as it was in the days of the early church.
"God's Grace Apart From Law: A Biblical Explanation On Living A Victorious Christian Life By Grace Alone" is a must read for anyone interested in further understanding and living in the radical truth of the New Covenant.
***
"Mooney presents us with yet another reason he is such a gift to today's church. This book exposes the fraud of self-made righteousness and invites us to the joys of truly knowing our perfect standing in Jesus Christ. So if you want to more fully celebrate God's grace, read this book and find your heart overflowing with gratefulness to your Jesus."
Dr. Andrew Farley
Bestselling author of "The Naked Gospel" and "God Without Religion"
***
Paul's letter to the Roman Church is, in a nutshell, a testimony of God's grace: the Gospel of God. It brings into focus not only the correct way to understand the New Covenant reality of grace, but also, perhaps more significantly, the correct way to understand the Old Covenant of law. The importance of this clarification cannot be understated. In fact, it was the dominant theme Paul continued to clarify to the church throughout his entire known ministry. To Paul, the Christian life was lived through the profound reality of grace.
The New Covenant is the awakening of God's divine way of the Spirit, established at its appointed time through the finished work of his Son. Paul was convinced of this new era of grace, and, in a way that perhaps only Paul could do, he explained how all things found their reality in grace and how all things are achieved through the power of grace. Grace was not merely a nice word to Paul; it was the very nature of God. It was to Paul, and remains true for every generation, the all-encompassing power of the Almighty.
If you have ever wondered how it can really be possible for a Christian to live their life of faith by grace alone, without the need or requirement of the Old Covenant law, then 'God's Grace Apart From Law' will be of a great help to you. It is a clear, in-depth, biblical explanation. Based on the first three chapters of the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans, it goes into great details to help you understand Paul's heart and motives for writing the letter, and how his message of 'grace alone' is just as important in today's church to grasp and live by as it was in the days of the early church.
"God's Grace Apart From Law: A Biblical Explanation On Living A Victorious Christian Life By Grace Alone" is a must read for anyone interested in further understanding and living in the radical truth of the New Covenant.
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Many books have been written about Jesus Christ that inspire us to want to know him more intimately. While that’s an admirable goal for an author, the book you are about to read does something greater. 'Look! The Finished Work of Jesus' doesn’t just cause the reader to hunger to know him more; it fills that very hunger by presenting Jesus in such a way that you actually sense his loving embrace as you read the book.
As I read this book, I found myself delighting again and again in some of the things Mick Mooney has written here. While this book will certainly teach you, it does more than that; it will touch you with a personal awareness of divine agape being expressed to you even as you read. More than once I felt as if my Father’s arms were holding me close while his voice whispered of his love to me through these chapters.
Religion complicates and confuses people by its demands and harsh scrutiny of our behaviour. The grace of God stands in stark contrast to religion by assuring us that because of the finished work of Jesus, we are not only in good standing with God but are actually cherished by him. Grace frees us from trying to prove anything to him, to others or even to ourselves. Mick has a firm grasp on that reality and writes in a way that causes others to understand it too.
The religious climate of the world today promotes the idea that we need to do certain things to earn God’s blessings and to make spiritual progress. This is a book that is counter-cultural to the world of legalism. It points us to Jesus Christ and causes us to see and really believe that what he has done on our behalf is indeed sufficient and that there is nothing left for us to do other than live out of the reality of his finished work.
I predict that 'Look! The Finished Work of Jesus' is going to be used by our Father to set many people free from the prison of religious performance and usher them into the rest that only comes by living in his grace.
Steve McVey
Author, Grace Walk
As I read this book, I found myself delighting again and again in some of the things Mick Mooney has written here. While this book will certainly teach you, it does more than that; it will touch you with a personal awareness of divine agape being expressed to you even as you read. More than once I felt as if my Father’s arms were holding me close while his voice whispered of his love to me through these chapters.
Religion complicates and confuses people by its demands and harsh scrutiny of our behaviour. The grace of God stands in stark contrast to religion by assuring us that because of the finished work of Jesus, we are not only in good standing with God but are actually cherished by him. Grace frees us from trying to prove anything to him, to others or even to ourselves. Mick has a firm grasp on that reality and writes in a way that causes others to understand it too.
The religious climate of the world today promotes the idea that we need to do certain things to earn God’s blessings and to make spiritual progress. This is a book that is counter-cultural to the world of legalism. It points us to Jesus Christ and causes us to see and really believe that what he has done on our behalf is indeed sufficient and that there is nothing left for us to do other than live out of the reality of his finished work.
I predict that 'Look! The Finished Work of Jesus' is going to be used by our Father to set many people free from the prison of religious performance and usher them into the rest that only comes by living in his grace.
Steve McVey
Author, Grace Walk
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Mick Mooney
$4.99
Storytelling is a business superpower, but not in an abstract way. It’s powerful in a practical, move the needle, build the business, supercharge your teams kind of way. It’s commercially smart to leverage it as a communication tool, and it can also be a catalyst for greater authenticity, purpose, and lived values in an organisation.
Storytelling has the power to create clarity, to elevate and strengthen purpose, to develop trust, to make authentic, genuine connections, to facilitate change and ultimately transformation.
It shouldn’t be limited and labelled as belonging to one department. It’s is not a marketing thing, it’s a human thing. It belongs in every department, and it will produce results wherever it is implemented. When storytelling becomes part of the culture of a company, from the top down, everyone—the employees, the leadership, the stakeholders, and the customers—start to win.
Trust Me I'm Human explains why storytelling works at work, how you can become a better business storyteller and what your organisation can do to create a practical and inspiring storytelling culture.
Storytelling has the power to create clarity, to elevate and strengthen purpose, to develop trust, to make authentic, genuine connections, to facilitate change and ultimately transformation.
It shouldn’t be limited and labelled as belonging to one department. It’s is not a marketing thing, it’s a human thing. It belongs in every department, and it will produce results wherever it is implemented. When storytelling becomes part of the culture of a company, from the top down, everyone—the employees, the leadership, the stakeholders, and the customers—start to win.
Trust Me I'm Human explains why storytelling works at work, how you can become a better business storyteller and what your organisation can do to create a practical and inspiring storytelling culture.
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Mick Mooney
$7.99
What does it take to achieve our creative aspirations, and how do we bring to life the ideas and the stories deep within us? Milton Green had an answer to this very question: He just had to meet his muse. If he could only find his inspiration, then all Milton's greatness within would surely burst forth and he would finally write a prolific and critically acclaimed novel.
Well, as fate would have it, after an unexpected event (getting fired) and an impulsive reaction (getting drunk) Milton finds himself in an out of body experience to meet the very person he's been seeking: The Muse!
So what does the Mansion of the Muse look like? What wild and wonderful rooms does it contain? How many adventures and revelations can one have there? Milton discovers the answers to all these questions as he is taken on a tour by the Muse, from room to room, and along the way learns just what it means to not only find your inspiration, but to truly connect with it.
Meeting the Muse is a funny, thought provoking story that weaves a tale of how inspiration and perspiration work together to create art that makes a difference in the world and our own lives.
Well, as fate would have it, after an unexpected event (getting fired) and an impulsive reaction (getting drunk) Milton finds himself in an out of body experience to meet the very person he's been seeking: The Muse!
So what does the Mansion of the Muse look like? What wild and wonderful rooms does it contain? How many adventures and revelations can one have there? Milton discovers the answers to all these questions as he is taken on a tour by the Muse, from room to room, and along the way learns just what it means to not only find your inspiration, but to truly connect with it.
Meeting the Muse is a funny, thought provoking story that weaves a tale of how inspiration and perspiration work together to create art that makes a difference in the world and our own lives.
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SNAP
Oct 15, 2013
by
Mick Mooney
$8.99
Pastor Richard has everything: Perfect house. Perfect car. Perfect appearance. Perfect wife. As the Senior Pastor of Faith First Church, perfection was expected of him, but when his son, Frank, informs him that he no longer wants to be part of Christianity, the cracks begin to show.
Richard's older brother, Ted, who was also once the Senior Pastor of Faith First before his abrupt resignation a decade ago, has been talking with Frank about living a life of faith outside of organized religion for some time. At first Richard doesn't think this is of any serious consequence. However, when Frank is mysteriously scheduled to preach one Sunday evening, his message challenges Richard's church-growth vision so directly it has the potential to blow his perfect facade sky high.
With Henry, the ambitious Associate Pastor, now determined to take matters into his own hands, Richard suddenly has everyone against him: His brother, his son, his wife, his Associate Pastor, and the elders. Despite the pressure, Richard is determined to overcome and maintain his perfect appearance—but everyone has a breaking point, even the Mighty Pastor Richard.
Richard's older brother, Ted, who was also once the Senior Pastor of Faith First before his abrupt resignation a decade ago, has been talking with Frank about living a life of faith outside of organized religion for some time. At first Richard doesn't think this is of any serious consequence. However, when Frank is mysteriously scheduled to preach one Sunday evening, his message challenges Richard's church-growth vision so directly it has the potential to blow his perfect facade sky high.
With Henry, the ambitious Associate Pastor, now determined to take matters into his own hands, Richard suddenly has everyone against him: His brother, his son, his wife, his Associate Pastor, and the elders. Despite the pressure, Richard is determined to overcome and maintain his perfect appearance—but everyone has a breaking point, even the Mighty Pastor Richard.
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Pastorman is without a doubt the mankind's greatest super pastor. Here in this book he shares his powerful, powerful wisdom with the world.
Research has shown that after reading this book people are smarter, better looking, wealthier, can reverse park better, get more job promotions, have whiter teeth, get upgraded more often on flights, have better eye sight, have better dress sense, have bigger biceps, smile more, understand algebra, get less traffic tickets, are at least 75% more attractive to the opposite sex, can slam dunk a basketball, can dance better, can play instruments they never learned to play, have more random people give them money for no reason, smell better, have a better tan, look more famous and in general receive a profound revelation that they are, in fact, a total legend.
Brace yourself. This book will be a defining moment in your life. Below are just a few nuggets of wisdom you will experience as you read this book. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Pastorman experience.
“Pastorman isn't perfect. He once told a lie. However, the lie was simply telling someone that he wasn't perfect.”
“Pastorman can make a whole room fall into a deep meditation as they ponder the incredible wisdom he shares during his sermon. What do you mean they are sleeping? My young friend, they are in deep meditation!”
“Pastorman once won a dancing competition without dancing. He just stood there, without moving—and the judges were amazed and awarded him first place for what has come to be known as 'The Pastorman tango'.”
“The best dream one can have, it dreaming about how awesome Pastorman is.”
“Pastorman once asked a question so profound the only person who could answer it was Pastorman.”
“Pastorman just roundhouse kicked himself in the face. It was a heavenly experience.”
“Cigarettes try to give up Pastorman. They fail every time. Moral of the story: Pastorman is too addictive to ever give up.”
“Pastorman once swam to from New York to India just to buy a curry. It only took him 20 minutes . . . that included the time it took to eat the curry.”
“Whoever is spreading the rumor that the talking donkey in the Bible was called Pastorman, be warned, I have already sent a round house kick out to track you down. Pastorman is not a talking donkey!”
“No matter what your problem is, the solution is simple: You need more Pastorman.”
Research has shown that after reading this book people are smarter, better looking, wealthier, can reverse park better, get more job promotions, have whiter teeth, get upgraded more often on flights, have better eye sight, have better dress sense, have bigger biceps, smile more, understand algebra, get less traffic tickets, are at least 75% more attractive to the opposite sex, can slam dunk a basketball, can dance better, can play instruments they never learned to play, have more random people give them money for no reason, smell better, have a better tan, look more famous and in general receive a profound revelation that they are, in fact, a total legend.
Brace yourself. This book will be a defining moment in your life. Below are just a few nuggets of wisdom you will experience as you read this book. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Pastorman experience.
“Pastorman isn't perfect. He once told a lie. However, the lie was simply telling someone that he wasn't perfect.”
“Pastorman can make a whole room fall into a deep meditation as they ponder the incredible wisdom he shares during his sermon. What do you mean they are sleeping? My young friend, they are in deep meditation!”
“Pastorman once won a dancing competition without dancing. He just stood there, without moving—and the judges were amazed and awarded him first place for what has come to be known as 'The Pastorman tango'.”
“The best dream one can have, it dreaming about how awesome Pastorman is.”
“Pastorman once asked a question so profound the only person who could answer it was Pastorman.”
“Pastorman just roundhouse kicked himself in the face. It was a heavenly experience.”
“Cigarettes try to give up Pastorman. They fail every time. Moral of the story: Pastorman is too addictive to ever give up.”
“Pastorman once swam to from New York to India just to buy a curry. It only took him 20 minutes . . . that included the time it took to eat the curry.”
“Whoever is spreading the rumor that the talking donkey in the Bible was called Pastorman, be warned, I have already sent a round house kick out to track you down. Pastorman is not a talking donkey!”
“No matter what your problem is, the solution is simple: You need more Pastorman.”
God's Grammar: A Novel
Sep 1, 2012
by
Mick Mooney
$8.99
Waking from a strange dream where God offered to teach him grammar, Sam is startled to discover God actually in his apartment, ready to start the lesson. While the grammar lesson begins at Sam's kitchen table, inwardly an epic journey also takes place; a journey out of Sam's inner Fortress and into the greater realm of his soul.
While God seeks to liberate Sam, the General--a dark co-inhabitant of Sam's inner Fortress--is determined to keep the revelation of God's unfailing love from finding a permanent home in Sam's heart.
God's Grammar is an imaginative tale of loss, love and redemption that dares to answer one of life's biggest questions: Can love last forever?
While God seeks to liberate Sam, the General--a dark co-inhabitant of Sam's inner Fortress--is determined to keep the revelation of God's unfailing love from finding a permanent home in Sam's heart.
God's Grammar is an imaginative tale of loss, love and redemption that dares to answer one of life's biggest questions: Can love last forever?
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'The Gospel Cannot Be Chained: The Apostle Paul's Gospel Message Of Endless Love And Grace For The Church' is a fresh new look at the four letters the Apostle Paul wrote from his imprisonment in Rome: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon.
Researched and written by Mick Mooney, author of 'Look! The Finished Work Of Jesus' and 'God's Grace Apart From Law: a biblical commentary of the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans', this paraphrase is contextually accurate, deeply profound and wonderfully refreshing.
As with all Mooney's writing, it is an easy to read book that brings to the forefront the essence of the Apostle Paul's gospel: that the good news from God is a message of endless love and grace for the church.
'The Gospel Cannot Be Chained' is a paraphrase that holds a great deal of respect for the original Scriptures and succeeds in both remaining true to the original text while also removing the difficult religious expressions and wording. and brings the heart of Paul's message to the forefront with an incredible passion and power.
It is amazing that even in prison Paul still knew he was free; he still knew of a far greater reality that was his in Christ. Paul's letters reveal so much of his heart of love, his joy in God's greatness, and his uncompromising faith in the redemptive work of Jesus. 'The Gospel Cannot Be Chained' is a fresh look at his timeless message of grace.
This paraphrase will reveal the central message of love and grace in a unique and liberating way that will help you tremendously in your own studies of the Bible.
Researched and written by Mick Mooney, author of 'Look! The Finished Work Of Jesus' and 'God's Grace Apart From Law: a biblical commentary of the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans', this paraphrase is contextually accurate, deeply profound and wonderfully refreshing.
As with all Mooney's writing, it is an easy to read book that brings to the forefront the essence of the Apostle Paul's gospel: that the good news from God is a message of endless love and grace for the church.
'The Gospel Cannot Be Chained' is a paraphrase that holds a great deal of respect for the original Scriptures and succeeds in both remaining true to the original text while also removing the difficult religious expressions and wording. and brings the heart of Paul's message to the forefront with an incredible passion and power.
It is amazing that even in prison Paul still knew he was free; he still knew of a far greater reality that was his in Christ. Paul's letters reveal so much of his heart of love, his joy in God's greatness, and his uncompromising faith in the redemptive work of Jesus. 'The Gospel Cannot Be Chained' is a fresh look at his timeless message of grace.
This paraphrase will reveal the central message of love and grace in a unique and liberating way that will help you tremendously in your own studies of the Bible.
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