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| Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God (and the unlikely people who help you) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Palmer
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
List Price: $13.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 352580
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.6
Dewey Decimal Number: 277.30830922
ASIN: B0013L8BUG
Publication Date: October 17, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
LIfe-changing read May 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book at a very critical point in my life. I was fed up with what we commonly call "Christianity". I was fed up of the formulas that were supposed to make my Christian life work, formulas that were making me miserable because they weren't working; I was fed up of all the guilt I felt from not being able to fully "obey the Bible" and live a fruitful Christian life; but most of all I was tired of all the pretene that came with Christianity in contemporay circles, not being able to be fully authentic about the true nature of my problems because we are always too busy trying to promote the "abundant life".
This book was a Godsend in this regard, it helped me to dispel all the popular misconceptions about what it means to be a child of God. Jim Palmer looks at Christianity through a rare prism of honesty and humor and makes even the worst of strugglers or sinners like myself feel a degree of comfort and security in Jesus. I especially loved the chapter on Hip-Hop and the one about the gentleman who struggled with his sexuality.
I highly recommend this book. It is on my short list of must reads for people who are curious about the Christian faith or have become dissilusioned by contemporary Christianity
Awakening March 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My life in the past year has been an awakening - a series of conversions or events that have brought me closer to God. Reading this book was one of those events, and for this I humbly thank-you, Jim Palmer.
You reintroduced me to the Christ that I rebuked when I could not disassociate doctrine or dogma from the Spirit. I threw it all out, and it nearly killed me. The past year has been both horrible and wonderful for me. Wonderful in that I am awakening from a great sleep and horrible because I'm realizing the most of my life I slept.
As a father of four, I hope and pray that my children can gather similar insights into the precious, loving kindness of God.
I sent both of your books to two of my closest friends. I love it when I find a great gift!
 I enjoyed it very much. March 1, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is not a Bible study book, for anyone looking for that type of book. It is the refections of a guy who hit the wall and found meaning in surprising places. Think of this book as sitting on a park bench listening to a stranger tell you their life story when you simply ask, "How are you?" If you are like me, you will sit quietly, smile, laugh, and shed an occasional tear as you hear the accounts of the stranger. While I don't agree completely with all of Jim's conclusions, I'd like to believe I'm mature enough to glean from all the good within the book. God used the accounts of the waitress and checkout clerk to affect some needed change in my life.
Another Nobody who is only somebody because of Christ,
Loved it February 18, 2008
I loved this book. It was not cliche or fluff -- it was real and thought provoking. It was not "preachy", but left you to draw your own insights.
Great Follow-up After Reading "The Shack" January 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read "The Shack" by William P. Young over Christmas vacation. I personally loved it, but I am not a huge fan of fiction. So when I was searching around on Amazon I came across "Divine Nobodies" as a similar type book, although not fiction. So I decided to pick it up. "Divine Nobodies" was the best follow-up to "The Shack" because it is non-fiction/true. I enjoyed each of the chapters and was very encouraged that a walk with God should be so freeing and real. "Divine Nobodies" helped me to see how it can all be carried out in our normal everyday lives. Pick it up you won't be disappointed.
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