false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171742395m/117706.jpg 117706 2 By any standard, Jay Bakker has had it rough. The son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay was only 11 years old when his parents' empire collapsed and his family was vilified as the epitome of televangelism's excesses. Jay Bakker's autobiography, <I>Son of a Preacher Man</I>, unflinchingly addresses all of his family's major scandals, including his father's affair with Jessica Hahn and his mother's battle with drug addiction. Bakker also reveals that by age 13, he had developed a serious drinking problem, and that was only the beginning of a long period of rebellion that intensified during his father's years in prison. After his father's release, Jim and Jay began to rebuild their relationship, and Jay, though still struggling with alcoholism, discerned a calling to ministry. After several false starts he built a ministry to young people in Atlanta called Revolution. As a minister, Bakker's main interest is in the kids that churches overlook--the pierced, tattooed, smoking, drinking kind. The message of this ministry, like the message of this book, is simple: "Jesus loves you for who you are, not who you can become." Bakker says that he still works every day to learn that lesson, and to pass it on to others, as he does with some eloquence in <I>Son of a Preacher Man</I>. <I>--Paul Power</I> 113315 2001 Son of a Preacher Man: My Search for Grace in the Shadows total:80|5:16|4:32|3:25|2:5|1:2| 80 295 109 10 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 16:53:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 18:41:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 24 17:10:22 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 05:55:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 28 15:43:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 18:14:39 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 13:47:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 14:30:47 -0700 2009
It made me even more to think, and to be honest, quite sad, after I checked how Pastor Jay Bakker is doing today and what he is promoting now... Jesus loved sinners and hated sin. We tend to go to the extremes. We love sin and sinners or hate sin and sinners...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 23:08:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 22:55:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:23:23 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:25:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 13 12:57:04 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 12:57:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jun 14 17:13:01 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 17:14:54 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 05 20:05:23 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 20:07:58 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 07 17:42:37 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 17:42:37 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 16:44:17 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:44:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 27 13:50:52 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:50:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 06:10:29 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 06:10:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 22:03:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 22:03:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 26 21:07:29 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 21:07:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Aug 10 11:12:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:12:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 16:58:56 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 16:58:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 11:40:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:40:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 12:51:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:51:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 10:17:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:17:13 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=117706