more REAL

by Jon Brown

LESS Fake LESS Shame LESS Masks MORE Real Jesus promises "life and life to the full". So why do so many people walk away from faith―and not just teenagers but people who have been in church for years? 
The full life offered is one of genuine relationship with God and others, but has our tendency to fight vulnerability, mask weakness and hide disappointment cost us the real thing? Have we tried to keep it together, keep the faith, until we simply can't do it anymore? Following Jesus should not require when we fully grasp the love of God towards us, in all our mess and sin and doubt, we experience the freedom that vulnerability, honesty, and sacrifice brings. That's real life; life to the full. MORE Real explores how we can build lives on truth, and cultivate a real faith that lasts through the storms of life. Aesthetically pleasing, quote-heavy, with short chapters that hold together like a series of blog posts on a theme, the more series will afford readers the space (whether it be five minutes on the subway or a quick evening devotional) to explore themes of the Bible in a life-applicable and accessible way.

144 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2019

Reviews

[Thomas Creedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seeing the MORE series come to life has been really encouraging. I loved Calvin Samuel’s MORE: Distinct, which is about holiness, and have been enjoying the others in the series. Jon Brown’s MORE: Real, which I’m reviewing today, might be one of the most honest books I’ve ever read.

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[Nick Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably more suited to people in their 20's and 30's with their life ahead of them rather than an oldie like me. I would have benefited from the truths in this book in my early Christian life rather than having to find them out the hard way. I recommend this to anybody who was saved in their teens and has been a Christian long enough to have faced disappointments.