Not the Parable of the Lost Sheep - Spencer, John
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Parables with added beattitude. What if you'd never heard of this parable before? Would you still think the same way? Not the Parable of the Lost Sheep contains more than 30 satirical takes on the original parable to snap us out of our over-familiarity and to open our eyes to the truth of the Gospel. Half tongue-in-cheek, half right between the eyes These parables aim to reveal our cultural biases, hidden assumptions, and the lies we believe. With a smattering of versions just for the pun of it. Really raises the baa. Shepherd 99/100 would recommend. Sheep #73 I got lost in its pages. Sheep…mehr

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Parables with added beattitude. What if you'd never heard of this parable before? Would you still think the same way? Not the Parable of the Lost Sheep contains more than 30 satirical takes on the original parable to snap us out of our over-familiarity and to open our eyes to the truth of the Gospel. Half tongue-in-cheek, half right between the eyes These parables aim to reveal our cultural biases, hidden assumptions, and the lies we believe. With a smattering of versions just for the pun of it. Really raises the baa. Shepherd 99/100 would recommend. Sheep #73 I got lost in its pages. Sheep #100 Not the Bible. It's like the Bible. Only not. John was born at a very young age with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. At first, it appeared that no lasting damage had been done, but as he grew it became clear that his sense of humour had been damaged irreparably. John lives with his family near Oxford, England where daily he wonders how his wife still finds the same jokes funny after more than 20 years of marriage.
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John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combatveteran, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfareand other military related topics. Considered the world's leading expert onurban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general andother senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groupsfrom the Pentagon and the United States Military Academy. Spencer is theChair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point,co-director of the Urban Warfare Project, and host of the Urban WarfareProject podcast. He is also the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies with theMadison Policy Forum and a Colonel in the California State Guard withassignment to the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guardas the Director of Urban Warfare Training. Serving over twenty-five years inthe active Army as an infantry soldier, Spencer has held ranks from privateto sergeant first class and second lieutenant to major. His assignments asan officer included combat deployments to Iraq as a platoon leader andcompany commander; an instructor in the U.S. Army's Ranger School; aJoint Chief of Staff and Army staff intern; fellow with the Chief of Staff of the Army's Strategic Studies Group; and co-founder, strategic planner,and deputy director of the Modern War Institute at West Point.