
1. Your Best Life Now Book of Martyrs
2. I’m Totally Depraved, You’re Totally Depraved
3. 40 or so Days more-or-less of Purpose
4. Bowel Thou Art Loosed - A Christian Guide to Regularity
5. Good Morning Holy Mackerel - Spirit Filled Sport Fishing With Benny Hinn
6. Baldness , True Humility - The Saga of C.J. Mahaney’s Failed Hair Transplant
7. Prayer of Jabez Guide to Bankruptcy
8. The Ergun Caner Coffee Table Book of Ergun Caner
9. The Power of a Praying Mantis
10. Steal This Book- Then Repent, Bring it Back, and Confess
11. Desiring Gold - Meditations on Things I Would Buy if I were Rich
12. Pretty Good People in the Hands of an Ambivalent God
13. Y3K - Countdown to Armageddon
14. The Tax Code - Secret Messages from God Hidden in Your 1040 Long Form
15. Wicked at Heart - Discovering the Not-So-Secret Secret of Everyone’s Soul
16. Raptured By Mistake - Book I of the “I Should Have Been Left Behind” series
17. James White’s Guide to Weasel Hunting on the Campus of Liberty University
18. The Maker’s Diet II- What God Ate and How It Kept Him Healthy and Feeling Good Forever.
19. Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Holy Cow - Harry Carey’s Secret Membership in Opus Dei
20. The Canadian Prophecies : Ancient Scriptures Reveal Our Neighbor to the North’s Future
21. 90 Minutes in Hell - A True Story of Death and How Hell was Really Scary and How I Wanted to Get Out of There
22. Purple Like Barney - Non-Religious Thoughts on Obnoxious PBS Children’s Programming
23. 12 Extraordinary Little Women - An Inspirational Look at 12 Godly Midgets’ Lives
24. Velour Pelagius - Repainting the Emerging Faith
25. The Sixth Love Language - When Heartfelt Commitment Isn’t Enough, Christian Techniques to Get You Out of the Dog House
26. Boise Countdown - How The Capitol of Idaho Will Play A Pivotal Roll in the Unfolding of the Millennium
27. Battlefield of the Lower Intestine - Claim Victory Over Satan and His Relentless Attacks on Your Digestive System
28. Discernment and How to Know A Good Book on it When You See One - Tim Challies
29. Veggie Tales Systematic Theology
30. For Men and Women Only - A Straightforward Guide to Stuff You Already Know
31. I Kissed Bundling Goodbye
32. The Message: Shaken-not-Stirred
33. Total Truth II: Electric Boogaloo
34. Found Again - The Baxter family reunites to extract more dollars from the Christian book buying public
35. Noing God: Tales from the Bible on How to Refuse God and Live to Tell About it
36. Outhouse - Vacationing couples are pursued by a maniac killer who lures them to a vacant outhouse which won’t let them leave. The “outhouse” mirrors their own heart and souls and they must defeat the evil within
37. What’s So Amazing About Grace Kelly?
38. If You Want to Walk on Water Then You Have to Be Jesus… or maybe that David Blaine guy
39. What on Earth Am I Here For and Why On Earth Do I Keep Asking Myself these Questions?
40. Having a Mary Heart in a Paul Body
41. It’s Not About Me Too - Further Self-Reflections not About Me.
42. More Secret Power Within: Chuck Norris’ Guide To Kickin’ the Crap out of Badguys for Christ
43. Misquoting Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed Misquoting Jesus and Why
44. The Openness of God: How 5 Theologians Go to Heaven only to find it ‘Closed for the Season’
45. Reimagining Jesus Until I Like What I See
46. A Generous Orthodontics - Why I Think My Fillings Will Be in Heaven
47. Even Newer Strong’s Exhausting Concordance - Heavier than Ever
48. Where Would Jesus Eat and How Much Did He Tip?
49. The Way Down Diet - Lose Weight and Your Salvation
50. Capitulating: Unveiling the Mystery of Keeping Your Wife from Getting Mad at You When You Want to Run Around and Do “Wild at Heart” Kind of Guy Stuff
Or Add Your Own “Bestseller”







Winners in the hands of a “nice” God who wouldn’t condemn anyone
Plea by Paul H — October 20, 2006 @ 6:39 pm
The Gospel according to Rick Warren
Plea by Paul H — October 20, 2006 @ 6:41 pm
Excellent Marc! May I add a few of my own?
1 My Best Wife…NOW
2 God Loves You and Has Wonderful Flan for your Life.
3 The Openness of God: God Tells all to Freud
4. God on the Couch (Sequel to my # 3)
Plea by Keith H — October 20, 2006 @ 7:08 pm
Thanks,Marc! I have my Christmas shopping list now!
Plea by Lee Shelton — October 20, 2006 @ 7:12 pm
These were hilarious! My not so funny attempts;
God’s Average Glory- by Bruce Ware
A Primer On The Collected Primers of John Gerstner- by Sherwin Williams
Plea by Jeremy — October 20, 2006 @ 7:17 pm
The God You Can Snow - mans attempt at pulling one over on God. - Dan DeHomes
Dont Waste Your Wife - the best ways to make the most of your wife. - John Piker
Plea by Screaming Pirate — October 20, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
At first glance, when I saw that title, I thought I was spotted on punk’d or candid camera!
Marc, I LOL, of course, but it hurt my poor little feelings for you to use my name (JD)…now I guess I gotta go take…well, you know…
Plea by Even So... — October 20, 2006 @ 7:58 pm
Some good ones there–but “The Power of a Praying Mantis” made me laugh the most.
How about “Lack of Assurance-the Great Remonstrant Hymns”
Plea by pilgrim — October 20, 2006 @ 8:09 pm
The Porpoise Driven Life: What on Earth am I Protecting the Environment For? by Rick Warren
The Massage: the Bible in Comfortable Language by Eugene Peterson
I Kissed Marriage Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Divorce and Seperation by Josh Harris
Babylon Sweet Home by Scott Hahn
Tribulation Farce: the Continuing Drama of those Theologically Left Behind by Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins
How Wide the Deception? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Compromise by Craig Blomberg and Stephen Robinson
The Profit of Jabez: Breaking through to the Bold Lies by Bruce Wilkinson
Why Spong Must Change or Die: Believers Speak to a Bishop
Plea by MarieP — October 20, 2006 @ 8:13 pm
Firing God: Confessions of a Christian Anarchist
The Rhesus I Never Knew: An Evolutionist’s Emotional Search for His Family Tree
Plea by butchdaulton — October 20, 2006 @ 8:33 pm
6, 8, 17, and 19: Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are.
A. Brothers We Are Not Pastors: A Guidebook to Leading a Seeker Sensitive Church
B. The Poll-Driven Church
C. Why I’m a Christian-Mormon/Buddhist/Muslim: Stories of the Trans-Faithed
D. Blogging:Four Views - ed. Justin Taylor; contributors Heinrich; Challies; Johnson; and Caner
E. No Place for Calvinists: An Insiders Look at the Southern Baptist Convention
Plea by Taliesin — October 20, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
Case for Amillennialism bookmark
Dewiring God: an Electrician Looks at the Bible
Plea by Dan Phillips — October 20, 2006 @ 9:00 pm
Your Best Lives Now by Sybil.
Christology in the Faking by James D G Dunn.
It is Appointed For Man Once to Die: Finally Meeting Jesus For The First Time by Marcus J Borg
How to Practice Irresponsible Scholarship and Promote Your Own Agenda vol. 1 by John D Crossan
How to Practice Irresponsible Scholarship and Promote Your Own Agenda vol. 2 by Elaine Pagels
How to Practice Irresponsible Scholarship and Promote Your Own Agenda vol. 3 by Bart Ehrman
How to Practice Irresponsible Scholarship and Promote Your Own Agenda vol. 4 WBTS
Resurgence of the Two-Source Theory: Pagels Edited by the Bartian Community
The Case Against Michael Martin by J Christ
Plea by Keith H — October 20, 2006 @ 9:46 pm
“The battle for the Hyble: Reclaiming the Circus from the Church”
Plea by gavin — October 20, 2006 @ 9:51 pm
“The Sort-of-a-cation of sin”, a practical guide to semi-pelagianism
Plea by gavin — October 20, 2006 @ 9:52 pm
I’m on a roll now!
“9 marks of a stealthy lurch: the autobiography of John Kerry.”
Plea by gavin — October 20, 2006 @ 10:01 pm
The Scandal of the Evangelical Emotions - How Emotions Replaced Reason in Evaluating the Claims of Christ
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged - C. S. Lewis
Hugh Ross On Trial
-or-
Ken Ham On Trial
That Past Darkness - How the World Is Getting Better
Your Best Book Now - How to Stay on the New York Times Bestseller List Without Writing Anything Substantive
The Late Great Christian Intellectual
Dare to Catechize
Know Why You’re Pretty Sure You Think You Believe
The Genesis Code - An Ancient Code Reveals the Fossil Record Was Created By Satan to Discount Genesis
The Cost of Church Membership
Basic Supralapsarianism
Evidence That Demands a Rejection of All Alcoholic Beverages
Mere Postmodernist Emergent Open Theology
Plea by Jeffrey J. Stables — October 20, 2006 @ 10:25 pm
Your Best Life Now Book of Martyrs
Christianity Today recently compiled the Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals, leading to the inevitable Purgatorio parody: 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers. Here are some of my favorites, but nearly the entire list is hilarious. … I would …
Trackback by The Infield Fly Rule — October 20, 2006 @ 10:38 pm
The “Christian Guide to Regularity” should be a big hit in the GARBC (Regular Baptists).
Plea by Andrew — October 21, 2006 @ 5:42 am
read them all. now what? thus spoke churchpundit!
Plea by churchpundit — October 21, 2006 @ 6:31 am
I laughed so hard I cried reading your 50 today Marc. Bravo.
Plea by markfrench — October 21, 2006 @ 7:33 am
Don’t forget:
“Jay Adams’ Expert Guide to Everything You Need to Know, Because I Said So” by Jay Adams, self-anointed expert in everything that YOU should know and do.
#19 (Harry Carey) kills me. He’s the best to poke fun at.
Plea by Bill Lamkin — October 21, 2006 @ 7:55 am
I love the “I Kissed Bundling Goodbye.”
My own not-so-funny addition:
Your Best Whites Now. How Good Dental Hygeine is a Metaphor for the Christian Life by Joel Osteen.
Plea by Kim in ON — October 21, 2006 @ 8:19 am
“Forward Christian Soldiers: The Complete, Unabridged, 23 Volume set of all the Introductions, Forwards, and Endorsements from the pen of James Innell Packer”
Plea by jigawatt — October 21, 2006 @ 9:02 am
Man, if I still worked in a Christian bookstore, I’m sure I could come up with something - all the good ones are taken already.
Plea by wordsmith — October 21, 2006 @ 9:07 am
How To Eat Fride Worms - New edition with a forward by Marin Luther
Plea by Jim Crigler — October 21, 2006 @ 9:09 am
Corrosive Leadership: Using ruthless secular principles to motivate and terrify your staff.
The Bondage Maker: seven steps to spiritual paranoia
Agnes Sanford’s “The Ceiling Light: healing broken household appliances”
Plea by Tom Gee — October 21, 2006 @ 9:19 am
“Open Theism: God Never Saw It Coming” - Pinnock
“The Relieved God: How The Unexpected Doctrine of Open Theism Brought Relief to God’s Uncertainty of the Outcomes of Reformed Theology” - Boyd/Sanders
Plea by Curtis H. — October 21, 2006 @ 9:21 am
Great post Marc!
Here’s my lame attempts,
“The Hatter’s Freedom: Why James White Should Wear More Hats”
By Norm Geisler
“The Death of Breath in the Church of Christ: Why Smoking is Bad”
Published by Broadman and Holman
“Frozen But Free”
Norm Geisler’s guide to your cost-free vacation in Antarctica
“The Book of Mormon Virtues”
by William Bennet Smith, Junior
Plea by Ray Aranda — October 21, 2006 @ 9:55 am
[…] Purgatorio has a list of “50 Potential Christian Bestsellers”. […]
Pingback by The Boars Head Tavern » Blog Archive » 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers — October 21, 2006 @ 10:07 am
“The Sliding Place”
How building an indoor waterpark revolutionized our children’s worship service.
“Burnt to the Ground Churches” How to fix your church using modern business management techniques.
“Exploding Evangelism”
K. Boom Ministries’ exciting, new book on church growth that will blow the walls out of your sanctuary.
Plea by Mike — October 21, 2006 @ 10:41 am
The Healthy Side of Cancer by Fred Price
Plea by Keith H — October 21, 2006 @ 11:01 am
Reconsidering the Original Intent for Lobster by Larry Crabb
Plea by Keith H — October 21, 2006 @ 11:04 am
40 Days of Purpose Exegetical Commentary Series, R. Warren, ed.
Purgatorio Coffee Table Picturebook by Marc Heinrich
Plea by AWHall — October 21, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
[…] Bowel, thou art loosed! […]
Pingback by Little Geneva - Reformed Confederate Theocrats » Blog Archive » A World Become One, of Salads and Sun — October 21, 2006 @ 12:40 pm
The Sacred Bust: How My Web Page Glamour Shots Were Memorialized By A Statue in Lynchburg, VA
by Ergun Caner
Plea by Matt — October 21, 2006 @ 12:53 pm
“The Rag-n-Muffin Gospel: A Primer on Christian Home Economics”
Plea by jigawatt — October 21, 2006 @ 1:17 pm
“The Propeller Driven Life”
The most basic question everyone faces in life is Why am I not there? Where is my private plane?
Plea by Brent — October 21, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
Chicken Soup for the Persecuted Church’s Soul:A Couch Potato Christian’s take on Martyrdom
Plea by Paul H — October 21, 2006 @ 5:15 pm
1.) “Why I am not an Atheist” By God
2.)”Chosen:’but…’-free”
3.)”Half Baked Encyclopedia of Apologetics” -By Anonymous Talbot Apologists
4.)”Evangelism Implosion” by Contextualization Theology Fans at Fuller Seminary
5.)”UnCommon Grace” by Van Til
6.)”What Predestination is this?” by David Hunt
7.)”A Moody Handbook of Pathetic Theology”– Edited by the Caner Brothers
Plea by Jimmy Li — October 21, 2006 @ 7:33 pm
More…
“Flunk on Parables”, by Jesus Seminar
“The Nigel Leaves Problem: Alternatives to Subjectivism”, by the TRinity
“Deforming Christianity” By Don Cupitt
“The Historical Jesus goes to the Jesus Seminar Revised”, by Roy W. Hoover
“Heterodox Theology for Heterodox Churches” by Pray Less Anderson
“Divine NonIntervention - HOw not to Encounter God Through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina” by Tony Jones
Plea by Jimmy Li — October 21, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
“The Screwtape IMs”
The IVP Dictionary of IVP Dictionaries.
Plea by Bibliosteve — October 21, 2006 @ 8:26 pm
Evangelization for Paranormal People: How to bring people to Christ by “seeing” their objections before they can voice them.
Plea by Sister Yesterday — October 21, 2006 @ 8:39 pm
The Five People You Meet in Heaven: Grandma Didn’t Make the Cut
The 144,000 People You Meet in Heaven: the Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Right
THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE
The Pain of Problems
Church History in Erudite Language
Plea by Derek — October 21, 2006 @ 10:09 pm
[…] Marc at Purgatorio has compiled a list of 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers, including “Bowels, thou art loosed!: A Christian guide to regularity” by J.D. Takes. […]
Pingback by Hitting the Links III « thanks to adam — October 21, 2006 @ 10:12 pm
100 Sarcastic Retorts to Slay Opposition by Frank Turk, edited by Phil Johnson
Reformed Worship Primer for Ukelele and Kazoo by Marc Heinrich
Closet Charismatic, the Expose of Daniel Phillip’s Secret Life
Emerging From the Emergent Movement by Giving Up Starbucks for the lesser known Seattle’s Best by Mark Driscoll
Why Giving Up a Brand of Coffee Does Not Signify True Repentence by Steve Camp
Cosmetology is my Theology by Jan Crouch
Why I Think the Yukon is the New Jerusalem by Rebecca Stark
Plea by candyinsierras — October 21, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
Suicide Evangelism Explosion by Al Quida
“Why I am a Christian”: 20 Top Scholars Exegete Ephesians 1:3-4, John 6:35-44, and Romans 9.
Plea by Keith H — October 21, 2006 @ 10:38 pm
Very blogaware Candy. I like it… but kazoo?
Plea by Marc — October 21, 2006 @ 11:12 pm
Seamless Tunics = Business Jets. A complilation from Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Fredrick Price, Creflo Dollar, Paula White, Paul Crouch and Charles Capps
No Need to Sweat for Your Seed (You just gave me more money by paying an outrageous price for this book) by Rod Parsley
Plea by Jimmy V — October 22, 2006 @ 9:13 am
Well, don’t you think many people would love to be on a worship team? Kazoo….easy to play.
I like the Jan Crouch one actually.
Plea by candyinsierras — October 22, 2006 @ 10:07 am
Wild at Heart, Urban Edition:
(When You Don’t Live in Colorado and a Swingset and Slide Must Suffice)
Plea by candyinsierras — October 22, 2006 @ 10:25 am
“Mild at Heart”
Releasing every man’s inner patent attorney for the glory of God.
Plea by Mike — October 22, 2006 @ 1:42 pm
Marc, I was splitting my sides on this one, cheers. Any word on how far through the list Packer’s got in writing endorsements?
Plea by étrangère — October 22, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
“The Pleasure Principle” by Randy Acorn
“Battlefield of the Mime” Where No one Can Hear You Scream” by Joyce Miters
“My Almost for His Somewhere-in-the-Middle” by Odwald Chambers
“Lessons from a Sewage Repair Guy: How Wandering Underneath a City is Nothing Like Being a Carpenter’s Apprentice” by H. Michael Stewer
Plea by Michael — October 22, 2006 @ 4:43 pm
“Does God know whether or not he believes in agnostics?” by John Blanchard.
Plea by étrangère — October 22, 2006 @ 5:34 pm
-Joel Osteen: Enjoy your best life now (because the next one you`ll spend suffering in hell)
-Spencer Burke: A heretic`s guide to eternity in hell
-Paula White: The Barbie way (How to be holy but still look like a Barbie doll)
-McLaren: The secret massage: The special massage oils and techniques of Mary Magdalene
-Rick Warren: The P.E.A.C.E plan - How to bring heaven to Earth without the Messiah
-The half gospel of Jesus Christ (God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life)
-I`m very ashamed of the gospel (so I`m going to avoid the subject)
-5 easy steps to avoid carrying the cross
-The borders of Jabez: A guide to christian soldiers and politicians to occupy foreign land
Plea by Susanna — October 22, 2006 @ 5:47 pm
Oh, and:
-Joel Osteen: Discover the depraved man in you
-The Christian cookbook: Instant christianity
-Robert Schuller: My self-esteem is higher than your self-esteem!
Plea by Susanna — October 22, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
Thanks Rosemary,
Glad to have you haunting PURGATORIO again.
Plea by Marc — October 22, 2006 @ 7:37 pm
Combining a couple of the best…
The IVP Dictionary of Packer Endorsements
Plea by Dan Phillips — October 22, 2006 @ 8:38 pm
Toppling Sacred Cows: Creating A Publishing House To Rival Zondervan.
Plea by candyinsierras — October 22, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
The Purpose Driven Life: Keepsake Edition…oh wait…oh yeah…we’re supposed to MAKE these UP!
Plea by candyinsierras — October 22, 2006 @ 10:39 pm
I know more about calvinism then… by Dave Hunt
How to stand up on your hands by Ergun Caner
Plea by SK Schultz — October 22, 2006 @ 10:54 pm
The Seekers Bible. (Unfortunately, this resource has been discontinued due to lack of interest (Romans 3:11)).
Plea by Keith H — October 22, 2006 @ 11:16 pm
“The Great No-Fault Divorce”
“VANITY FAIRE: Pilgrim’s Progress for the 21st Century!”
“The 72 Virgins You Meet in Heaven”
No? Anyone? Anyone? … Bueller?
Plea by Wrymouth — October 23, 2006 @ 3:18 am
“Their Best Life Then - Hosea, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Biblical Examples of Your Best Life Now”
Plea by Dave — October 23, 2006 @ 7:16 am
[…] Funniest. Purgatorio. Ever. […]
Pingback by Talking Out Of Turn » Bowel, thou are loosed! — October 23, 2006 @ 8:50 am
The Art of Man Fishing: How to Catch and Keep Your Man
The Pilgrim’s Belt Buckle from this hip to that which is to come, delievered under the similitude of the Atkins Diet
The Crook in the Lot: Or the Sovereignty and Justice of God Displayed in the Police Taking Down That Dirty Thieving Car Jacker in the Parking Lot
The Shorter Catechism Explained in Less than 1,000 Pages. (Well, it would’ve been a best seller for the Puritans!)
A Body of Divinity, Buns of Steel
The Vally of Vision, or why you shouldn’t take drugs
The Repetition of Repetition in the Repetition of Repetition
Rich Patriarch, Poor Patriarch
Morning and Evening, Afternoon and Night, and Other Popular Parts of the Day
New Yorkers in the Hands of an Angry Zod
Plea by Patrick Chan — October 23, 2006 @ 9:16 am
Intended for Children and Pleasure
Wild at Dordt
Desiring Gawd by Erwin Lutzer
Through the Gates of Splenda - Gwen Shamblin
The Spoof War by Marc Heinrich
Plea by REM — October 23, 2006 @ 12:32 pm
Here’s mine:
The Seven Flaws of a Learner: Unmasking the Reasons Why So Many are Idiots
Pieces with God: God-Ordained Recipes for Yum-Yum Pizzas
Plea by Matt Perry — October 23, 2006 @ 12:59 pm
“The Surplus Driven Life”
“Free Style! - A Flimsical Reply to the Biblical Gospel”
“Redefining Orthodoxy - Why be old orthodox, when you can be new?”
“Unoffensive” - finally a bible that doesn’t offend anyone…
“The Pursuit of Fraud”
“The five tongues of love” - Gary Chapman.
Plea by Daniel — October 23, 2006 @ 2:18 pm
Funniest stuff I’ve read all week. (er, uh, even though it’s only Monday.)
Anyway. (Although, I’m sure not even close to as funny as what I’ve read here.) How about:
“Don’t bury your Dead today” by Benny Hinn - A guide to possible career ending prophecies.
–or–
“Good Morning, something that claims to be the Holy Spirit.” by Benny Hinn
Plea by Steve — October 23, 2006 @ 2:48 pm
The Berberian Way: Unleashing the Untamed Carpet Within.
Plea by Brady — October 23, 2006 @ 3:07 pm
[…] The fine folks at Purgatorio have done it again! I laughed hysterically when I read this list this afternoon. Take the time and go check it out for yourself! […]
Pingback by 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers « Delve into the Depths — October 23, 2006 @ 3:28 pm
The Massage - the Bible in today’s therapeutic language
Plea by Even So... — October 23, 2006 @ 4:24 pm
YAH, MARC! This YSTC is the best yet! When will the book on all of this get published?…. “Sarcasm for the Fundamental Conservative Christian.”…
Plea by J Howe — October 23, 2006 @ 6:32 pm
“Till We Have White Faces: A Mime-Myth Retold” by Silence Lewis.
“The Mime, the Clown, and the Churchrobe” by Silence Lewis.
Plea by Brent — October 23, 2006 @ 7:24 pm
IVP Dictionary of Eschatology (forthcoming)
Plea by Keith H — October 23, 2006 @ 9:19 pm
Purpose Driven Wife-Rick Warren
Power of a Praying Corpse- Stormie O Waters
Your Best Knife Now-Emeril Osteen
It’s a Good Thing- 12 Lessons for Life from the Martha Stewart of the Bible- Joyce Smeyers
Interesting thread….I must say. By the time it was my turn to post, everyone else exhausted all of the fad books of the Christian Bookstore…
Plea by Carol — October 23, 2006 @ 9:28 pm
Why I Am Not a Calvinist. 122 Uncommon Plebeian’s Speak out.
(Yes, I have posted several times on this one. Blame Marc. He hasn’t changed the category yet. Hopefully I had at least one good one).
Plea by Keith H — October 23, 2006 @ 9:42 pm
[…] Marc over at Purgatorio shared this list of potential Christian Bestsellers. I don’t even believe in the rapture, but I think if these books showed up on the shelves I would be looking East and listening for a trumpet. The ones in bold were particularly funny to me. […]
Pingback by ENGAGING CULTURE » Blog Archive » 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers — October 24, 2006 @ 12:06 pm
How could I have not stopped by Purg. for a few days? This is hilarious! May be only the classic “You might be emerging” or “You may be going hyper if” posts top this one.
Here’s one: Ergun Canar “A History of Baptists”
Plea by Brian — October 24, 2006 @ 1:58 pm
“Your Best Wrinkle in Now-Time” by Madeleine Jo L’Osteen.
Plea by Brent — October 24, 2006 @ 4:44 pm
How about “Velvet Elvis” — Oh wait, somebody used that already.
Plea by Houston John — October 24, 2006 @ 5:42 pm
“Fissure of Men”–Dealing with discord in the Church
“Nice Guise”–Dealing with false teachers
Plea by Impacted Wisdom Truth — October 24, 2006 @ 8:57 pm
I am going to sue you for making me laugh so hard, you are the second dangerous thing after Tobacco (billions in lawsuit 4 you)
Plea by Crazy Frog (diiib duuumb .....) — October 25, 2006 @ 4:26 am
Great! Too funny! Hilarious!
Plea by Jane — October 25, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
[…] For some laughs, visit this […]
Pingback by HUMOR: WHO SAY CALVINISTS CAN’T BE FUNNY? « The Domain for Truth — October 25, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
Cheers Marc. I do still frequent purg. enough to read posts a few at a time, but I have less time to do so due to a change of country and job! And with the volume of traffic, I usually leave commenting to others. I’d be interested in your perspective - I sense that quite a bit of the commentary has moved from thought-provoked with some mutual understanding of the issues/humour to jumping on the bandwagon with cries of horror? So I confess I also got a bit tired of predictable comments… Not all, of course, but some. Maybe it’s the unavoidable downside of becoming so popular as a blog, that new visitors will comment as they see others commenting…?
Having said that, Dan Phillips, you really shouldn’t have leaked about the The IVP Dictionary of Packer Endorsements - it’s for in-house use only!
Plea by étrangère — October 26, 2006 @ 7:16 pm
Sorry, my last comment was graceless and unfair. That’s the reason I don’t comment when tired (yes, it was later than 7:16pm in GMT!), which makes it the reason I don’t often comment any more.
Plea by étrangère — October 27, 2006 @ 9:38 am
[…] Purgatorio (where else?): 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers […]
Pingback by Subversive Influence » Blog Archive » 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers — October 27, 2006 @ 6:50 pm
A few for those churches which follow passe business models:
_Total Quality Christianity_
_Six Sigma Faith_
_Just in Time Sacraments_
ofs
Plea by oldfatslow — October 30, 2006 @ 10:07 am
1. “Your best knife now!” - On how choosing a sharp one can change your breakfast experience forever (peanut butter will never taste the same on your toast after you follow this seven breakfast-changing steps) by Joel Oesteen.
Plea by francisco — October 31, 2006 @ 11:14 pm
No Rules: The Antinomianist’s Guide to Dating, Marriage, and well…Anything
My Least for His Lowest: A Devotional for Christians Who Can’t Be Bothered
Plea by Mark — November 4, 2006 @ 11:05 pm
Here’s a classic
Stairway to Hell by led zeppelin
Plea by Debbie wimmers — November 13, 2006 @ 4:59 pm
“Mime Utmost for His Highest” by Anechoic Chambers.
Plea by Brent — November 13, 2006 @ 8:39 pm
fat behind by jenkins & lahaye - a novel of people trying to loose weight after the rapture after they realize that they were to heavy to be taken of to Glory by Jesus.
C.s. lweis - the ducttape letters
city council of the cults by ravi zacharias
hank hannegraaf - the bible answer yellow pages
John Piper - when i don’t despise dogs
elisabeth ellot - Pizza and pepsi (my lame parody of passion and purity)
Plea by andrew — November 20, 2006 @ 5:56 pm
[…] 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers from purgatorio1.com. […]
Pingback by The Future of Christian Literature? | Jill’s Life Updates and Random Thoughts — December 17, 2006 @ 1:14 am
[…] 4 Jan 2007 Today’s links Posted by lukeprog under Spirituality , Links Hilarious: 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers.#1? Your Best Life Now Book of Martyrs. […]
Pingback by Today’s links « What God Taught Me Today — January 4, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
Surprised no one’s mentioned this one yet:
Desiring Marcy: Confessions of a Christian Children’s Music Addict, by Marc Heinrich.
Plea by Chris — January 16, 2008 @ 10:33 am