{"id":11868,"date":"2021-12-27T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2021-12-27T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:38:40","slug":"what-if-jesus-were-a-coach-by-michael-w-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=11868","title":{"rendered":"What If Jesus Were A Coach? by Michael W Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=11869\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/what-if-jesus-were-a-coach.jpg?fit=314%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"314,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"what-if-jesus-were-a-coach\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/what-if-jesus-were-a-coach.jpg?fit=314%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/what-if-jesus-were-a-coach.jpg?resize=216%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11869\" width=\"216\" height=\"343\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contemplative, absorbing, and insightful\u2026 Truly a wonderful book.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor shares the spiritual pathway to connect with God without following strict religious doctrines that usually surround Christianity in his soul-searching latest book. He talks about his early childhood and later adult experiences with organized religion, his time as an atheist, his shifting views about God\u2019s existence\u2014Jesus as a figure of fear to the one who is a friend and teacher\u2014and his complete acceptance of the Unity Church\u2019s teachings of Christianity. Arguing that at some point, every human being must engage in their own journey, Taylor stresses on the importance of trusting your own wisdom: it\u2019s only through recognition of your own call that you can realize your divine purpose and discover the unique gifts and talents that allow you to support others in their journey as well. Dismissing the basic concepts of sin, hell, and punishment, the integral theme of organized religion in Christianity, Taylor stresses on the significance of meditation and mindfulness. He speaks of the teachings of Christianity but his teachings are devoid of religious dogma and doctrine.\u00a0 He makes his case logically, along the way presenting splendid evidence and arguments against the idea of a God who has all the emotions of humans and behaves and acts like a human, who is not a loving God, and who is ready to punish you when you displease him. Putting all together, he demonstrations that much we have assumed about the biggest questions of God\u2019s existence is in fact man-made\u2014and is therefore in need of reevaluation. Taylor\u2019s insights into the existence of God are well-presented and invite the reader into a place of quiet contemplation and compassion. This is a must-read for everyone, including non-believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What If Jesus Were A Coach?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>by Michael W Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-If-Jesus-Were-Coach\/dp\/1736636944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date November 29, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1736636947<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $16.99 (USD) Paperback, $24.99 Hardcover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contemplative, absorbing, and insightful\u2026 Truly a wonderful book. Taylor shares the spiritual pathway to connect with God without following strict religious doctrines that usually surround Christianity in his soul-searching latest book. He talks about his early childhood and later adult experiences with organized religion, his time as an atheist, his shifting views about God\u2019s existence\u2014Jesus as a figure of fear to the one who is a friend and teacher\u2014and his complete acceptance of the Unity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":11869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3748],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1136176,3748,1473,1008073,309,349],"class_list":["post-11868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-fiction","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-non-fiction","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-35q","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/what-if-jesus-were-a-coach.jpg?fit=314%2C499&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11874,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions\/11874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}