{"id":164,"date":"2008-01-11T18:54:43","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T01:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/11\/xxx-church-and-the-gutter\/"},"modified":"2014-02-20T21:35:02","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T05:35:02","slug":"xxx-church-and-the-gutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/xxx-church-and-the-gutter\/","title":{"rendered":"XXX Church and The Gutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Gutter, by Craig Gross\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0976035707\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jdmyers-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0976035707\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Gutter, by Craig Gross\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/book_thegutter.jpg\" ><\/a>I recently read <a title=\"The Gutter\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0976035707\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jdmyers-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0976035707\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Gutter: Where Life is Meant to be Lived<\/em><\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tiheco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0976035707\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> The basic message is that if you want to follow Jesus into the world, you better head for the gutter. This is so true. Jesus was, after all, <a title=\"A Friend to Atheists and Sinners\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jesus-friend-of-sinners\/\">a friend of sinners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was so impressed by this book, I got online to find out more about the author,&nbsp;Craig Gross.<\/p>\n<p>I found that he is one of the co-founders of <a title=\"XXX Church\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xxxchurch.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">XXX Church<\/a>, a ministry reaching out to those caught up in the sex industry. Whether you are a person addicted to pornography, a woman caught in prostitution, or anything in between, they want to help. Also, if you&nbsp;want to help keep yourself accountable when surfing the Internet, I recommend their <a title=\"Free X3 Watch software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.x3watch.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">free X3 Watch<\/a>&nbsp;software.<\/p>\n<p>If you like Craig&#8217;s book, you should also get <a title=\"Starving Jesus\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00394DHCC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jdmyers-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00394DHCC\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Starving Jesus: Off the Pew, Into the World<\/em><\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tiheco-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00394DHCC\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently read The Gutter: Where Life is Meant to be Lived. 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