The Bonfire Sessions: Winter is a thought-provoking booklet that discusses: what happens to friends and family when you deconstruct your faith, whether or not conversations such as these are actually important, the divisiveness of American politics, and how Michael is handling his cancer diagnosis.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Sometimes funny, sometimes profound, but always hones...

The Bonfire Sessions: Second Autumn is a thought-provoking booklet that: explores some of the differences between liberals and conservatives, how keeping friends as you get older becomes more and more challenging, why a sanitary life is a dead and boring life, and how J.R.R. Tolkien has shaped both of us in such major ways.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Sometimes funny, sometimes ...

The Bonfire Sessions: Second Summer is a thought-provoking booklet that: discusses our very real mortality, laments the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer, and climate change, and gets real about the emotions that come with living in a world full of suffering, anxiety, and dread.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Sometimes funny, sometimes profound, but always honest, the two hosts of The Bonf...

The Bonfire Sessions: Autumn is a thought-provoking booklet that discusses: the current climate crisis and racial tensions in the United States, how power can and often does corrupt those in leadership positions, why tragedy and loss are often a catalyst for appreciation, and why, in spite of all the suffering in the world, both authors have at least some hope for the future, even if it is just a fool's hope.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty ...

The Bonfire Sessions: Second Spring is a thought-provoking booklet that discusses: human sexuality and all its complexities, Buddhism and the meaningless of life, how philosophy and ethics should be more emphasized in schools, what peace looks like in the midst of a chaotic world, and much more.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Sometimes funny, sometimes profound, but always honest, ...

The Bonfire Sessions: Second Winter is a thought-provoking booklet that: explores the reasons people fall for conspiracy theories and bad-faith politics, why self love is more fulfilling than traditional "worship," and how "The Bonfire Sessions" is not really a collection of books and a podcast, but a way of life that is almost tainted by content.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Som...

The Bonfire Sessions: Summer is a thought-provoking booklet that discusses: the tragic Camp Fire that burned down the town of Paradise and Mike's house along with it, how to live in the present moment, racism and white privilege in America, and how free will is often misunderstood in the West.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Sometimes funny, sometimes profound, but always honest, th...

The Bonfire Sessions: Spring is a thought-provoking booklet that discusses: deconstruction and how it impacted the authors' friendship, suffering and how it fits into the human narrative, doubt and how it is not the opposite of faith, evangelicalism and living an authentic life, and how Buddhism and Christianity can co-exist.With rawness and vulnerability, as well as a large dose of salty language, this set of conversations delivers quite a punch. Sometimes funny, sometime...

Having a careful ear and an open heart is vital to understanding the big ideas of the Universe. Two friends, Distefano and Machuga, put this on display here, vulnerably exploring some of humanity's most robust topics: what it means to be human, what it means to be saved, what it means to be lost, and what the meaning of life is. And while the authors agree on many things, including the ultimate fate of humanity, they do not necessarily agree on all the details of how we get there. But inst...

The works of J.R.R. Tolkien are some of literature's most beloved. For decades, scholars, fans, and critics alike have been discussing and debating the professor's Legendarium-much ink has been spilled, many books bound, all offering their unique perspectives.Add The Wisdom of Hobbits to that growing number.In this hopeful yet at times poignant homage, Matthew J. Distefano focuses on everyone's favorite halfling friend: the Hobbit. A charming people, this Shire-bas...

What is the ending to the human drama? Will all be reconciled to God in the end? Does God demand an altar, a corpse, and blood? Or, rather, is the Christian God set apart from all the other gods throughout history? All Set Free sets out to answer some of the more difficult questions Christians today are faced with. It will challenge the Augustinian understanding of hell and the Calvinist understanding of the atonement; replacing them with a more Christ-centered understanding of both doctri...