Popular: Boys, Booze, and Jesus [Kindle Edition] Author: Tindell Baldwin | Language: English | ISBN:
B00AEB3B9W | Format: PDF, EPUB
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You can download Download Popular: Boys, Booze, and Jesus from 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror link Tindell Baldwin’s words best describe her passion and this book:
“My heart is for teenage girls because my story is much like so many of theirs. I was just a girl who made a lot of mistakes. I was a girl who had sex before marriage and then had a broken heart. I was a girl who did drugs and drank to fill the void that was deep in my heart. I was a girl who was desperate to be popular. A girl who, like so many others, didn’t know the dark side of sin. So my aim is to reach teenage girls, and through an honest account of my darkest sins, show them what they are up against. My heart is that teens would hear my story and flee to Christ. My greatest desire is that God would be glorified above all else.”
Through a two-part journey (“Dark” and “Light”), Tindell details how she said goodbye to her family’s God and pursued popularity at all costs while climbing the social chain in high school. During a night of partying, she even encountered the man suspected of killing Natalee Holloway in Aruba. But God did not leave Tindell. The “Light” part of her story shows how she reconnected with God, changed her ways, and discovered abundant and real life through Christ. Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation Download Popular: Boys, Booze, and Jesus
- File Size: 628 KB
- Print Length: 255 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1414375247
- Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (June 21, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AEB3B9W
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,749 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Funny thing about being in high school. A few years ago, I went back to my old high school. Since I had lived out of state for years and this was pre-Facebook, I had lost touch with almost everyone. As we stood around reminiscing about our past, I had an epiphany. Almost everyone in high school thinks they are not popular!
As I heard people I would have identified as some of the most popular kids in our class talk about being teased or not feeling like they fit in, I realized maybe the whole popular thing is more about learning to be comfortable in your own skin. Perhaps it is about realizing there is no "normal" person and being different can really be just great (in healthy, godly ways of course). Maybe our shared angst was actually more about discovering who we were than about how popular we thought we were.
I was curious to read the book Popular: Boys, Booze, and Jesus by Tindell Baldwin. The author was raised in the stereotypical "good" Christian home, but went through a period of serious rebellion in high school. She tells the story of her slide into alcohol, drugs and sex as well as finding her way back to God. Along the way she shares with readers the painful lessons she learned and the Biblical truths she wished she had heeded.
I am really torn about books like this. As a former "good" girl, I find them in some ways to have an almost opposite effect on me. Was I really the only teen left that was trying to abide by God's commands? My daughter, who is probably a bit more grounded than I was at her age, just finds them annoying. She says she really has no desire to spend time reading about other people's bad decisions.
I may be in my mid-30's now, but I remember my heartaches and teenage mistakes like they were yesterday. Maybe if I had read such an honest testimony as is given in this book, those mistakes could have been avoided.
Movies show us the glamorous side of being popular, going to parties, drinking, and having casual sex. In her book, Tindell shares her story in the hopes that teenage girls can understand the other side not commonly talked about. She wishes she had known "not more cold facts and statistics, but more of the emotional reality...The challenge is that while the feelings are real, they are fleeting, and the pain that follows is not." She says making the right choices "might mean you're lonely today, but it also might mean you aren't scarred tomorrow...It's true that God can bring beauty from a pile of ashes, but rising from the ashes is not easy or fun - it's so much better to avoid that type of death." Tindell then shares about her Christian faith and how Jesus has made all the difference in her life. She says that her desires weren't the problem, but the way she was filling them was. I'm sure it is not easy to bare your soul for the world to see, but in doing so I believe that Tindell will be able to connect to girls where they are, and then show them a better way.
I would recommend this book to all teenage girls and the adults who love them. It may keep some girls from making the same mistakes. It may help parents find the right words to explain "why" not to make certain choices. It may also allow others to develop an understanding and compassion for girls trying to navigate through all the emotions and decisions that come during the teenage years.
On a side note - I think it would be beneficial if Tindell's parents wrote a book.
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