diseases of the spirit

American religion is conspicuous for its messianically pretentious energy, its embarrassingly banal prose, and its impatiently hustling ambition. None of these marks is remotely biblical. None is faintly in evidence in the gospel story. All of them are thoroughly documented diseases of the spirit.

— Eugene H. Peterson

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Wildman Reviews Dekker's Latest for thefish.com

In "The Bride Collector," Best-selling author Ted Dekker explores the line between genius and insanity through the eyes of a brilliant serial killer who thinks he's working for God.


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