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While living on three continents, visiting over thirty countries, and speaking three languages, Tony Lynn discovered through friendships that most people no longer follow a single traditional religious path; instead, people live out what Lynn calls secondhand spirituality. In his book Secondhand Spirituality: Today's Hottest Trend, Lynn defines this dominant global attitude, describes its six core beliefs, displays ten current trends, details twelve best practices that guide people toward biblical faith, demonstrates biblical responses, and invites readers to take their next steps toward improved conversations and connections. Share the news about Secondhand Spirituality: Today's Hottest Trend with friends and family. Learn more and receive updates on X and Facebook.

Why Secondhand?

Secondhand spirituality is the dominant global attitude that drives individuals to create, dismantle, discard, and redesign their personal inner beliefs without providing justification for their actions or responding to challenges.

What does Lynn mean by secondhand spirituality? When he was a boy, bargains were crucial to his family. They knew how to make their money go further. It did not matter whether necessities or gifts were new or secondhand. Lynn's most memorable gifts were a used guitar and a secondhand go-kart. However, after entertaining himself with song and speed for a season, he lost interest in the music and the motors. No surprise. They did not cost him anything. Since they were secondhand, he quickly moved on to other things.

Lynn explains, in Secondhand Spirituality: Today's Hottest Trend, that most people approach spirituality in a way similar to how he treated his childhood gifts. They pick up their spirituality without much thought, hold onto it temporarily, change it when they want, mix their beliefs randomly, and switch to another form whenever it suits their mood; and, when life's experiences threaten their happiness, they discard their self-designed spirituality and replace it with another feel-good format. That is why Lynn labels this widespread phenomenon secondhand spirituality.

This book can be used by individuals, small groups, and those in conference or workshop settings to show how today's hottest trend has caused widespread spiritual confusion and to promote conversations and connections that clarify the certainties in the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Secondhand Spirituality:
Today's Hottest Trend

October Release!

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Book's Content

Authentic. Collaborative. Practical.

This short, fast-paced, practical "workbook," designed for collaboration but suitable for a single reader, will help each person improve conversations and connections that clarify the core truths of the Good News of Jesus Christ for people lost in a sea of spiritual confusion. The book has five parts. Lynn describes, in his own words, why he writes.

Part 1

"This book will ignite your imagination! Your responses to the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will create your personalized outline on how to improve conversations that lead to meaningful connections. Will you go it alone, move forward with a small group, or invite others to a conference or workshop?"

Part 2

"This book will ignite your imagination! Your responses to the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will create your personalized outline on how to improve conversations that lead to meaningful connections. Will you go it alone, move forward with a small group, or invite others to a conference or workshop?"

Part 3

"This book will ignite your imagination! Your responses to the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will create your personalized outline on how to improve conversations that lead to meaningful connections. Will you go it alone, move forward with a small group, or invite others to a conference or workshop?"

Part 4

"This book will ignite your imagination! Your responses to the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will create your personalized outline on how to improve conversations that lead to meaningful connections. Will you go it alone, move forward with a small group, or invite others to a conference or workshop?"

Part 5

"This book will ignite your imagination! Your responses to the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will create your personalized outline on how to improve conversations that lead to meaningful connections. Will you go it alone, move forward with a small group, or invite others to a conference or workshop?"

Alone or With Others?

"This book will ignite your imagination! Your responses to the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter will create your personalized outline on how to improve conversations that lead to meaningful connections. Will you go it alone, move forward with a small group, or invite others to a conference or workshop? It is up to you."

Contact

Contact me at:

DrTonyLLynn@gmail.com

My Bio

EDUCATION

Doctor of Ministry,
Mid-America Seminary, Cordova, TN
Master of Divinity,
Southern Seminary, Louisville, KY
Bachelor of Arts,
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO

MINISTRY

Church Planting Catalyst with the North American Mission Board in Michigan
Adjunct Professor with Southeastern Seminary in North Carolina
Church Planting and Evangelism Strategist with the International Mission Board in the Niger Republic, France, and Canada
Lead Pastor in the United States

WRITING & SPEAKING VENUES

Books, Journals, Columns, and Articles
United States, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, Niger, and Côte d'Ivoire