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Randy Elrod

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Randy Elrod is an artist, author, and adventurer whose path has led from rural Appalachia to Barcelona's artistic streets. His works span memoir "A Renaissance Redneck in a Mega-Church Pulpit" and self-discovery "The Quest." His life has been marked by creative exploration and physical challenges, including twenty-five marathons and wilderness survival in Alaskan grizzly country. "The Purging Room" is his first work of fiction, written from his current home in Barcelona, where he continues his mission of empowering others to embrace their authentic selves. ...more

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	Sex, Lies & Religion really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Renaissance Redneck In A Mega-Church Pulpit 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty Is Calling by Randy Elrod (Goodreads Author), Randy Elrod (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quest: Discover a Way to Enjoy the Second Half of Life 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loss of Belonging: Ten Steps To A New (and Better) Tribe 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Affection (7 Exciting Truths about Our Sexuality) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God, I Have A Question...or Two it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unspoken Requests: Meditations & Prayers for the Wounded & Wandering (Book 1 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Confession it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Lady's Tutor (The Tutor Series Book 1)

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“Could it be, as one writer puts it, that every knock at the door of a brothel is actually a knock at the heart of God? ”
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“The unconditional love of God leads to a life of freedom and transforms each day into a potentially wild adventure. ”
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“Dysfunction comes when we intertwine the church and God and view them as one.”
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“Could it be, as one writer puts it, that every knock at the door of a brothel is actually a knock at the heart of God? ”
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tags: religion, sensuality, sexuality, spirituality

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“Dysfunction comes when we intertwine the church and God and view them as one.”
― Randy Elrod, Sex, Lies & Religion

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“Have you ever had an experience with God as wild as your most incredible sexual experience?”
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
― Albert Einstein

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“The unconditional love of God leads to a life of freedom and transforms each day into a potentially wild adventure. ”
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message 4: by Grace

Apr 21, 2018 07:57AM

Thank for the add, Randy more of my material can be found at www.amazon.com/author/gracegayle

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message 3: by Randy

May 12, 2014 05:22PM

Insane. My book "A Renaissance Redneck In A Mega-Church Pulpit" is selling like crazy today! Thanks everyone!! I will be reading & signing at Parnassus Bookstore Nashville May 30 at 6:30 pm, I will be signing & giving away 150 books at ICRS in Atlanta June 24 at 2pm and it will be represented at a booth at the BEA (Book Expo America) May 29 in New York. Wow!!! You can buy it here: http://randyelrod.com/rr Each copy will be personalized to you and FREE shipping.

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message 2: by Randy

May 11, 2013 07:51AM

So excited to be writing my memoir, "A Renaissance Redneck In A Mega-Church Pulpit."

Hopefully it will be finished in late Fall 2013.

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Jul 27, 2012 07:19AM

thanks for the add!

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