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  • A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness
  • By: Paul Uponi
  • Narrated by: Paul Uponi
  • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
  • 2.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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What if the body and mind were not in opposition but rather negotiation? Both aid each other in the pursuit of human excellence. Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness explores the benefits of physical fitness in a Christian's walk with God. It takes a holistic approach to physical, mental, and spiritual health. This transformative book seamlessly merges the timeless principles of faith, self-help, and physical wellness to empower you to lead a life of purpose, strength, and fulfillment.

This book will go over how the virtues and philosophy that flow from sports and athletics are important to a Christian. Those virtues connect with masculinity, and why they are sorely needed in the church and the broader Christian movement.

Reignite your sense of purpose, discover your inner strength, and embark on a journey of self-improvement that combines the best of faith and self-help principles.

Muscular Christianity: A Case for Spiritual and Physical Fitness is your invitation to lead a life of unwavering determination, profound spirituality, and unshakeable vitality. It's time to sculpt a better you—physically, mentally, and spiritually.

©2023 Paul Uponi (P)2023 Paul Uponi

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More like a podcast than a book

About 20-30 mins of worthwhile biblical analysis. The rest is opinionated, personal taste references and views.

Would make a great podcast series, but a book should be much higher quality, have a deeper universal analysis and be more refined. People are paying for this.

The voice over has little variation, feels unnatural and has the same repetitive intonation. Hard to listen through.

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The author reading and the references

This has some good parts in it. My 2 concerns for recommending to anyone else is:

1. the author chose to read this himself and unfortunately this was a bad choice. he sounds like he is reading a boring text book and his tone is very dry monotonic.

2. the other big issue is consistent references to tough and strong Manga / Cartoon characters that have no relevance to real life. its like saying the Hulk can cop a beating, get shot multiple times and still survive, but when he gets angry look out, then referring that to a real person and how we can behave in our own perseverance and toughness. But the Hulk is of course, make believe. The character has no relevance to me jn real life, as the hulk has none of these qualities in real life, just in Stan Lees mind about what the hulk character is.

i assume this is likely written / read for a younger audience than my old self and i probably get it may work for some, but real life examples of “toughness” and perseverance through real actual Christian men and women, in which there are many examples, would be a far better choice.

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