{"id":1583,"date":"2010-04-01T06:57:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T12:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:03:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:03:14","slug":"popular-blogger-atheist-daniel-florien-questions-me-about-jesus-faith-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/04\/popular-blogger-atheist-daniel-florien-questions-me-about-jesus-faith-blogging.html","title":{"rendered":"Popular blogger &amp; atheist Daniel Florien questions me about Jesus, faith &amp; blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/pic.php?oid=AAAAAQAQr9ItpVBcFaLiOfdjXbgdigAAAAr54nVPA6WFelj_bvvCm3HE\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>INTERVIEW WITH MATTHEW PAUL TURNER<\/p>\n<p>by Daniel Florien at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unreasonablefaith.com\">Unreasonable Faith<\/a> (&lt;-A favorite blog of mine.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/about\/\">Matthew Paul Turner<\/a> is  a Christian <a href=\"..\/\">blogger<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Matthew-Paul-Turner\/e\/B001JPC8LY\/unreasonablefaith-20\/\">author<\/a>,  and former fundamentalist. He has authored 10 books and is the former  editor of <em>CCM<\/em> (<em>Christian Music Magazine<\/em>). He\u2019s one of  my favorite Christian bloggers and was kind enough to agree to an  interview.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>DANIEL: Your blog name is \u201cJesus Needs New PR\u201d\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ME: <\/strong>I\u00a0started blogging in 2006. However, before it became the name of my  blog, \u201cJesus Needs New PR\u201d was a book title for a collection of essays  about how the actions, words, and sometimes stupidity of various  segments of the Christian culture impacted Jesus\u2019s \u201cimage.\u201d But despite  being signed to a Christian publishing house, the book never released.  Fourteen months later, after the writing and editing was finished, the  head guy at the publishing house deemed the manuscript too controversial  and refused to release it. I took it to five other publishing houses,  four of which were Christian imprints \u2014 all of them said no.\u00a0\u00a0At some  point during that time, I started the blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANIEL: Why do you think Jesus needs new PR?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unreasonablefaith.com\/2010\/04\/01\/interview-with-matthew-paul-turner\/#comments\">Read the entire interview here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERVIEW WITH MATTHEW PAUL TURNER by Daniel Florien at Unreasonable Faith (&lt;-A favorite blog of mine.) Matthew Paul Turner is a Christian blogger, author, and former fundamentalist. He has authored 10 books and is the former editor of CCM (Christian Music Magazine). 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