"My 'Lennon' Book"

Today would have been the 79th Birthday of ex-Beatle JOHN LENNON.  For that reason, I wanted to mention that we're still reworking the book I'll self-publish (again) about him!!

Note the NEW cover (pictured above).  And here is the way the proposed cover looked six months ago (below.) There is a REASON that I re-did my design to give Lennon that long hair and beard in that new version above...

You see, all of this recent attention to the 50th anniversary of "Abbey Road" reminded me of when Lennon was in his "Jesus-y" phase, where he deliberately parted his long hair in the middle, grew a full beard and wore all white (the way Jesus is OFTEN portrayed as appearing, in popular culture, though there's no Biblical evidence to support it and warnings AGAINST trying to visually represent how He looked.) And, as my iPhone now has new editing features, I simply updated the FIRST cover to portray John in this, his "Jesus-y" phase..

Yes, except for those "granny glasses" he wore, many of us thought John was deliberately likening himself to the Son of God, and with good reason.  You see, he cultivated this look shortly after his summer of '69 song that compared himself TO Jesus ("Christ, you know it ain't easy, you know how hard it can be, the way things are going, they're gonna crucify me" went his blasphemous song "The Ballad of John and Yoko.")  Depicting Lennon in this "Jesus-y" phase on the cover is apropos because the entire book is written for Christians who might think Lennon WAS "Jesus-y"....that he had some sympathy for CHRISTIANITY!! Nothing could be further from the truth, Lennon's lyrics in his solo career, after the Beatles' breakup, CONSTANTLY attacked Christianity and Jesus, Himself and my book proves it using his own lyrics and quotes from John's own lips, with new material addressing the following:

1.) Well-meaning Bible teacher Ray Comfort's book which TOTALLY overlooks John's SOLO career. My book shows that John was NOT a Christian and, sadly, not even close.

2.) There is also a rebuke to John's murderer who may very well come across the book when it goes online, telling him that though he THINKS he's a Christian and that God called him to do that evil deed, he is self-deceived and needs to repent for his sin.  And,

3.)  New material addressing the death of former Beatle GEORGE HARRISON, and mentioning how there was a failed attempt on HIS life about 20 years ago that didn't receive much publicity.  (I contrasted this incident, which George survived, to LENNON'S sudden death.)

As always, my esteemed editor is Martha Ireland.  There is no set date for the book's release, but, Lord Willing I'll let you know when it's on Amazon!!