Christian George: Biography
Christian’s parents almost named him Calvin Augustinius George, but instead they named him after a pilgrim, Christian, in John Bunyan’s book, “Pilgrim’s Progress.”
From a very early age Christian traveled the world, visiting ancient castles and musty cathedrals. Following the footprints of millions of pilgrims who have gone before, he journeyed to distant lands where God intervened in history and worked in mighty ways.
In 2000, he graduated from Briarwood High school in Birmingham, Alabama, and went to Samford University and majored in art. Of course, he always feared the artists outcome–living from paycheck to paycheck, driving an iridescent minivan, and dying early from exposure to oils. On the morning of December 13, 2003, he graduated from college and later that evening married Rebecca Pounds, the love of his life.
In the fall of 2004, he enrolled as a student at Beeson Divinity School, an interdenominational seminary where he pursued the Master of Divinity degree. Instead of painting, God opened opportunities for him to write, and he traded his easel for a laptop. Charles Spurgeon had long been a hero of his and he wrote a biography of Spurgeon for Christian Focus Publications.
Christian began to develop a passion for communicating God’s truth in simple, earthy language, and he wrote a book about the practice of pilgrimage called “Sacred Travels” that was published by InterVarsity Press in 2006.
His latest book, “Sex, Sushi, and Salvation” was published by Moody Press in 2008. He is excited about the revival brewing in his generation and his prayer is that this book will ignite a spiritual awakening. To this end, Christian travels and speaks to colleges and youth groups about God and the Christian faith.
In May, 2007, Christian graduated from divinity school. He’s starting a Ph.D in theology next year, but for the time being he’s taking a year off to speak, write at Starbucks, and search for God in unexpected ways.
“The past is teaching us how to behave. We are going back in order to go forward, and we’re learning that it is costly to be a Christian. We are learning that true freedom comes from sacrifice, and obedience is more important than success. The way up is the way down, and darkness shows us Christ more than sunshine does. We are learning that God doesn’t make mistakes. He doesn’t call us to forget us. He doesn’t equip us to discard us. And the God who pulls us to himself joins us for the journey” –Sex, Sushi, and Salvation
“Death is nothing more than a stingray without a stinger, a toothless shark gumming us into the presence of Christ.”
- Sex, Sushi, and Salvation