A New Book by Pastor Alex Gomez

Thrift Store Theology

Why a Pieced-Together Faith Will Never Hold

Jesus didn't come to be added to your life. He came to replace it. If your faith feels stitched together and falling apart, this book is for you.

Why This Book Exists

When I was broke and living in Boston, I used to buy my clothes at a warehouse called the Garment District. You'd walk in, grab a trash bag, and stuff it with whatever you could find. Shirts, pants, jackets - all sold by the pound. Nothing matched. Nothing fit right. But it covered me, and that was enough.

One Sunday I ripped my only pair of dress pants on the way to church. I didn't have money for new ones, so I grabbed a loud patterned tie from the pile, stitched it over the tear, and kept going. From the outside, it looked intentional. From the inside, I knew the truth - it was falling apart.

That's what most of us have done with our faith. We've taken pieces of Jesus - some truth, some grace, some good behavior - and stitched them onto a life we've never actually surrendered.

This book came out of a sermon series called Born Again that I preached at High Pointe Church. It's for anyone who has ever sat in church and wondered: Is this really it? Is my faith real - or am I just going through the motions?

If that's you, keep reading. This book wasn't written to make you feel guilty. It was written to set you free.

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Thrift Store Theology

10 Chapters • Available in Paperback & Kindle

What's Inside

01 Thrift Store Theology
02 Patched Beliefs
03 You Must Be Born Again
04 Learning to Talk
05 Learning How to Walk
06 Learning How to Play With Others
07 Run to the Father
08 The Call to Spiritual Reproduction
09 Like Father, Like Son
10 The Death of the Flesh
Paperback $14.99 | Kindle $9.99
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For Small Groups & Bible Studies

8-Week Video Bible Study

A complete, video-driven curriculum built from the book. Everything your group needs for an 8-week journey through faith, identity, and what it really means to follow Jesus - even if you've never led a group before.

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8 Video Teachings
10-15 minute clips from Pastor Alex for each session
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Full Curriculum
Complete study guide with Scripture passages and teaching summaries
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40+ Discussion Questions
Icebreakers, main questions, and deeper dive prompts
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Leader's Guide
Facilitation tips and notes so anyone can lead with confidence
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Take-Home Challenges
Weekly assignments that make the teaching practical and personal
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Opening & Closing Prayers
Pre-written prayers for every session to guide your group
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Pastor Alex Gomez

About Pastor Alex

Alex Gomez is a pastor at High Pointe Church in East Hartford, CT. He's not writing from a place of having it all figured out - he's writing from a place of having been broke, broken, and rebuilt by Jesus.

From buying clothes by the pound at a Boston warehouse to pastoring a church, Alex knows firsthand what it means to stop patching and start over. His writing and preaching are raw, honest, and rooted in Christ - because that's the only kind of faith that actually holds.

Stop Patching. Start Over.

Your faith was never meant to be held together by good intentions. Get the book, start the study, and discover what it looks like to be made new.