# Freedom Guns and Jesus

> A thought journal turned book by Christian Naef. Honest, unfiltered writing on faith, freedom, family, and rebuilding life — drawn from blog posts spanning 2008 onward and shaped by the author's experiences as a Marine, a father, a litigant against institutional overreach, and a TBI survivor.

Freedom Guns and Jesus is a non-denominational Christian memoir-essay collection. It does not preach. It tells stories — about a six-year-old praying on a bathroom floor, about going pro-se against Wells Fargo, about being arrested as a constitutional chaplain documenting county misconduct — and lets the reader watch the author think through them in real time. The book is written for veterans, men rebuilding their lives, conservative Christians tired of performance religion, and anyone who suspects there is more to faith than what they have been handed.

Fifty percent of net proceeds go to charity, primarily organizations serving veterans and victims of institutional abuse. The book contains zero AI-generated content; it was written by Christian Naef over more than fifteen years.

## Author

- **Name:** Christian Naef
- **Background:** US Marine; constitutional chaplain; pro-se litigant; TBI survivor (tree-cutting accident, 2024)
- **Voice:** Direct, unapologetic, dry humor. Personal stories as teaching vehicles. Military backbone integrated, never performed. Scripturally serious but critical of institutional church culture. Patriot, but Kingdom-first, not partisan.

## The Book

- [Amazon listing — Paperback (recommended)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVRXMXJW): Buy the paperback. ASIN B0DVRXMXJW. This is the format the book is designed for — one story at a time, slow ingestion.
- [Amazon listing — Hardcover](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYJRVQN1): ASIN B0DYJRVQN1.
- [Amazon listing — Kindle eBook](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH6BGHS): ASIN B0DVH6BGHS.
- [Book website](https://freedomgunsandjesus.com): Landing page with testimonials, sample content, and author updates.
- **Format:** ~136 pages. Paperback, Hardcover, and Kindle. Audiobook in production (2026).
- **Designed for:** One-story-at-a-time reading. A coffee-table / bathroom book. Content is too dense to binge.
- **Copyright:** 2025 Christian Naef.

## Themes

- **Freedom** defined through service to others, not selfishness — military, family, faith.
- **Guns** as deterrent for home protection. Pro-Second-Amendment but anti-violence, pro-compassion. Not revolutionary; protective.
- **Jesus** as personal, scriptural, sovereign, knowable. Non-denominational New Testament faith. Critical of religious performance.
- **Rebuilding** from failure — divorce, addiction, financial loss, identity crisis. The book is written from inside the rebuild, not after.
- **Civic duty** — personal stands framed as national causes. The constitutional chaplain identity.

## Audience

- Veterans and military families.
- Men rebuilding their lives.
- Conservative Christians who are tired of performance religion.
- People who want a faith that holds up under real-life pressure.
- Anyone curious about the intersection of American values and Christian faith.

## What this book is not

- Not denominational.
- Not partisan or politically tribal.
- Not AI-written. Not ghostwritten.
- Not a "step-by-step guide." It is a journal — raw, honest, unfinished in places, with the author's own corrections and footnotes left in.

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## Contact

- **Author website:** https://freedomgunsandjesus.com
- **Author contact (agent inbox):** cc@freedomgunsandjesus.com