Better Than Our Dogs
Good dogs are obedient, loving, loyal, protective, and friendly. They honor their masters, bark only at the 
right times, and inspire us to be better through heroism, perseverance, and selflessness. Dogs have weak moments, too. They poop blue, jump out of car windows, and, at times, might be nicknamed the “Devil Dog.” Better Than Our Dogs uses funny and engaging stories to illustrate timeless lessons from the book of James. Each chapter offers practical advice, challenges readers to determine which dog they are most like, and encourages everyone to be better today. Better friends. Better people. Better followers of God.
Better Than Our Dogs asks readers to determine for themselves what dog they are and what kind of person they want to be. Are they like Socrates who eats a blue toilet cake out of spite or are they Darby who was a light to everyone around her? By using real dog stories as an anchor for each chapter, readers can consider what type of person, friend, and follower they are in a nonconfrontational way. They can choose to be better in places the book of James states we really need to focus on to be the best we can be.
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Book Excerpt
Page 118, Epilogue
Don’t wait to look up. Don’t wait to be obedient. Don’t wait to be humble. Don’t want to be kind or show love. Don’t wait to be better than our dogs. Don’t wait.
Be better today.
About the Author, John Murray
John J. Murray Jr. is the award-winning author of Better Than Our Dogs. He leads Bible study groups with members from across the country. After leaving private practice as an attorney, John won the League for Innovation in the Community College Excellence Award as the Paralegal Program Director and law instructor at Alvin Community College. He lives in Texas with his wife, Lana, and their dog, Chloe.
