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Letters between a renowned evangelical minister (R.T. Kendall) and a senior Jewish Rabbi (David Rosen) form a bridge of understanding between two men and two faiths.This groundbreaking book reproduces a candid exchange of letters between two prolific and acclaimed theologians as each seeks to vigorously defend his own beliefs while he is challenged by the claims of the other. Though issues and beliefs separate the two theological camps, the heartfelt correspondence between Kendall, the former minister of Westminster Chapel in London, and Rosen, the former chief rabbi of Ireland, show that deep friendships can be made and strong alliances formed between Jews and Christians. Readers will see their own questions about the differences between Christianity and Judaism reflected in this discussion. Whether on one side or none, they will come away with life-changing inspiration.
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great read for people from all religious faiths.......2007-09-04
This book is a compilation of letters between two religious scholars. It is very interesting, thought provoking, and amazing that two such different people with diametrically opposed religious views can demonstrate such love and respect for each other. It is a testimony to believers of both religious traditions, and a thoughtful challenge to non-believers.
Interesting, albeit limited.......2007-06-02
Both Rabbi Rosen and Dr. Kendall write well, and for that readers should be grateful. This book, a series of letters sent back and forth between these two men to discuss their particular faiths, demonstrates the value of this ancient form, a thing one fears may disappear in a world where two line emails count as proper correspondence. The origination of this work, Kendall's shock that Rosen considers himself a Pharisee, a thing to Kendall's worldview no one would embrace, provides a preview of both the works strengths and shortcomings.
As becomes rapidly clear, Rosen has a far deeper understanding of Christianity than Kendall often shockingly superficial knowledge of Judaism. Given which religion originated in which, one cannot help but be surprised by this balance of study. Moreover, as a result of this historic relationship, much of the work descends into Kendall's attacks on Judaism, even as Rosen steps very gingerly around challenging Christian truth claims. As a Rabbi who devotes himself to religious dialogue, this self imposed limit is understandable, if a bit disappointing. Thus Rosen does not question the apparent contradictions of the Gospel (Jesus' death on one day in the synoptics and another in John, the apparently irreconcilable birth stories of Matthew and Luke, the deep textual corruption and redaction as documented by Prof. B. Ehrman in his excellent "Misquoting Jesus, such as the "thee who are without sin" episode being absent from the Christian scripture for most of its first millenia, etc) even as Kendall continues to espouse a philosophy of essential Christian triumphalism.
Despite these shortcomings, this work provides some interesting food for thought. Those disappointed by the "niceness" of this debate should consider searching out the "Disputations of Nahmanides" a still classic medieval debate between that Rabbi and a Christian scholar regarding Christian interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, a debate which earned Rabbi Nahmanidies exile from his native Spain.
Rosen's politeness does the reader no service, nor does Kendall's ignorance of such basic tenants of Judaism such as that faiths lack of belief in original sin. Readers will surely find some material here worthy of consideration, but will likely also at times come away disappointed.
Very worthwhile dialog between two committed theologians.......2007-04-06
This is the kind of book and discussion that needs to be poured over carefully by both Jew, Christian, and skeptic regarding THE REASONS Christians and traditional Jews believe what they believe.
Here are a few pointed comments and observations by others:
The Christian and the Pharisee -
Two outspoken religious leaders debate
the road to heaven
Read the Introduction Here
What starts as Rabbi David Rosen's staunch defense of his tradition against Dr R. T. Kendall's use of 'Pharisee' as a derogatory term, blossoms into a fascinating exchange in which the two men openly discuss the basic tenets of their respective faiths. They explore the common ground that these two related religions share, and discover the fundamental differences that set them apart.
This groundbreaking publication is a rare opportunity to read the heartfelt correspondence of two prolific religious leaders, both acclaimed theologians, as they seek to both vigorously defend their own beliefs and allow themselves to be challenged by the claims of the other.
As the discussion continues we see mutual respect grow and a strong friendship forged, before the relationship is inevitably tested as they reach points of seemingly irreconcilable difference.
Is it possible for Christianity and Judaism to proactively co-exist, when the bedrock of one denies the rationale of the other? This dignified book poses such difficult questions whilst offering greater understanding and hope for the future.
`A fascinating book of dialogue between a leading preacher and one of the most famous rabbis of our time.'
From the Foreword by Chief Rabbi René-Samuel Sirat, former Chief Rabbi of France
`No punches are pulled, no fundamental question of faith is avoided -- but with humour, kindness, respect and love, fundamental issues of religion are discussed and probed. A timely and amazing book.'
From the Foreword by Dr George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury
`Judaism and Christianity have for centuries been divided by the same holy scriptures. Anyone seeking to understand the chasm, and how to bridge it, should start by reading this erudite, civilised and charming debate.'
Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor, Daily Telegraph and author of Holy Land Unholy War Israelis and Palestinians
'Every religious person will find these exchanges fascinating, even if they may not accept their ultimate conclusions.'
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington
I agree. It is an important book on very vital issues between the two Faiths and systems of belief.
Personally, I find the four volumes by Messianic Jewish scholar, Dr. Michael L. Brown to be of greater value in terms of examining the Jewish and Pharisee objections to the Messiahship of Jesus, but (outside of those four excellent volumes) this book is about as good as it gets.
Don't miss it. It's definitely worth a careful read.
Amazing book.......2007-02-06
This body of work is truly amazing. What a privilege it is to play a fly on a wall to two great outspoken persons' conversation! This title will help both Christians and Jews in understand each other's points of view, while building a ground of understanding so that similar conversations can occur. Great for the Christian and for the Jew!
Which is the Christian, which the Pharisee?.......2007-01-24
Rabbi Rosen, as an evangelical Christian, I humbly say that I have learned from you, in the very deepest sense -- indeed, in the fashion taught me by my Messiah, in the New Testament. I'll get to that, but just now I saw both authors of this book on a prominent Christian television show. There, the two co-hosts -- as well as Rosen's coauthor, Rev. Kendall -- made every coercive plea to the "blind Rabbi" (their words) to "just pray the simple prayer of salvation." Rosen's gracious, respectful responses were to me remarkable. As I watched the demeaning spectacle, I couldn't help recalling the passage where Christ chides those in his own religious community who traveled great lengths to "land" a prominent convert. Now I can't help recalling another of Jesus' teachings, this one directed at a group of Pharisees: the parable of the Good Samaritan. His point? The "theologically incorrect" Samaritan, by his actions, reflected more of the heavenly Father than did the knowledgable religious leaders. I'm convinced I've just seen that truth played out before me on TV. It's possible this gentle Rabbi had no idea what he was getting into by doing a book tour with Rev. Kendall, on shows like this one, where someone from outside the Christian faith is casually objectified and thus dehumanized. Even more reason that I'm grateful, Rabbi Rosen, for your humble example in reminding me of my own theology.
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From 1966 to 1976 the malevolent rage of the Chinese Cultural Revolution struck a devastating blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines that had stood for centuries and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to lay life. Bill Porter had been told that the venerable hermetic tradition in China had also succumbed, but he went looking anyway. What he found, Taoist and Buddhist monks and nuns living in huts and caves deep in the mountains of central China, is more than a revelation, it is a glimmer of hope for the future of religion in China.
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Wealth is a powerful tool for both good and evil. It can quickly destroy the fiber of your soul or it can be a source of tremendous blessing for yourself and others. Biblical Roads to Financial Freedom will help you to navigate your way to financial freedom as well as open up doors to spiritual prosperity. You will learn the ten biblical financial principles that are most often violated by Christians. And you will learn the price you pay if you violate these truths. Biblical Roads to Financial Freedom is your personal roadmap wise decision-making regarding the stewardship of your earthly finances. At the same time you will be shown the pathways to create lasting treasures in heaven.
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What an awesome book!!.......2003-12-07
This was the best book I've ever read concerning finances and heavenly treasures. Robert Katz has that special ability to take a difficult subject to make it simply understandable. He brings to light biblical principals that now appear obvious after reading his book. I love his stories. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of God's true purpose in their lives and in their business. P.S. Be sure to get his first book, 'Money Came by the House the Other Day'. This first book will give you detailed information on how to get your personal finacial house in order.
Purpose Driven Spending.......2003-11-05
In a world where so many are looking for life's purpose, "Biblical Roads to Financial Freedom" makes it clear what purpose God has in mind for our finances. It is a "heads up" approach to meaningless spending and materialism. This book doesn't tell you where to get a bandaid for your debt problem, but rather a heart transplant, performed by the Great Physician Himself. This is a "must have" for every family!
True Prosperity.......2003-11-05
With all the mixed messages on biblical prosperity, this book stands out as a guide to the readers on true prosperity both spiritual and physical. If you feel like you just cannot get a grip on your finances, this book will bring you back to the basics: our relationship with God.
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- Travelers of light revisited
- An insight into the hippy trail
- The hardships, the highs, the attitudes....
- a great read for anyone who made the overland trail
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A Season in Heaven: True Tales from the Road to Kathmandu
David Tomory
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"It wasn't hard to leave: Nixon, the Vietnam War, the Bomb... it's fair to say that I was interested in Indian things... but I knew very little."
A Season in Heaven presents the true stories of travellers who hit the hippie trail in the late sixties. David Tomory, himself a veteran of the road to Kathmandu, interviewed a group of travellers who went looking for enlightenment and discovered a world that changed their lives.
In Iran and Afghanistan, in Indian ashrams, mountain villages and dubious hotels, a generation of young people got hip, got busted, lost their luggage, and sometimes even found themselves. A Season in Heaven travels with the Americans, Europeans and others who took the trip overland from Europe to India, Pakistan and Nepal.
By turns funny and fascinating, spiritual and sensual, their experiences reflect one of the most significant and rarely described social movements of recent times. A Season in Heaven will stir the memories of those who went, and reveals the attraction for those who wish they had.
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Travelers of light revisited.......2006-11-09
Sometimes I think it was all a dream - is it possible we once lived so free? I loved this book because it allowed me to relive that era, but I also found it an exercise in frustration because it could have been so much better. This book captures the history in bits and pieces, and left me longing for a more cohesive, comprehensive account. Among the interviews I found masterpieces of insight that brought me to tears, mixed in with trivial nonsequiturs.
I joined the sub-culture of travelers (as opposed to tourists) in 1969, towed along by my restless, unconventional mother. When I was fifteen we reached Istanbul and there encountered the freaks returning from India. After having a vision of myself in a white robe I stole $50 from my mother and caught a ride east in VW bus with a dead battery to Kandahar, where we left the broken-down bus with a note on the windshield gifting it to the "people of Afghanistan. (The following week we saw it as a taxi in Kabul). My mother caught up with me in Kabul and on we went eastwards to Kathmandu and India, where I broke free of family ties for good and joined an ashram. It would be seven years before I returned to my native California, shattered and disillusioned, and yet I will always hold those crazy years close to my heart.
Mr Tomory, I urge to revisit this project with a new publisher and editor. This was a unique time in history, one deserving of documentation for the benefit of future generations. Instead of just names and initials give us a better idea of who these people were, and what became of them. Please consider the possibility of a well edited, fleshed out version of this book, including photographs, although I know there aren't many from that time because it was so uncool, so not in the moment, to have a camera.
This book is recommended reading for anyone who was there or wished they had been, though I'm still waiting for THE book about the Hippie Trail.
An insight into the hippy trail.......2006-07-09
"A season in Heaven" is a collection of true stories told by the hippies of the late sixties and early seventies, who embarked on the Hippy trail from Istanbul to Katmandu.
If one wants to learn how it all begun, how the hippies financed their trips, how they survive long term on the road and the things they've learnt along the way, this book explains it all.
The writing is simple and easy to follow. The approach is straightforward: David Tomory, a hippy traveler himself, combined these short interviews in order of the towns and places visited along the trail.
The hippies, as we all know, were the people who wanted everything free. They'll leave their hometown with little money in their pockets and survived years on the road. How they did it? The answer is simple: begging, dealing drugs, opening small businesses, doing small chores for other people or staying for free in ashrams or in caves with the sadhus.
"If you were really hip - it was like being the first to wear a minidress - you went to India. India was seriously fashionable." "In 1968 the Indian Prime Minister herself called the hippies "the children of India". Later she wanted to throw them out." These two quotes explain exactly how the hippies felt about India and vice versa.
They traveled with no guidebooks: "Didn't I have a guidebook? Guidebook, what effing guidebook? No, I had the best guidebook in the world, word of mouth;" and they called their journey: "A spiritual quest? For sure."
"In the early seventies, after his missionary period, Harry Deissing begun to drive `freak busses' to India. The passengers boarding his Istanbul-to-Delhi bus asked "How much?" and that was all. But in later years, he says, the question changed to "How long?"
The ride from Istanbul to India turned into a long one, full of obstacles: the bus breaking down several times, problems crossing the borders and passengers falling ill.
Once in India, the mystical and country welcomed them all and offered a home for a long while.
Being a traveler myself and having traveled to some of those places talked about in the book, makes me want to pack my bag and return there. Not only I can relate to their stories, but I also learn about the places I have missed and the stories I never heard along the way. If you are amongst the ones who never been in any of the places described in the book, I can only imagine that you would learn a great deal of the hippy trail.
I loved the book as it takes me to another world, a world free of laws and expectations, where you can just be a freak and a drop-out and that is ok with everybody else around you.
The hardships, the highs, the attitudes...........1999-07-27
Although uneven, this book is nevertheless a good accounting of the great adventure of the 60s and early 70s, the trek to India. If you made this trip, as I did in 1972, it will flashback the hardships, the highs, and the attitudes. If you didn't, this book will let you taste what you missed.
Travelling through Asia and the Middle East was for the hippies what road travel was for the beatniks. And just as there is a masterpiece of that experience of the beats, Kerouac's "On The Road," there is a masterpiece of the hippie experience, Cleo Odzer's "Goa Freaks." Read Cleo's book now!
a great read for anyone who made the overland trail.......1999-05-08
I made the overland trip to Kathmandu in 1974 when I was 16. This book is the closest I've ever read to explaining what was going on and some of the crazy trips we got into in India and elsewhere,getting there through Afghanistan and other wild places. Tomory writes with his usual wit and insight. This book should also appeal to the younger generation of travellers now hanging out in the sub-continent.
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- WOW! What a concept!
- Thought Provoking
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The Road Back To Heaven
Linda Lewis
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WOW! What a concept!.......2007-08-09
This book is a definite must read. Fresh ideas, mystery and surprise ending. And all so believable. Love a fiction where in-depth research pays off for the reader. Insightful discussions will follow the Road Back to Heaven.The Road Back To Heaven
Thought Provoking.......2007-07-14
This is a very finely written book that will lead to thought provoking discussions. The Davinci Code beginning leads to a truly unique perspective that many will find refreshing....Highly recommended
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- Great Sequel
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- Hoping for a trilogy!
- Good, but frustrating at times.
- Pella deserves 10 stars for suspense and quality!!!
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Heaven's Road (Sequel to Texas Angel)
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The powerful story of Micah Sinclair's journey from an outlaw with bitterness to a man who lets gentleness rule and win his soul. Guided by a father and a godly young woman, how could he spurn his new life? The sequel to Texas Angel.
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Great Sequel.......2001-12-16
This was A wonderful sequel to Texas Road.Micha Sinclair played a man still furious at his father for Killing his mother.But he found a way to love again.There were many times I grew so angry at him.I mean he almost through the best thing in his life away because she was mexican. Silly boy. But all in all it was a great book.I think I liked Texas Angel better. I also beleive that Texas angel and Heavens Road should be made into a movie.But no adding or removing from the book. And no specifics on Elise Job in Texas Angel. Thanks!
Top-Ten Novel.......2001-12-07
This book is awesome! I beleive that Texas Angel is better but
This book is to great to put down.I love the fact that Judith Pella didn't end the Fued between Micha and his father.Even though we feel sorry for Micha.We also hate his stubborness at times.Especially when almost throws away the best thing in his life because she's mexican but we still love the story. I personally believe that Texas Angel+ Heavens road should be made into a movie. But no adding or removing from the book.And no Unnessary scenes about Elise being a slave Prostuite.
Thanks for a great books Judith Pella!
Hoping for a trilogy!.......2000-12-13
Again and again, Pella shows her talent for creating flawed characters that have to learn the hard way. Micah is a perfect example of this, as he struggles with hate and anger and must learn both how to accept love and how to return it. Though I was expecting Book Two to be a continuation of Elise's story, I'm now glad that this one focuses instead on Micah, who has matured from a bitter and confused fourteen-year-old (see "Texas Angel") to an angry twenty-two-year-old with an agenda for revenge. Though this novel can be read alone, the depth of Micah's feelings cannot fully be appreciated unless one has read the prequel. I must again salute Ms. Pella's skill as she creates people that "just happen" to meet and are changed forever in 300 pages. As always, secondary characters do not disappoint, and the main plot sweeps us off our feet and carries us to 1830's Texas for an unforgettable tale of hate and love, sorrow and joy, tragic darkness and sweet light.
Good, but frustrating at times........2000-11-15
There were several places in the book where I would have liked to knock some sense into Micah Sinclair for his stubbornness. His father and stepmother, Benjamin and Elise, are minor characters in the story, whereas a trail guide in "Texas Angel," a minor character in that book, is now a Texas Ranger and saves Micah's neck more than once, especially when he is sentenced to be executed as a horse thief.
Micah takes several years to finally forgive his father for the past, and to overlook the fact that the lady who loves him (despite her father's misgivings) is half-Mexican. The ending seems rather hurried to me, as though a whole year is suddenly thrown into the last 2 chapters and leaves you wondering, "what were these people doing since the the previous chapter?"
Pella deserves 10 stars for suspense and quality!!!.......2000-09-10
Taking up a few years after "Texas Angel" ended, "Heaven's Road" features preacher Benjamin Sinclair's oldest son Micah, who is still a teenager and estranged from the father he hates. Micah has fought a war and desperados and has seen death too many times. He now finds himself in less than desirable company.
Alone except for his outlaw friends, he is sentenced to be executed, but his life takes a surprising direction, due to the fact he is so young and the intervention of a dear, old friend. Micah is forced to choose between hanging and serving as a Texas ranger, on the other side of the law.
There are several things which Micah hates violently, most notably his father, religion, and Mexicans for their part in the slaughter of his beloved Uncle Haden.
It is his hate which seems to drive him and keep him alive. All that changes when he meets young, beautiful Lucie Maccullum, whom he is determined he will NOT love, will never be beholden to, and will never, never allow to change him or tame him.
Micah's loyalties are torn forever at the discovery of who Lucie really is, who it is that leads the notorious, dangerous Mexican fighting men, and who and what his father has become in his absence.
Truly a cliff hanger, as well as a tender, religious fiction love story, and one which covers politics, history, and family relationships.
I sincerely hope and trust that Judith Pella is planning book #3 and soon! This book really deserves more stars than the 5 allowed on this site!
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National Geographic the Heavens Flat (NG Space Maps & Charts)
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- On the Automobile and America's 20th Century, Nothing Better
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Highways to Heaven: The Auto Biography of America
Christopher Finch
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On the Automobile and America's 20th Century, Nothing Better .......2006-09-11
Virtually all serious books on the automobile are, in some form or other, polemics, taking one side or another of the endless cultural wars about the car, treating it as brute villan despoiling the environment, gulping gas, spreading sprawl, destroying mass transit and undermining community character and individual morals, or as the ultimate manifestation of American industrial might and consumer culture, opening up the landscape, freeing the individual to make his own choices, making gracious suburban living and escape from noxious and failed cities possible, and serving as the prideful foundation of American culture. Finch's book is happily different. Written by an author who manages to be a serious lover of car travel (not just cars, an important and oft overlooked distinction), an environmentally aware citizen and a lover of American culture, it is a clear eyed, dispassionate walk through the automobile's role in shaping 20th century America that does not hide any warts but captures fully all the dynamism that the car released into American life. The book is particularly good on how the automobile first liberated an enormously varied manifestation of local responses and then, as it enabled people to venture into new and strange locales, became an enormous force for homogenization of American life (i.e. national chains like MacDonald's replacing local drive-ins, freeways becoming the standard model for roads) as a people sought familiarity and predictability in unknown places. And, for those who grew up in the American West, it captures the space conquering sense the car gives particularly well. As told by Finch, the relation of the auto and Americans began as a love story, but it is now a marriage, one with lots of sex and mutual affection and likely to last, but one that has all the rough spots and smoothed-over incompatibilties of a real marriage as well, most of which are more likely to be endured into the future than resolved. A must read for transportation planners, urbanists, environmentalists and general lovers of American culture. Its insights have not aged at all in the 15 years since its 1992 writing.
Book Description
Why is it that religious persons often believe their lives will become easier when they have found God? Take Joseph Shaw for example. When a seemingly youthful indiscretion leads to his father's murder, Joseph embarks on a spiritual search that eventually leads him to God. For the first time in his life, Joseph knows he is just where he is supposed to be. But when his first love, Sharonda Atkins (whom he hasn't seen in twelve years), shows up at his doorstep, she turns his comfortable world inside out. Joseph begins to question everything he thought he believed in. His family, his friends, even his God are requesting that Joseph venture down a fearful, life-threatening path. Although Joseph and Sharonda share an undeniably common bond, something prevents them from accepting the challenge that lies before them. Something is keeping them on that difficult Low Road to Heaven.
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Low and Easy, or High and Committed.......2007-05-12
Author Rod Loch` penned an engaging novel written in "flash back fashion" as he tells Joseph Shaw's story of redemption and salvation. Joseph Shaw grew up in a family who serves God, and a father who made sure he helped him understand what it took to do so Joseph often had to hear his father, Allen Shaw, Jr. tell him, "Boy, you got too many wants and you don't know your needs..." On his way to college and a new level in his life, Joseph was more interested in his wants than he could ever dare care about his needs.
College life, parties and a first love, Joseph took risks and ended up losing his father because of it, forcing Joseph to take another look at his life in contrast to what he had been taught by his parents and grandparents growing up. He lost his mother at the age of 9. Guilt and unforgiveness plagued Joseph until he found himself on his own "Road to Damascus" where he was introduced to the God he was taught to serve for the very first time. This encounter was a blessed one in which Joseph began to grow and to walk in his calling. As the years go by, he was considered for and was placed in the capacity of the assistant pastor at Deangelo Memorial, the church that was founded by his paternal grandfather.
Believing that he was finally at a place in his life where everything would be smooth sailing from here out, Joseph got a blast from his college past in the form of his first love, Sharonda. She came in with the wind and blew in some complicated and life-altering situations for Joseph. It was during that time that Joseph learned that taking the easy way out in order to live trial free is not what it took for him to live a committed and trusting life unto the Lord. He learned to take the high road, stand for truth and understand the sacrifices that needed to be made in order to serve God in the place He would have him to be.
I recommend this book to anyone who is trying to understand the level of commitment and responsibility that comes along with a relationship with God. Things may not always be easy, but we never know what God is up to behind the scenes while we go through trials that are meant to teach us and to bless someone else.
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