God of Israel vs ???

      God has delivered on 95% of his promises so far. Why would we not believe that He will deliver on the other 5%? Lunacy is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Time after time, the nations that have denied God have failed. Time after time, the nations that have followed and relied faithfully on God have succeeded. How much evidence do we need to know the one true God of Israel exists and loves us all? Many will always beat their heads against a rock rather than take the right path. Are they stubborn or stupid? You tell me. Either way, God loves them and doesn't want to lose them.

     If you have never heard of Camille Melki, my good friend in Lebanon, then get to know him and his important work for our Lord. Remember Heart for Lebanon in your prayers and giving. They are on the front lines of God's discipleship to bring those Muslims fleeing Syria's dictatorship and Iran's play toy to know the one true God. They show the Lord's kindness and gracious giving to those refugees. There is no arm twisting. God wins them with love and giving. God bless all those on God's front lines. Danger is always around them. The world must stand up to these horrible henchmen of Iran's government. Let us join Israel in defeating these heretics wherever they reside and thrive. For God!

https://heartforlebanon.org/

 

God, The Greatest Coach of All Time

      From the moment we accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and the God of Israel as our one and only God, He began to teach us how to win. Over time, we learn that as long as we keep our focus on our Lord, we cannot lose. We begin to realize that even though we are behind 50 points in the last three minutes, if we keep our focus on Him, we cannot and will not lose. 

     God is competitive on a scale unimaginable to us humans. He removes us from broken lives, then teaches us how to use that experience to help others in that situation. Our God makes winners of His faithful. He taught me early in life that success is built on the foundation of failures. At the lowest mental and spiritual point in my life, He commanded me to, "Get up. I'm the God of the living. I have work for you to do." I went from near dead to totally empowered by those words. True to His word, I have found myself busy working for him ever since. 

     The God of Israel knows that winning takes loyal and dedicated people with experiences relating to what and who they are playing against. As a great coach, He takes people with that experience and inspires greatness in them. Constantly, over the thousands of years that the Torah and Bible cover, God has taken unlikely people and thrown them into the toughest games in history. The result is that it was never a contest. Why? Because God is the greatest coach ever. He knows every minor detail about us and our lives. As well, He knows all the details about the opposition. Then there is the fact that He sends us into the game when we'll have the maximum impact: Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah, Joshua and Jericho, David and Goliath, Moses and Pharaoh, Paul and the Gentiles, and on and on. 

     Don't ask to be put in unless you are serious. When you ask, He's going to put you into the middle of a tough battle that He has no intention of losing. However, if you love action and adventure, please, ask Him. Be a winner, join God's team.

 

 

      The Team is made up of devout and highly trained men. These men possess spiritual gifts that range from the physical all the way to the fathomless spiritual-realms. They were once broken men, victims of barbaric tragedies by militant religious groups that roam the backwaters of North Africa. This secret organization is a compact quick strike force built and organized by veteran special forces men that demand giving it all to God - even to death. You will see what genuine faith and service looks like and demands of a person. These men are as tough and well-trained as they come, but weep openly and pray on their knees with indifference to what others may think. The trials and tribulations that God has seemingly punished them with have actually transformed them into some of the most capable fighting men ever seen. 

     If you are a young man, let these men be one more strong influence on your life and ambitions. Perhaps you are middle-aged, let these men plant hope for the future of mankind in you. You may be in your golden years, such as I am, let these men be something to cheer for about our faith and its future. There have always been people men and women that have exemplified Christ just as these men do. It doesn't matter what position you are in life, military, baker, farmer, banker; it doesn't matter. You can be a living and loving example of Jesus Christ to those around you.

Saddest Chapters

      The saddest chapters in the book are chapters 6 and 7.  I am working on the final edits of those two chapters. It is heart-wrenching. One evening, I looked over at my wife to see her with tears running down her cheeks. She was reading those chapters. Well, I said danger, excitement, and humor, but need to add - and a few tears. Unfortunately, the easiest of military battles come with casualties and sadness. Battle in military terms means fighting and harm to people. If our citizens could really consider this before a war, there just might be fewer wars.

 

In the past Twenty years, 5 million African children have been killed in wars on the African continent. In World War II, holocaust deaths are estimated at 11 million Jews. We'll never be certain. The World War I death toll is estimated at 21 million killed and 20 million wounded. Deaths attributed to Mao's revolution in the early 70s is estimated at 20 million. Deaths in the Bolshevik Revolution, 1.3 million. Deaths during Rwandan genocide are estimated at over one million. Man requires God's teachings and to learn from histories past mistakes, sadly, man seems to be very hard of hearing and to be suffering from extreme learning disabilities.

You Just Have to Laugh at Yourself Sometimes

      I wrote a few children's books. Not on purpose. - Steven Wright

      I get a lot of letters from people. They say: "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and get on with it." - Ruth Rendell

     If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.  - Irvin S. Cobb

     If Moses were alive today, he'd come down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments and spend the next five years trying to get them published. - Anonymous

     If you can't annoy someone, there's little point in writing. - Kingsley Amis

     I was sorry to hear my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I'm not feeling well myself. - Mark Twain

     How the Universe Began, The Jewish Learning Institute. God blessed the Jews with understanding thousands of years ago. I have never been able to express this in an understandable way. This is beautiful. It's almost as though God, himself, is giving this lecture. I suppose he was. Take a little time to listen. You will not be disappointed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXcWTSJBZ4

Is This Novel Relevant to the Here and Now?

      Over the past ten to twenty years, the world has seen a dramatic increase in Christian and Jewish defamation, suffering from religious extremists and secular group attacks on the opposing side, and various individual-prompted desecration of properties. 

     This novel is about a secret worldwide organization of very devout Christian and Jewish men and women of great power and influence formed to curb these attacks. Their primary method is to let adversaries know that to attack Christians and Jews will no longer be ignored. The price of attacking these two religious groups will come with a good chance of retribution. That retribution will likely come by means of a quasi-military reaction in the form of the organization's special forces unit called The Team. The Team is an African special forces unit made up of South Sudanese, Somalis, Iranians, and Americans. The Team is not a band of bloodthirsty killers. They are all victims of terror, but work hard at leaving revenge to God. The Team trust and lean heavily on God. Prayer and service to God come before all else. Gathering disciples, even from their enemies, is their commission from our Lord, and they are spiritually chained to it.

     In this novel, you will see how adulterated our worship of God has become in America and Europe. You will see how Christians in Africa reflect a much more accurate image of Jesus Christ than those in America and Europe. Some may and will think these characters are fictitious extremist, but they have no experience with Africa and its peoples. Their daily and past sacrifices in daily life and for their religious beliefs is why they chose South Sudan. African people know what it is like to have their faith tested at the sharpened edge of a machete; to see people around them give their lives for their faith. The Team are not a made up fiction, in fact, they are the African standard. What have we Americans and Europeans demonstrated in our faith to be the main makeup of a team of devout followers willing to sacrifice their lives if necessary? We have our faithful followers, but they are dwindling in numbers. 

     In conclusion, not just the Third World, the entire world needs God and his heroes. The Team introduces the world to our Lord's type of hero. The hope is for The Team to give hope and encouragement to future and current Christians and Jews. Matthew 7:7  “Ask and it will be given to you…”  I asked, and it was given to me. Pray with faith and conviction.