Wow! I had to think twice about posting this review after reading "Shadow Government" by Grant R. Jeffrey. It was an eye-opening trip into the surveillance world of our e-mails, phone calls, financial transactions, shopping trips, and border crossings. This book made me think about the time of history we are living in. The situation is ripe for a global government, and this book explains how and why.Have you ever heard of a RFID chips? RFID stands for radio frequency identification. These are handy dandy chips (if you like to track things and people) . "Wal-Mart, the world's leading retailer using RFID product tagging, invested $250 million in the introduction of RFID technology. ... The program is used to monitor Wal-Mart's vast inventory from manufacturer to shipper to the particular shelf in a particular store on which a particular product sits." "Those who promote RFID technology claim that 'theft will be drastically reduced because items will report when they are stolen, their smart tags also serving as a homing device toward their exact location'"
Think about those last words "exact location" and the fact that when the product leaves the store, the RFID technology has not been disabled. Maybe you don't care if someone knows that you have a Gillette razor ("In 2003 Gillette ordered more than five hundred million RFID chips, which were embedded in their products, including the very popular Mach 3 razors."), but are you ok with someone knowing every product you purchased, how much you purchased, when and where you purchased them? The technology is rapidly increasing so that in the not so distant future, "a tiny, flat, flexible, battery-powered RFID chip will send the EPC ID number a considerable distance, allowing it to be read even by a satellite." Also, "bear in mind that an RFID chip provides much more information than your location. It also transmits a unique ID number that is linked solely to you and is tied to your credit or debit card account, linked to your purchases, and makes available other details about your life" - ie. your home address, bank, cars, insurance, etc.
Did you know that when you drive up to an international crossing between our country and a border country, a long-distance camera scans your license plate? "Instantly the U.S. Customs computer database compares your license plate number against the three national motor vehicle registry databases, plus the customs search-and-seize list and national police and security files of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. When the pleasant Customs and Immigration agent leans out of the booth and asks where you live, where you were born, and who is the registered owner of your vehicle, he or she already knows the answers!"
Want to know more? Want to read about some sci-fi weapons that aren't so much science fiction? Want to read more about what the UN is up to? Want to find out some news events you haven't heard about? Have you thought about "Why?"? Have you considered what role all of this plays in the end times? This book will answer all of those questions and more.
Reading this book will "help readers be equipped to face spiritual darkness with the light of prophetic truth."
Author Bio:
Grant R. Jeffrey is the internationally known prophecy researcher, Mideast expert, and author of Countdown to the Apocalypse, The New Temple and the Second Coming, The Next World War, and twenty other best-selling books. He is also the editor of the Prophecy Study Bible. His popular television program, Bible Prophecy Revealed, airs weekly on TBN. Jeffrey earned his master’s and PhD degrees from Louisiana Baptist University. He and his wife, Kaye, live in Toronto.
"Wisdom Hunter" by Randall Arthur was quite an interesting book. If you have had any dealings with legalism in your faith or have wondered what legalism is, this is a fiction book that opens the factual truth of legalism.
I really enjoyed reading the front "From the Author" page. Randall Arthur states:
"When 'Wisdom Hunter' became a bestseller upon its release in 1991, I thought the success of the book was a fluke. To my further surprise, the book was nominated shortly thereafter for the CBA 'Book of the Year' award. I learned quickly that the subjects of legalism and spiritual dictatorship were provocative topics worldwide, transcending all denominational and cultural borders.
Almost two decades ago, 'Wisdom Hunter' was born, not out of a long-held ambition to write a best-selling novel, but from a personal need to write the things I learned and experienced as a young, legalistic missionary in Europe. The story was developed out of great anguish and written with an unquenchable passion. I am not an authority on the local church or the Christian life. I am simply a wisdom hunter - one who was hungry enough to rip the mask off my 'American Christianity' and delve into truth.
After the first release of the book, I eventually worked up the courage to present a copy of 'Wisdom Hunter' to the president of the mission agency under whose administration I had served for seventeen years. He read it that day, and he fired me that evening. Over the following three months, eighty-five percent of the churches that supported my missionary efforts severed their relationship with me. I knew the book would be controversial. Still, its message was worth the pain of losing my job and most of my income.
Would I do it over again? Yes, without hesitation.
Through the years, I have received thousands of letters form readers around the world who have been touched by the book's timeless message and unconventional ability to transform hearts and minds. The book lives on primarily because people read it and then vigorously promote it from pulpits and stages: in magazines, newsletter, Websites, conferences, camps, classrooms, discussion groups, and Internet forums; on television and radio; and especially one-on-one. Today, many people are aware of the problems caused by legalism in the church, and some changes have occurred. However, there remains a need to address these issues that render us ineffective as Christians. It is my desire that this edition of 'Wisdom Hunter' will do just that.
To those who have read the book and are fans, I say thank you. I am humbled and honored. May we always be students that dare to question. And may we never lose our heart for God.
If you are reading 'Wisdom Hunter' for the first time, I hope it will be a refreshing and thought-provoking experience. May it stir an unquenchable thirst for truth in your soul.
From my heart to yours,
Randall Arthur"
Now don't you really want to read this book?!
Summary: "Pastor Jason Faircloth knows what he believes. His clear faith, in fact, is why he is one of the most prominent pastors in Atlanta. He relies on it to discipline his daughter, his wife, his church. He prays daily that others would come to see God’s ways as he does. And it is about to cost him everything. Groping for answers in the face of tragedy, Jason begins a search for the only family he has left: the granddaughter kept hidden from him. Soon he finds himself on an international adventure that will take him straight into the depths of his soul. He is determined not to fail again. A fast-paced suspense novel rich in spiritual depth, Wisdom Hunter explores what it means to break free of Christian legalism—and discover why grace can mean the difference between life and death."
Author Bio: Randall Arthur is the bestselling author of Jordan’s Crossing and Brotherhood of Betrayal. He and his wife have served as missionaries to Europe for over thirty years. From 1976 till 1998, he lived in Norway and Germany as a church planter. Since 2000, he has taken numerous missions teams from the United States on trips all over Europe. Arthur is also the founder of the AOK (Acts of Kindness) Bikers’ Fellowship, a group of men who enjoy the sport of motorcycling. He and his family live in Atlanta, Georgia.
These books were provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
To purchase the books or find out more about the books, feel free to visit: waterbrookmultnomah.com
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