Ascent From Darkness: A True Story

I promised in my earlier post that I would seen be reviewing my latest book and that it was so good and let me tell you how much of an understatement that was!  Here is the book:

This is a true story.  I love true stories!  As a Christian there have been times in my life when I've wondered, "Have I gone too far from God?" or  "How far does God's grace really extend and is there a stopping point to it?" or like the Casting Crowns song says " Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from you leaving me this way.  Jesus can you show me just how far the east is from the west?"  Have you ever been there?  I'm sure there are times you have.  This man's testimony is perfect for that question.  This man has the perfect life story to witness to and help those who feel like they've gone beyond too far.  The book's description from Christianbook.com is this:
The redemptive story of one man's journey from Satanism to a radical new life in Christ! Learn how the worst decision of Leehan's life---to make a pact with the devil---led to ritualistic sacrifices, detachment, incarceration, and misery. But God thwarted Leehan's demonic "assignment"---to murder his pastor---and flooded his life with grace!
This man went from as far from one extreme as he could've to the other.  Another great thing about this book is the fact that it brings you face to face with the reality that there is a battle raging for man's soul.  There is another world besides the one we see.  Whether we want to admit to that or not it's true.  Satan is the father of lies and the deceiver of all men.  The funny thing is that he even has himself deceived.  He believes he stands a chance against God.  I've read about that in the Bible and he is sadly mistaken.  We think of Satan as some mystical made up red horned cartoon thing and that's just not how he puts himself out there folks.  He makes sin look so good.  He shows you everything appealing about it but never the negative.  He loves to appeal to our flesh that we can't escape.  He loves to thwart Christians in their outreach and ministry so all the people who aren't Christians can look at us and say, "Well I'm not a Christian and I'm not half as bad as that guy there."   Let me tell you that apart from Christ there will be none of us good enough to gain entry into Heaven. Not one.

If the truth were shown in our world instead of his lies billboard signs for alcohol wouldn't have half naked women on them or people laughing and having a good time.   Instead the billboards would look more like a child crying and his parents fighting.  Or it might have a mother going into a morgue to identify her daughter who had just been hit head on by someone who had been drinking and driving.  Maybe it would show you the wife who had tried everything she knew to make her husband quit drinking and how she stayed and loved him despite it and just tried to help him.  Will those be the images you see?  Absolutely not.  That's the reality of it though. Affairs wouldn't be so attractive if it showed the hell that it puts the children through that are victims of their parents sin.  Sin looks good and the minute it looks good you are already deceived.  Sin takes you further than you wanted to go and longer than you wanted to stay.You don't see overdoses and suicides portrayed and glamorized because there is NOTHING glamorous about them.  We are living in a fallen world.  Satan is the prince and the power of the air.  But God is over it all and there will be a day when enough is enough.  God is the only one that knows that.  Not even the angels in Heaven. 








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