The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn

Is it possible...


That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America s future?


That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy?


That ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America?


That God is sending America a prophetic message of what is yet to come?


Before its destruction as a nation, ancient Israel received nine harbingers, prophetic omens of warning. The same nine harbingers are now manifesting in America with immediate ramifications for end-time prophecy.


Hidden in an ancient biblical prophecy from Isaiah, the mysteries revealed in The Harbinger are so precise that they foretold recent American events down to the exact days. The revelations are so specific that even the most hardened skeptics will find it hard to dismiss or put down. It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller with one exception... IT S REAL.


The prophetic mysteries are revealed through an intriguing and engaging narrative the reader will find hard to put down. The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about America s future. As he tells of his encounters with The Prophet, from a skyscraper in New York City, to a rural mountaintop, to Capitol Hill, to Ground Zero, the mystery behind each seal is revealed. As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes a piece in a greater puzzle the ramifications of which will even alter the course of world history.

This is a thought provoking book, one I really need to read again.  The copy was loaned to me so I will have to buy the book in order to take it all in. 

I know not to take anything at face value no matter how well known or respected the author may be or who may endorse it.  I had not ever heard of this author, but when I asked some friends about the author and/or the book, they could only say they had heard of both.  All who had heard of the book were very intrigued and said they wanted to read it.

After reading it, I realized, I really need to know my Bible a whole lot better than I do.  Can what is written here be true?  Is it real?  I am still perplexed by it, which is why I need to read the book again.

I read some of the reviews on Amazon and of course, they were mixed, some saying the author was right on and others saying he was quack. 

Should you buy the book?  Yes and then give me your thoughts.

1000 Days, The Ministry of Christ by Jonathan Falwell

MEET JESUS.

A man both fully God and fully human,  A man who came to earth to accomplish and incredible and life-saving mission.  A man who intentionally lived most of his life in private but only three precious years in public ministry.  A man who did nothing by accident, living fully in light of the will of the Father.

What truths do these precious days entail for our lives today?  What does He want us to learn from these moments?  It's time we take a deeper look at both His mission and His ministry, these 1,000 days before the ascension.

In this book, Jonathan Falwell introduces the concept of "the happiness of less" as one of the keys to obtaining true peace from life.  From trials and tribulations to radical love, from hypocrisy and temptation to prayer, 1,000 Days offers rich insight into what Jesus has to say about life as we know it.

Rediscover the life of Jesus, and along the way you might just discover the life you were meant to live.

I really enjoyed this book.  Some may think it too simplistic but that is its appeal.

In each chapter, Falwell uses easy to understand examples and shows Jesus perspective using scripture.  At the end of each chapter, Falwell has questions for individual reflection or small group discussions.  I recommend, before going to the next chapter, to further study the current chapter using the back of the book, which contains a Bible Study Guide with Leader Helps and the 100 main events in Jesus life.

Falwell's book is progressive, each chapter building off the last.  You start out with the topic of Restless Hearts Meet the Peace of Jesus, going to Listening to God's Word, moving forward to An Invitation to Follow and then Life in Jesus' Kingdom.  Once there, Falwell starts going a little deeper into the topics of discipleship, loving your neighbor, hypocrisy, heaven and hell, temptation, worship and more.

Should you buy the book?  Absolutely, especially if you are a new Christian.

Our Favorite Sins by Todd Hunter

Our Favorite Sins The Sins We Commit and How You Can Quit

By Todd Hunter
Published by Thomas Nelson

Book Description

The Essential Guide for Beating Temptation

Falling for temptation isn’t inevitable. We don’t have to lose the fight. In fact, we can win if we understand the root of the problem and what Christians have done from the beginning to beat it. Our Favorite Sins shines a much-needed light in our lives’ dark corners and reveals the time-tested methods for getting victory over sin.

Are you tyrannized by your own desires?

If you are breathing, your answer is probably yes.

The question is: What are you going to do about it?

With more than thirty years of pastoral experience, Todd D. Hunter knows that most people—himself included—struggle every day with temptation. All too often, we fail and fall, and some of us are at our wit’s end, utterly defeated. What do we do to get a grip on the sin in our life and live like God wants?
There’s good news: despite all our failures and shameful “moments after,” there really is a way out, a way forward, and a way that draws us closer to the life that God desires for us.

In Our Favorite Sins, Hunter cracks open the problem of temptation and points to practical, Biblically based, time-tested solutions. First revealing the role played by our disordered desires, Hunter shows how different temptations trip us up and how we can resist and overcome them, even if we’ve fallen prey to them for decades. Victory starts with reordering our desires, and the church has given us the tools for the job. Hunter shows us how to use them and start beating the temptations that so often beat us.

Informed by exclusive research from the Barna Group, Our Favorite Sins offers a view that works for any believer wherever they are and no matter how big the battle they’re fighting.

The first half of the book defines, through various characters such as Anxious Annie, Procrasting Prestion, Eating Eddie, some very "deadly sins" in people's lives.  While I like the simplicity with which the author wrote and his use of names for sins, I do not believe he offered anything new with which to battle tempation. 

The author discusses that something tempts a person only if there is a preexisting desire in that person for the object in view, that sin and temptation are powerless without that desire. He states that tempation does not produce desire, desire make tempation possible.

When our desires for the things not of God, they are what the author calls, disordered desires.  After discussing and giving examples (1st half of book), the author talks about turning our hearts toward home, getting back to holiness and good virtues.  How does he suggest we go about this?  Through the practices of silence and solitude.  I am not familiar with the theology of the anglican church so maybe those concepts are new to them but to me, that is Christianity 101.

Would I recommend this book?  Probably not.  The bent is very denominational and while there is some foundational information contained in this book, I know that are other books available that can better teach how to truly follow Jesus!

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