Elwood McQuaid

A fascinating biography about a Jewish boy who survived WWII in Poland, then immigrated to Israel, helped establish the new nation, found hope in his Messiah Jesus through reading the Bible, and spent the rest of his life telling his fellow Jews about this Jesus. I've had it on my shelf for several years but had put off reading it partly because I needed a break from Holocaust stories, and partly because I was afraid it would be a boring biography. It was definitely not boring. I finished it show more in 3 days. Content considerations: there are some vivid war and holocaust descriptions, but not a whole lot. show less

Rhetoric is everything. Or at least it appears so nowadays. But what happens when rhetoric doesn't match reality? See for yourself. Sooner or later in life, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.

This is a very thought-provoking book that demonstrates how God works even in the most desperate situations. What drives one man to despair is for another man the path to life. It makes me re-evaluate my own life and to see how God has been at work. Reading this book also makes me want to read the Bible more deeply and to know more intimately this God and the Savior he has sent.

Evangelicals rode into the political spotlight nearly a decade ago with the election of Ronald Reagan. But their role may have been more myth than movement.