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Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger: Find Your Purpose Following the Warrior Christ
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About Jesus Was An Airborne Ranger: Find Your Purpose
Product Description In this fresh, exhilarating take on the story of redemption, Captain McDougall retells the life of Jesus, and the mission of his followers, as analogous to a special operations incursion behind enemy lines. "For too long, our churches have portrayed Jesus as a Wimp who is far too gentle to confront evil and much too tolerant to correct injustice," declares McDougall. "Men are not inclined to follow this Sunday School Jesus. But there is an alternative: to restore the long-lost concept of Christus Victor - Christ the Conqueror." Combat-seasoned and seminary trained, McDougall weaves stories from the front with biblical teaching as he reframes the gospel in terms that action-oriented readers will be drawn to, learn from and be highly motivated to follow in their daily lives. - Publisher From the Author In March 2013, the men of 2nd Ranger Battalion headed over the Cascade mountain range of Washington State for two weeks of marksmanship and maneuver ranges at Yakima Training Center (YTC). As their chaplain, I deployed with the battalion and provided worship times for the guys (including Good Friday and Easter services) in a dusty, OD green, canvas tent beneath the roar of a diesel generator several miles from the cantonment area. Early on April 2nd, I loaded up my gear and headed back through the pass en route to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma. It was a gorgeous drive. As the waking sun peaked over the horizon, the valley floor sparkled like an emerald, signaling the arrival of spring. Climbing from gentle foothills to rugged mountainsides, I thanked God both for the successful training and the beauty that now engulfed me. Soon I found myself thanking him for the men who willingly endure difficult conditions and long deployments, some suffering severe wounds, for freedom's sake. "They don't realize how much like Jesus they are," I thought. Suddenly, my mind filled with a myriad of ways that the Savior resembles an Airborne Ranger. The ideas came so quickly that I nearly pulled over to write them down. Then, as if Someone put the thought in my head, I imagined these ideas in a book. When I deployed two months later, I dedicated myself to getting these ideas onto paper. "Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger" -- or JWAR, for short -- was the result. It all seems appropriate: this book was born during a Ranger training mission, then written on a combat deployment alongside these fierce warriors. It is a Ranger book through and through. But more, it is God's story and I am honored to have a part in telling it. About the Author John McDougall is a US Army Chaplain and a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Since graduating from West Point in 2000, he has served over 10 years in Airborne and Ranger assignments including the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment. He was inspired to write "Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger" while returning from a training mission with his Rangers. Interestingly, he wrote the book while deployed in Afghanistan with a Ranger Battalion.
