One Bright Shining Path: Faith in the Midst of Terrorism

by W. Terry Whalin

Increase your own faith as you read about thiers!

Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

W. Terry Whalin understands the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer. He worked as a magazine editor and his work has appeared in more than 50 publications. Terry is an Acquisitions Editor at Morgan James Publishing. He has written more than 60 books through traditional publishers. Terry's newest book released on October 5, 2021 called BOOK PROPOSALS THAT $ELL, 21 SECRETS TO SPEED YOUR SUCCESS (REVISED EDITION). Another recent book from Terry is, 10 PUBLISHING MYTHS, INSIGHTS EVERY AUTHOR NEEDS TO SUCCEED . Late in 2014, Terry had another new book, BILLY GRAHAM, A BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA'S GREATEST EVANGELIST. Terry is a popular speaker at numerous writers’ conferences and an active member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Reviews

[Marie Carmean · Rating 4 out of 5]

This delightful, uplifting book about a Peruvian boy who finds Christ and brings the Good News to his people is a wonderful testimony. A terrorist group called The Shining Path is following Chinese Communist ideals and recruiting terrorists throughout their area. People are being murdered who don't accept their ideology. At this time Romulo Saune has been chosen by God to bring Christianity to his people, especially by translating the Bible into their language and distributing these Bibles to hundreds of people. This is a work of many years, but they did not want to have the Spanish translations that were available. Spanish was as much of a foreign language to them as Hebrew and Greek. The idea was to keep their culture intact and become a Christian nation at the same time. The book is filled with inspiring anecdotes. The story of the lives of Romulo and his family bring light into the reader's life. It is about faith in the face of terrorism and cruelty. Beautiful book!

[Brian Rhea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Judging this book by its cover, I thought this was a novel or something aimed at middle schoolers. Not at all; it's a biography of Romulo Saune, a Quechua evangelist and Bible translator who was martyred by Communist terrorists. Knowing little about Saune or the trials of indigenous Peruvian Christians during the late twentieth century, I was greatly moved by the faith of Saune and his family. Even so, the writing style suggests a possible target audience of teenagers, and sometimes the narrative skips around enough to make it hard to follow.