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Courage: Winning Life's Toughest Battles
From the streets of New York to the mountains of Nepal, young men and old are fighting a war waged against them, both physically and spiritually, by the enemy of their souls. More than ever before in history, young men today must be trained to be men and have the courage to live in that manhood. If you have the guts to do more than wallow in a moral morass of mediocrity, this book is for you!
176 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2013
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May 28, 2014
Good principles in this book with many examples. Yet the book left me with the feeling that all you need to do to have a vibrant walk with God is "try harder". It has been my experience that trying harder on your own gets you into a place where you no longer rely on God. Jesus is the one who saves us and the Holy Spirit is the one who sustains us. True courage comes from sacrifice, surrender, and submission; not from self motivation based on biblical principles.
January 31, 2021
I have three places for Christian books when I finish them
1 is Re-read/Research - they go on the shel to either re-read, or more likely to use the bibliography to research other books the author quoted from to get more and different insight
2 is Release - I release them into the wild through gifting them to others or putting them in a street library.
3 is Recycle - they go into the recycle bin because I didn't like it, but not only did I not like it I don't believe it is helpful for others to read.
This one went into the recycle bin.
This geezer, whoever he is, is obsessed with homosexuality and focuses way to much on the external life, there was a whole section of some other poor geezer that smoked and felt guilty and eventually slipped away, the Christian friends said nothing, why not say, hey we know smoking is not a helpful habit for your health, the Bible says nothing about it, join us, be with us, we don't care if you smoke, except for your health, you can still serve Christ and smoke.
Anyway I found this book very irritating and it did not inspire me to live for Christ in anyway shape or form.
So now it sits in my recycle bin awaiting to be used in some other, perhaps more useful way..
1 is Re-read/Research - they go on the shel to either re-read, or more likely to use the bibliography to research other books the author quoted from to get more and different insight
2 is Release - I release them into the wild through gifting them to others or putting them in a street library.
3 is Recycle - they go into the recycle bin because I didn't like it, but not only did I not like it I don't believe it is helpful for others to read.
This one went into the recycle bin.
This geezer, whoever he is, is obsessed with homosexuality and focuses way to much on the external life, there was a whole section of some other poor geezer that smoked and felt guilty and eventually slipped away, the Christian friends said nothing, why not say, hey we know smoking is not a helpful habit for your health, the Bible says nothing about it, join us, be with us, we don't care if you smoke, except for your health, you can still serve Christ and smoke.
Anyway I found this book very irritating and it did not inspire me to live for Christ in anyway shape or form.
So now it sits in my recycle bin awaiting to be used in some other, perhaps more useful way..
September 11, 2023
This book has some powerful nuggets of wisdom on how to be a man who puts God first and lives his life with devotion and courage to be a better man, for himself, for his family, for all of society and the Kingdom of God.
Unlike in his other book, ‘Maximized Manhood’, I feel like Ed Cole wrote this book with a more understanding approach that was meant to lovingly encourage young men and help them stand up to do good and be good.
We’re judged by our actions, not our intentions. So we should do better to be better. And with all that, we have to involve Christ in every small aspect of our lives, no matter how trivial may seem.
Unlike in his other book, ‘Maximized Manhood’, I feel like Ed Cole wrote this book with a more understanding approach that was meant to lovingly encourage young men and help them stand up to do good and be good.
We’re judged by our actions, not our intentions. So we should do better to be better. And with all that, we have to involve Christ in every small aspect of our lives, no matter how trivial may seem.
August 26, 2016
Some very interesting stuff for Christian boys and young men. Definitely worth a read.
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