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I Don’t Know Nothing—And I Don’t Want To: The Deadly Cost of Willful Ignorance
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” — Hosea 4:6
In a world drowning in information yet starving for truth, willful ignorance has become one of the deadliest diseases of our time. I Don’t Know Nothing—And I Don’t Want To is James Langston’s urgent, prophetic wake-up call to the Church, the nation, and every soul caught between complacency and conviction.
This is not a book for the faint of heart. It is a challenge. It is a mirror. It is a trumpet sounding in the night. With piercing clarity and pastoral compassion, Langston addresses the apathy numbing both pews and pulpits. He confronts convenience-driven Christianity, the lure of half-truths, and the temptation to settle for hand-me-down faith.
Through Scripture, stories, and Spirit-filled insight, Langston shows what is at stake when we choose silence, comfort, and neutrality in an age desperate for boldness and truth.
🔹 What This Book ExposesThe Cost of Willful Ignorance — why excusing sin or claiming neutrality destroys.The Echo Chamber of Modern Faith — how soundbites and secondhand spirituality replace God’s Word.The Danger of Comfort Christianity — why easy faith leaves us unprepared for trials.Signs of a Sleeping Church — and the call to awaken and return to God.
🔹 What This Book Calls You ToPersonal Conviction — firsthand faith that costs something.Obedience Over Sacrifice — surrendered hearts over empty rituals.Bold Proclamation — living and speaking truth without apology.Restoration and Revival — the vision of a people restored.
🔹 Why You Should Read This Book
If you have ever America—and the church—lost its reverence for God?Why does the modern church look strong in numbers but weak in holiness?Can true revival still come to a radicalized, divided world?What does it really mean to be awake and restored?…then this is the book for you.
Langston writes not as a detached commentator but as a pastor, missionary, veteran, and watchman who has stood on the wall and sounded the alarm. His words carry both conviction and compassion. He does not simply diagnose the problem; he points to the a return to God, His Word, and uncompromising truth.
🔹 The message of I Don’t Know Nothing—And I Don’t Want To can be summed up in one sobering
The greatest danger is not rejection—it is inaction. To hear truth, to feel conviction, and then to do nothing is wrong.
But this book is not only a warning. It is a call to awaken, repent, return, and rise. It is an invitation to become a church alive, a people restored, and a generation marked not by ignorance but by truth.
🔹 Who This Book Is ForBelievers unsettled by shallow church culture.Pastors and leaders longing for revival.Seekers wrestling with truth and obedience.Anyone refusing to settle for surface-level Christianity.
In a world drowning in information yet starving for truth, willful ignorance has become one of the deadliest diseases of our time. I Don’t Know Nothing—And I Don’t Want To is James Langston’s urgent, prophetic wake-up call to the Church, the nation, and every soul caught between complacency and conviction.
This is not a book for the faint of heart. It is a challenge. It is a mirror. It is a trumpet sounding in the night. With piercing clarity and pastoral compassion, Langston addresses the apathy numbing both pews and pulpits. He confronts convenience-driven Christianity, the lure of half-truths, and the temptation to settle for hand-me-down faith.
Through Scripture, stories, and Spirit-filled insight, Langston shows what is at stake when we choose silence, comfort, and neutrality in an age desperate for boldness and truth.
🔹 What This Book ExposesThe Cost of Willful Ignorance — why excusing sin or claiming neutrality destroys.The Echo Chamber of Modern Faith — how soundbites and secondhand spirituality replace God’s Word.The Danger of Comfort Christianity — why easy faith leaves us unprepared for trials.Signs of a Sleeping Church — and the call to awaken and return to God.
🔹 What This Book Calls You ToPersonal Conviction — firsthand faith that costs something.Obedience Over Sacrifice — surrendered hearts over empty rituals.Bold Proclamation — living and speaking truth without apology.Restoration and Revival — the vision of a people restored.
🔹 Why You Should Read This Book
If you have ever America—and the church—lost its reverence for God?Why does the modern church look strong in numbers but weak in holiness?Can true revival still come to a radicalized, divided world?What does it really mean to be awake and restored?…then this is the book for you.
Langston writes not as a detached commentator but as a pastor, missionary, veteran, and watchman who has stood on the wall and sounded the alarm. His words carry both conviction and compassion. He does not simply diagnose the problem; he points to the a return to God, His Word, and uncompromising truth.
🔹 The message of I Don’t Know Nothing—And I Don’t Want To can be summed up in one sobering
The greatest danger is not rejection—it is inaction. To hear truth, to feel conviction, and then to do nothing is wrong.
But this book is not only a warning. It is a call to awaken, repent, return, and rise. It is an invitation to become a church alive, a people restored, and a generation marked not by ignorance but by truth.
🔹 Who This Book Is ForBelievers unsettled by shallow church culture.Pastors and leaders longing for revival.Seekers wrestling with truth and obedience.Anyone refusing to settle for surface-level Christianity.
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 27, 2025
About the author
James Langston
85 books3 followersAuthor, ordained minister, husband, father, grandfather, avid jogger and bowling enthusiast are a few of the benefits James now pursues since retiring from the navy; a career that spanned almost three decades, and took him to five of the seven continents of the world.
When asked if there was one place that he considered the most exotic, he replied, “Enewetak Atoll. It was remote, almost isolated and formed a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean.” James is founder and senior pastor of the Pilgrim Outreach Ministries.
James gives his high school history teacher credit for sowing seeds that would one day lead him to the status of published author. “I remember a slight twinkle in her eye while we talked.” “James,” she said, “The road to becoming a successful author is never one of ease; however, with hard work, sacrifice and a bit of luck, you have a good shot at joining those ranks.”
After duty stations in California, the Philippines and Italy, it wasn’t until 2002 that James finally decided to write his first novel, GrandMamma’s Prayers. “My most memorable work,” he would later say. “Once the writing bug bit me, it has been off to the races these past 14 years!”
Although being in the navy took him all over the globe, James admits that without his wife Cecilia faithfully keeping the “home fires” burning, he would have quit a long time ago. “Just knowing that she ‘had my back’ in every conceivable instance made life that much better.”
The Langston’s have been married for more than 37 years and have six children and fourteen grandchildren. They live overseas in Italy.
When asked if there was one place that he considered the most exotic, he replied, “Enewetak Atoll. It was remote, almost isolated and formed a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean.” James is founder and senior pastor of the Pilgrim Outreach Ministries.
James gives his high school history teacher credit for sowing seeds that would one day lead him to the status of published author. “I remember a slight twinkle in her eye while we talked.” “James,” she said, “The road to becoming a successful author is never one of ease; however, with hard work, sacrifice and a bit of luck, you have a good shot at joining those ranks.”
After duty stations in California, the Philippines and Italy, it wasn’t until 2002 that James finally decided to write his first novel, GrandMamma’s Prayers. “My most memorable work,” he would later say. “Once the writing bug bit me, it has been off to the races these past 14 years!”
Although being in the navy took him all over the globe, James admits that without his wife Cecilia faithfully keeping the “home fires” burning, he would have quit a long time ago. “Just knowing that she ‘had my back’ in every conceivable instance made life that much better.”
The Langston’s have been married for more than 37 years and have six children and fourteen grandchildren. They live overseas in Italy.
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