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Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess
Maxwell Sherman answers an appeal from a missionary on a small tropical island to help with a construction project. Little does he know that adventure, intrigue, and mortal danger await him. A ruthless billionaire, a washed-up taxi driver, and a mysterious jungle princess are just a few of the surprises that await him. And none of them suspect that Max has a few surprises of his own....
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191 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 18, 2016
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April 5, 2016
I may or may not be biased, but when I read the first edition of this book I did so in just about one sitting. Now that it's published I'm going through again and reading it to my children...who might be too young to grasp the storyline but it gives me a good excuse to read it again!
November 13, 2019
Exciting book
May 3, 2018
This book was an action packed read with a slightly-larger-than-life hero. There's lots here to appeal to everyone. Max is not your goody-two-shoes missionary but he didn't set out to be a missionary at all. Of course, if you think about it, most missionaries must be made of pretty tough stuff, but Max is actually a former Green Beret. When he volunteers to help with construction of an addition on a church on the small tropical island of Cabrito, he gets a lot more than he bargained for when he finds out that there are people on the island who would rather see the church gone than expanded.
Now I'm reading a biography of Harold Bell Wright and when I reached page 27 I got a very strong sense of déjà vu. From Wright's autobiography: "When Thanksgiving came around, Wright had gathered with the neighbors for the special meeting, but the preacher failed to arrive. Wright had become known in the District by then, and now one of the congregation approached him and said, 'You got education, mister; why cain't you preach for we uns?' He said, 'I answered impulsively, "I reckon I can." And that was the exact moment when I entered the ministry. The job had found me.'" Wright was even able to win over a gang of toughs who had intimidated some of his predecessors and sent the earlier missionaries fleeing from the area.
The story is definitely a giant step above the 19th century didactic Christian fiction that concentrated heavily on interpreting Biblical precepts for the modern world regardless of plot and characters. It is also less racist than comparable Christian adventure fiction for teenagers written in the first half of the 20th century. But while some things are different, some things stay the same. Like Paul White, the missionary/author of the 1947 book, Jungle Doctor Attacks Witchcraft, Max also meets with major opposition from the local witch doctor.
Super cover art and frontispiece illustration by Zilson Costa.
The story is aimed at adults and teens. If reading the book with younger children, some parents might want to be prepared for a few topics mentioned in the book. For example:
Page 92 "globalization, domestic unemployment, and exploitation of cheap labor"
Page 116 Abortion
Page 164 Cocaine
Note: There are a couple of incomplete sentences and a couple of misspelled words but fewer than seems to be typical of many modern computer-spell-checked books.
Issue: Why can't Christian books glorify their own beliefs without disparaging another religion? That being said, this book is still vastly kinder, with its bribe-taking priests, than the previously mentioned 20th century Christian fiction where Catholicism is even more harshly described as a cult made up of idol worshipers.
Now I'm reading a biography of Harold Bell Wright and when I reached page 27 I got a very strong sense of déjà vu. From Wright's autobiography: "When Thanksgiving came around, Wright had gathered with the neighbors for the special meeting, but the preacher failed to arrive. Wright had become known in the District by then, and now one of the congregation approached him and said, 'You got education, mister; why cain't you preach for we uns?' He said, 'I answered impulsively, "I reckon I can." And that was the exact moment when I entered the ministry. The job had found me.'" Wright was even able to win over a gang of toughs who had intimidated some of his predecessors and sent the earlier missionaries fleeing from the area.
The story is definitely a giant step above the 19th century didactic Christian fiction that concentrated heavily on interpreting Biblical precepts for the modern world regardless of plot and characters. It is also less racist than comparable Christian adventure fiction for teenagers written in the first half of the 20th century. But while some things are different, some things stay the same. Like Paul White, the missionary/author of the 1947 book, Jungle Doctor Attacks Witchcraft, Max also meets with major opposition from the local witch doctor.
Super cover art and frontispiece illustration by Zilson Costa.
The story is aimed at adults and teens. If reading the book with younger children, some parents might want to be prepared for a few topics mentioned in the book. For example:
Page 92 "globalization, domestic unemployment, and exploitation of cheap labor"
Page 116 Abortion
Page 164 Cocaine
Note: There are a couple of incomplete sentences and a couple of misspelled words but fewer than seems to be typical of many modern computer-spell-checked books.
Issue: Why can't Christian books glorify their own beliefs without disparaging another religion? That being said, this book is still vastly kinder, with its bribe-taking priests, than the previously mentioned 20th century Christian fiction where Catholicism is even more harshly described as a cult made up of idol worshipers.
November 22, 2017
A great book!
I thought this book was written very well and thought out well to. Thank you Pastor Comings! Also I will be praying for your ministry in Brazil!:)
I thought this book was written very well and thought out well to. Thank you Pastor Comings! Also I will be praying for your ministry in Brazil!:)
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