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 PrintableVersion Running scaredRebel rescueRUNNING SCARED How many people spend a large part of their life denying God, rebelling against his ways and seeking to be king of their own life? The result is often a very messed-up life, although few, thankfully, go to the extremes of degradation that the author, Robert Davis, did. However the Bible is very clear that we all have that source of sin within us and that repentance and faith in Christ is the only solution. The author had a Christian grounding from his grandmother, but turned his back on God, eventually committing great evil and suffering greatly as a result. After minor crime as a teenager, he joined the US police and got involved in much more serious activity, which resulted in him running from the law, a run which lasted 22 years. God dealt with him in a remarkable and very unusual way, restoring him to his family, though he now realises the pain and anguish he caused others, as well as the huge waste of so much of his own life. As we trace his story, he is not satisfied to just tell the facts, but spends the last section of the book appealing to different specific groups of people to learn from his mistakes — young people, parents, church leaders, etc. While this book has much to show all of us regarding the amazing nature of God’s grace in rescuing a sinner, it could be particularly helpful to teenagers within Christian homes who are kicking against godly authority, or parents trying to cope with such a situation. Mary Stolarski,
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