- The story of one man’s lifelong struggle to shed the chains of religious bondage and to live in the freedom of God’s grace and to behold His Glory. Randy Meulman is a tall and muscular man’s man. He excelled in football in high school and college, served in the United States marines in Vietnam, and was a police officer in a large city in America. He thought he could face and overcome anything. He became a leader in a large international Christian organization and found himself caught in the snares of religious legalism, like the religiosity of his Christian home when growing up. In his struggles to serve God, he became more ensnared. Amidst his struggles, he encountered an enemy of a spiritual nature, though one man. The events of that encounter defy belief by many people. Yet they were true and are accurately portrayed. The end result was that Randy found that God simply loved him and wanted him to be free. Randy was engulfed in the glory of God and found the freedom that only Christ can give.- I have this book in my personal library. The author is known to me as we grew up in the same small town. My family were not regular church attenders and when we did, it was not the same one. The legalism he speaks of did control this small town for many years and consumed many people. There is freedom in Christ and Christ alone. This book is excellent reading and I do recommend it.
- There is something inside each of us that yearns for more. A starving person can, of course, only think of a morsel of food, and a thirsty one, a cup of water. But, take a person who has been given everything he ever desired, with all of his dreams fulfilled—and you will find that individual searching for more. I believe at the core of much of our searching lies an aching heart that knows it was created for more. Have you noticed there is a “Hall of Fame” for just about everything imaginable? We crave some form of recognition
or purpose to validate our lives. We grasp for some measure of meaning, some aspect of immortality, to say we were here. I believe this yearning in our hearts is the longing for lost glory. It is a glory we possessed in the Garden of Eden that was lost in mankind’s separation from God. We were created for so much more than what exists in this fallen world, but our search for satisfaction forever eludes us. I’m reminded of the words spoken by General George Patton: “All glory is fleeting.” Yet I have seen a glory that does not fade. I have seen a glory that does not leave you wanting for more. I have seen a glory that is greater than anything one can imagine. I have been in the presence of this unspeakable glory and I know for certain that this glory is available to each one of us just for the asking. You can know for yourself what I am saying is true….
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