NEW REVISED UPDATED PAPERBACK

A New Manhood for a New Warfare

9/11 parted an unholy curtain to reveal the enemy of God and humanity as rooted in shame-based religion. That revelation has dramatically shifted the focus of warfare from military battles to the hearts of men.

I’M RUNNING SCARED across an open field--in this nightmare that hounded me so often as a young man--chased by a platoon of brown-uniformed soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets. Desperately, I race toward an old, two-story house in the middle of the field. Reaching it, I burst into the front door and slam it behind me, panting.

Boots thump on the doorstep. Turning quickly, I tear up the stairs, dart into a room and close the door. The front door bangs open downstairs. The boots tromp around below and then finally, up the stairs in staccato urgency toward my room. Sweating, I rush into a closet and snatch the door shut behind me.

The boots stomp into my room seconds later, shuffle uncertain, and then move louder, toward the closet.

Trembling in the stuffy darkness, I grasp after breath. Pounding furiously, my heartbeat merges with the boots and BAM! A fist explodes on the closet door and I jolt awake in terror.

Born in August, 1944, I was called a "Victory Baby," because by my birthday, D-Day on June 6th of that year had secured the decisive initiative against the enemy. Today, I believe God is mounting an offensive, as a spiritual D-Day, to reclaim his territory in men’s hearts.

Even as the flak is thickest when you're over the target, I also believe that 9/11 was the enemy's reaction to God's initiative.

This warrior's view at last reveals my nightmare as the Father's dream for me, that in fact, those soldiers were pursuing not to kill me, but to recruit me. In fact, it's a parable for men today as, unfathered, unequipped, and ashamed, we can't recognize our true Father God and run from His call.

Widely regarded as the best of my three men's books, Fight like a Man is now even more timely today with its updated post-9/11 perspective in this new and revised edition.

Sound Bites

• God’s victory begins with our surrender.
• Religion tells men what to do; Jesus shows us who does it.
• Unlike religion, in Jesus blessing comes before obedience.
• We're not trapped in shame because we keep falling; we keep falling because we're trapped in shame.
• A man who won’t face his own pain can't see it in his child.
• You can't ride the warhorse into the New Jerusalem until you've ridden the jackass into the Old Jerusalem.