When Shovels Break: sequel to Muscle and a Shovel - Softcover

Shank, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692306862 ISBN 13: 9780692306864

Publisher: Michael Shank Ministries, 2015

Synopsis

3RD Edition Revised:  Riveting sequel to Muscle and a Shovel.  The true story about John - a Christian man who is at the brink of suicide. Struggles, discouragement, and John's improper expectations of what God was "supposed" to do for his life caused John to leave his faith and the Lord's body, the church. John went back into every form of sin imaginable: alcoholism, drug abuse, adultery, and pornography - just as a dog returns to its vomit. John's shame and guilt, his failure to provide for his family, and the loss of all hope that God could ever forgive him brings John to a terrifying moment... holding a shotgun to his chin. He starts to pull the trigger. Can God forgive this wretch of a man? Is it possible for John to be restored and to be able to return to Jesus Christ? This raw, gritty, true story grabs the reader from beginning to end. It is a story about the real life of a discouraged Christian, and it is a story of hope, love, and the redemption found through the grace of God!

About this title

From the Author:

Your beliefs about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Almighty Father in Heaven and your church are beliefs that you hold close to your heart, and rightfully so. However, your beliefs are about to be challenged in a way that you never thought possible.
 
The story you are about to read is completely true in every sense. There are no exaggerations or embellishments. What you are about to read happened to me several years ago and I'm sharing it with you for one reason and one reason only. I cannot, however, reveal this reason unless you read this story from beginning to end.  If you make it to the end you'll discover the reason... and I promise you that it will be worth your time.
 
But let me give you a fair warning: what you are about to read might anger, frustrate and agitate your senses beyond description. This story may force you to examine the beliefs you hold so dear to your heart. This story is not for the weak-minded, nor is it for those who have their sensibilities easily offended.
 
Many who begin this story won't make it to the end.  Will you have the courage, the heart and the honesty of character to finish this story to its end?

From the Inside Flap:

PREFACE QUOTES

"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so injured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it ."
--Morpheus
 
 
 
"It is easier to believe a lie
one has heard
a thousand times
than to believe a fact
one has never heard before ."
                                                                              --author unknown

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Shank Ministries
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0692306862
• ISBN 13: 9780692306864
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 426
• Illustrator: Kelly PH. Joe