Deadline

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Summary: An invitation for Seekers, an encouragement to the Faithful
Review: This novel is very thought provoking and entertaining as well. It's a real "page turner". If you like John Grisham's writing you would probably enjoy this book. Give it a try!

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Summary: To Change A Life
Review: As a new Christian, I was hungry for any kind of information which would provoke thought and give me something to increase my faith. I began to read the Bible, but enjoyed novels very much. I had heard about "Deadline" from several people, but the size of the novel was a little intimida- ting. A friend had loaned it to me when I was ill, since I had so much time on my hands. I finally picked it up and began to read. In about two or three pages, I was hooked. Randy's description of heaven brought me to tears. It gave me great hope and encouragement. I could hardly put it down, because I wanted to remain at that place: the place to which his novel carried me. One of serenity and peace. I had also been teetering on the fence of my views on abortion. However, when I read Randy's descrip- tion of conception, my heart was changed forever. This truly is a life-changing book, and I intend to give it as a gift, to all those in my family who are not saved. I feel like handing it out to people on street corners! We need men like Randy Alcorn, who has a vision of where everyone should strive to be: heaven, worshipping the God who wants us there.

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Summary: Absolutely wonderful!! A must buy for all!
Review: I am in total agreement with other reviews of this book. It is one you cannot put down and don't want to even try. The depiction of Heaven and angels is breathtaking and thought provoking. I love Frank Peretti but have to admit the angelic and heavenly descriptions are superior to Peretti books which I also hold dear to my heart. Which is why I am sure he recommended the book and the reason I picked it up! This is one to read over and over if for nothing more than the comfort of what heaven and the angels are revealed to be. As a born again on fire for Jesus Christian, this book is AWESOME and AWE INSPIRING! Praise the Lord for Randy Alcorn and may he be blessed for blessing me with this book and its contents

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Summary: Great Book for non-readers. Start out by readin Left Behind
Review: After reading Left Behind, Deadline completed a great saga. This book makes me bold for Christ. Thank God for the friend that handed this book to me

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Summary: Best novel I've ever read in one can't-put-it-down session!
Review: THE Perfect gift for your pastor or any other christian leader. If you like Peretti's books you will find that Deadline! surpasses anything you've read by a Christian author. Randy Alcorn, best known for his non-fiction pro-life appologetics, has written a masterful suspense novel which he uses as a frame work to expose Planned Parenthood and media bias toward the anti-life abortionist's viewpoint. Mr. Alcorn also manages to show how the media and educators have helped to distort America's views toward 'tolerence' and away from truth. The book also has the most vivid and beautiful word picture of the after-life which has been written since St. Paul put down his pen. This book will make you think - don't start reading this one at night if you have to go to work the next morning because you will not be able to put it down until you reach the nerve-tingling ending

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Summary: Individual beliefs and a beautiful description of heaven.
Review: Mr. Alcorn uses accurate biblical foundations for his beautiful description of both death and the transition of the soul from earth to heaven. The reader's attention will be riveted to this dramatic and captivating story of intrigue set in the real world. Be careful, you may be motivated to revisit your own priorities.

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Summary: Overly simplistic, but generally true..
Review: I came into reading "Deadline" knowing that it was Christian fiction, so I did expect the possiblity that the author could be dogmatic. Reading Alcorn's work, there is some dogma attached, which seems to indicate that he didn't think it through enough, or he let his own bias get in the way of the truth. Anyway, Alcorn paints a picture of a liberal journalist surviving a car "accident" that killed his two best friends, Dr. Greg Lowell and Finnegan "Finney" Keels. As you expect, Doc and Finney had opposite views of Christianity, and Alcorn depicts their respective fates as according to Scripture. This is the true part. The false because they are misleadly simple areas are the author's abortion scenarios(a morally complicated problem in reality) which boil down to "in every case, a mother must give birth to a living child". This ignores the complex nature of the debate, which I won't discuss here. Also, the author has a "homosexuals are free to change" approach that doesn't work out well in reality. Alcorn does get some journalistic ethos right, and I admire his honesty about that, but he paints liberals with a broadbrush(Jimmy Carter, a DEMOCRAT, is a very godly man, despite what the author may think) that is factually inaccurate. The book only musters 3 stars, because while the action is great, the story is overly preachy, and makes weak arguments.

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Summary: Best novel I've ever read in one can't-put-it-down session!
Review: THE Perfect gift for your pastor or any other christian leader.If you like Peretti's books you will find that Deadline! surpasses anything you've read by a Christian author.Randy Alcorn, best known for his non-fiction pro-life appologetics, has written a masterful suspense novel which he uses as a frame work to expose Planned Parenthood and media bias toward the anti-life abortionist's viewpoint.Mr. Alcorn also manages to show how the media and educators have helped to distort America's views toward 'tolerence' and away from truth.The book also has the most vivid and beautiful word picture of the after-life which has been written since St. Paul put down his pen.This book will make you think - don't start reading this one at night if you have to go to work the next morning because you will not be able to put it down until you reach the nerve-tingling ending

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Summary: I like to read lot.......
Review: and since becoming a christian, I have enjoyed reading christian fiction. Like all good art forms, you have your great, good, not so good, and awful. This is a great read. It is well written, with a good subject matter, with a serious underlying message to boot. I won't go in the synopsis(others have in their reviews) but this books comes highly reccomended. I would also recommend Dominion. Enjoy.

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Summary: One of the Best Christian fiction books out there
Review: I read this book a few years ago and I loved it. It is not a fun read, it isn't something you can just sit back and read without paying attention to every word being placed before you. It isn't a Tom Clancy book, it isn't a Dan Brown book, in fact, it is far superior to most if not all books out there now. The reason for that is because the book is brutally honest of how the liberal worldview clashes and slams the Christian worldview simply because the Christian worldview is not politically correct. That, in effect, is the heart of the novel. Yes there is a mystery. Yes it a character study of how and what people do...from relationships to school to home to church. But the book is much more. And that is where it counts the most.

In this day and age the liberal worldview persecutes and abuses the Christian worldview, in effect practicing Christianphobia, when it comes to issues such as homosexuality, abortion, marriage, and education. This book takes both sides of the coin and debates them through the mouths of the characters. We see an honest point of view of those on the left and those on the right, those who are of the world's worldview (postmodern, we're all god, can't judge anything except Christians, and choicers etc.) and those of the Christian worldview (one God, salvation through Christ, grace, prolife while being prowomen, caring for those who are gay while not agreeing to accept their lifestyle). We gain an appreciation toward what Christians believe while disecting the lies that the liberal left gives.

Now, of course the book doesn't present the Christians as pure "white hats" and liberals and the world's worldview as the "black hats". No, these are real people, real passions on both side, real reasons why the Christian view is superior not because Christian's are necessarily the good guys, but because life based upon a relationship with God through Christ and living for God's will and not our will. Christians are not right because they themselves are right, but because God is in the right through we humans having a living working relationship with God through Christ Jesus. It is about God, in the end, and the bond between we humans and God through Christ. It, as another writer says, isn't about us, it's about Him. And that is the ultimate message that hits home so hard and so wonderfully in this book.