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Behind the Glittering Mask: Michael Exposes Lucifer's Lies About the Seven Deadly Sins

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I bought this book some time ago, and it sat on my shelf for at least three years before I read it. To me, ripping off Satan's mask ripped mine off a little as well. Some of the 7 deadly sins in my own life were definately exposed in this book as Michael and Satan discuss them. The book made me uncomfortable, but in a good way, a way that will hopefully lead me to make some changes. Also, this book will make you look around at society a little more, and you will see the Devil's handywork around you like never before. This book is an awesome reality check, similar to C.S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters." I see you can pick it up here on Amazon for less then 2 bucks, a great deal.

Dr. Rutland is to be commended for his excellent work on the seven deadly sins. His book is in the line of C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters. The book is a drama that unfolds before the readers eyes when an atheist is visited one night by Michael the Archangel and Lucifer, the Father of Lies. Before this man's eyes, the debate of the ages begins between good and evil, Michael and Lucifer, Heaven and Hell.

The masterful work that Dr. Rutland does is that you will find yourself actually agreeing with Lucifer but you will find yourself being convicted by Michael.

What a book! Thanks Mark!

This is a wonderful book by a wonderful man. I had the privledge to go to Southeastern University in Florida (where Mark Rutland is President of the university) and hear him speak on many occasions. He is not only an excellent speaker, but a wonderful writer. I have found this book to be very thought-provoking... Just a great book over-all. Very hard to put down!

This book shows how Satan really is. It is an eye-opener. It opened my eyes to some of the things that I do but never paid much attention to. I encourage everyone to read it.

Many people have compared this book to CS Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. I somewhat disagree, and the reason may turn off certain people to the book: Screwtape, although from the perspective of a demon, inherently offers some sort of optimism. Behind the Glittering Mask is VERY harsh in how it deals with the 7 Deadlies. It's not written to make you feel good. It's written to make you think. As such, there's really no optimism unless you look for it, and take the book word-for-word literally.

Because, of course, this is one person's view of religion, even though it's accredited to St. Michael and Lucifer (sort of--fictionally credited...) Pardon the poor phrasing. Point being, this won't leave you wigged out but happy that you're not SO terrible, as Screwtape did. This will leave you feeling really quite awful, uncomfortable is the better word, because you're stuck thinking of the suffering of others and your own faults. Or it did me. But the other reviewers seem to be saying the same thing.

The format was interesting. It wasn't so much a dialogue as seperate, though relevant, monologues mostly. I think to have the book all-out in "debate" format, as some bits of dialogue are, would have been very interesting... still, if you're in the mood for a book that will make you think and perhaps leave you rethinking bits of your life for a while, this probably fits the bill.