From the author of the best-selling novel Wisdom Hunter comes this new page-turner. When an American missionary serving in Sweden mysteriously disappears, his wife's shocking discovery turns her world, her family and her faith upside down. This novel dramatically illustrates the destructive pattern of betrayal that often occurs in the body of Christ.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Betrayal and Brotherhood of Betrayal, same book,
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This review is from: Betrayal (Paperback)
The Book is well written Christian Fiction. However, much to my dismay, I purchased Betrayal AND Brotherhood of Betrayal only to find that the Copyright dates are both 1999, both books are indentical except for the Acknowlegedgments which on Betrayal, the last paragraph differs in a heartfelt THANKS to the staff at Word Publishers and in Brotherhood of Betrayal Thanks to Multnomah Publishers (including Rod Morris, senior editor).
I feel this is dishonest, misleading and I regret spending the price of two books when they are the same. I thought one was to be a sequel. Silly me..from now on I will do more research before purchasing a book or books.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
All to real...,
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This review is from: Betrayal (Paperback)
A friend of mine recommened Randell Arthur's writings. The context of his doing so was a conversation where I shared with him the pain and struggle I was feeling and agonizing through from a church situation marked by subtle spiritual abuse, and the recent exposure of the founding pastor's on-going promiscuous adultry and the lies he used to cover it up. As other reviewers have noted, Wisdom Hunter provides the background for Betrayal, though Betrayal can be read standing alone. Betrayal is not without it's faults. The adulation of Jason Faircloth is at some points approches excessive fawning. It would be more believable for the "new" Jason Faircloth to be a little fallible, and his followers to be more cautious about putting him on a pedestal. Apart from that, in writing Betrayal, Arthur once again deals with issues in the church most Chritians would like to ignore and avoid. I bear personal witness that the issues he deals with are real indeed, and I am an eye witness of the hurt and pain inflicted on bleeding and wounded sheep of the Lord Jesus Christ by such abuse and betrayal. I could not put Betrayal down. So much of it was all to familiar. I can identify with the emotions and feeling on both sides; the anger, the pain, the wanting of justice at the same time knowing I must be willing to forgive. Strangely enough, when I got to the end of the book, I felt some sense of release and a degree of healing. It was on that basis I recommended this book to others. Great Christian literature? No... Good, but not great... But nontheless, a compelling book that fills a real need in the Christian church.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Refreshing: Non-sappy Christian fiction,
This review is from: Betrayal (Paperback)
Following in the footsteps of his books: 'Wisdom Hunter' and 'Jordan's Crossing', Mr. Arthur once again displays his ability to show Christians as imperfect people moving through a very imperfect and often harsh world. Running contrary to much of today's popular myths of never-a-problem-Christianity; this book's characters are real people put into circumstances from which there seems to be endless pain, no one or place to turn to for help and prayers which seem to go no farther than their own lips. Taking his lead from the guidebook of the Christian faith-the Bible which does not gloss over the imperfections of it's heros, Mr. Arthur does not hesitate to show the darker sides of his characters. Also, as with real life, the plot of this novel does not twist in a clean and predictable manner, what is assumed is not always the case. 'Betrayal' left me: -angry at selfishness, cruelty and arrogance. -sorrowful at undeserved pain. -in tears at the kindness of a stranger. -suprised at it's end. Most of all though 'Betrayal' left me very aware of my own attitude toward others who are hurting and my personal expectations of God. I give it four stars only because it started a bit slow, however as with his previous books, I will share it with many others.
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