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The Changing of the Guard: The Vital Role Christians Must Play in America's Unfolding Political and Cultural Drama

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The stories in this Grant book include vignettes about James Garfield, Whittaker Chambers (crossovered from Communism?), and the biblical prophets, Nehemiah and Daniel (in the Lions Den). George Grant has written more than 25 books in the areas of history, biography, politics, literature and social criticism.

One of his most famous was CARRY A BIG STICK (about Teddy Roosevelt) and THE MICAH MANDATE. In the Flash Gordon serials of the '30s, one episode showed off the space vehicle; "It's a rocket ship of my own design." To see the future of space vehicles, see the movie STEALTH. Like the clones in THE ISLAND, this plane developed a conscience and could feel and defend his cause with his own demise.

The "greatest presumption of men and nations is the idea that we judge things aright by our own clever initiative." He writes about the sins of commission, the sins of ommision, compromise(?), and the standard of excellence. The Center of Excellence is no more as it proved not to be so excellent.

This book was published in 1995 and his promotion of the churches' taking in the elderly, lonely, homeless, and poor to give them something to live for in an uncaring world has actually happened. At least, in some of the local churches, there is a vast variety of congregation makeup, and the social care the others need is there on a counseling basis. Everything he 'wished for' has happened on a small scale. If this thing could be nationalized and the welfare system falls by the wayside, then we will know that his preaching worked wonders here in America.

His discovery is that a true 'changing of the Guard' (a meaningful shift in the way our country is governed) depends on more than mere politics. Old time politics are still alive and kicking here in this backward town and failing, as the churches and faith of the Christian people will do the changing for them. Politicians are on the whole not so wholesome and telling lies is their mantra. As our future becomes more conscience directed, the politicians will fall on their faces and... perhaps, wake up and smell the roses.

They cannot govern without our votes. We can always vote for someone else. And to get the things for the populace, sometimes we have to look for leaders who are benevolent and not greedy.