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Review
New York Times best-selling author Evans calls on a slumbering church to stand against evil in;
The Final Move Beyond Iraq, the latest of his works about the volatile Middle East. Evans also challenges America to act decisively in 2007 because, he believes, Iran will soon reach the point of no return in its nuclear program. A political conservative who has served as personal confidant to many of Israel s top leaders, Evans declares that President

George W. Bush was right to invade Iraq and that having a base for democracy in the region is essential. However, the author is more worried about Iran, which he sees as the current financier and exporter of Islamofascism, a form of radical Islam that seeks global domination. Rather than simply getting Iraq to police itself, Evans believes, the priority of the war should be on defeating Iran's nuclear plans. Evans urges the church to wake up and pray like the prophet Daniel did in the 21 days that brought deliverance to his people. Political conservatives will find Evans to be an ally and staunch advocate of the war on terror. Christine D. Johnson --Christian Retailing: May 7, 2007

Product Description The Final Move Beyond Iraq
By Mike Evans

In The Final Move Beyond Iraq, Mike Evans addresses the greatest threat America has faced since the Civil War: the Islamic revolution, or Islamofascism. While the United States debates the best way to solve the situation in Iraq, the terrorists are claiming victory and planning to take their show to American soil once again.

Drawing from extensive interviews with prime ministers, CIA directors, and other insiders, Evans looks at the history and ideology behind the Islamic revolution to explore its very real threat to U.S. interests why radical Islamic terrorists will only step back when they fear us, why victory in Iraq is important to U.S. security, why the United States and Israel cannot sit idly by and let Iran achieve its desire for nuclear weapons, and why stabilization in Iraq now would sound defeat rather than victory.

The Final Move Beyond Iraq is a wake-up call to mobilize millions to action. America is fighting for its life in the first war of the twenty-first century.

From the Back Cover
Could we lose the war on terror?

America is fighting for its life in the first war of the twenty-first century. The battle is for the soul of America, and ground zero is Iraq.

While the United States debates, the terrorists are claiming victory and planning to take their show to American soil once again. In The Final Move Beyond Iraq, best-selling author Mike Evans gives us a wake up call, demonstrating conclusively that:

Â·An Islamic revolution is spreading and is on the brink of becoming America's greatest threat since the Civil War. Â·Immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be disastrous and will embolden terrorists to attack America at home. Â·Iran is playing a major role in the current violence. Â·The U.S. must strike Iran within the next twelve months, or the next President may be presiding over a nuclear 9/11.

American soldiers are risking their lives for our freedom. We must see this war through to the end--or our next battle will be much, much worse.

About the Author
New York Times best-selling author Mike Evans is an award-winning journalist who has served as a confidant to leaders in the Middle East for more than two decades. He has appeared on hundreds of network television and radio shows including Good Morning America, Cross Fire, and Nightline, and he appears frequently on the FOX Network, CNN World News, NBC, ABC, and CBS. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Times, Jerusalem Post and newspapers worldwide.

Why such hatred for Christians in THIS country?

I am saddened by such 'hatred' toward Christians in many of these posts. Why? Sharing the Christian faith w/ others, is just that...'sharing'. YOU do not have to believe. But, the sarcastic and hateful mockery towards those who DO love Christ is amazing.
The main point of Dr. Evans book, as I see it, is that the radicals of the Muslim faith, of which all Middle East terrorists adhere to, DEMAND that you bow before Muhammed and Allah...or be killed by the sword. There is no mercy, no love, no discussion, no choice, & no free will. They visciously hate non-Muslims. They clearly DO want to destroy the West, all Christians, and the Jewish race. They have SAID so...again & again! To think that you can 'negotiate' with people of this mindset is clearly foolish and dangerous. Anyway, we have tried time & again to no avail.
God has given the human race free will. He clearly explains in the Bible what your choices are. He draws you to Himself with Love. But, if you choose to reject that Love He clearly states that there are consequences. He is a Holy God, and He cannot allow sinful beings into Heaven. What is sin? ONE lie is sin. One lie will keep you out of Heaven & from eternal life w/ a Holy God. That's why Jesus was sent. He asks us to see ourselves as the sinners we are; a people who could not possibly, on our own, measure up to the purity of a Holy God. At this point, if we ask Jesus to cover our sin w/ His Love, & the blood He shed for us, then God sees us through that act of repentance & faith as being cleansed from sin. We then begin a relationship, and we are allowed to approach Him and commune with Him. That is sharing the Christian faith. I have 'shared' this message w/ others for nearly 30 years. Some have received and believed, others have not, & they have rejected God's remedy for sin, as explained in the Bible. I do not try to kill them, I do not hate them, or even dislike them for their choice. Many of these people are my friends and family. Do I give up trying to show them the love of Christ in my life? No, I ask God to continue to grow me into more of a Christ-like person, and I keep praying that those who do not believe WILL believe someday. I cannot understand, by the way, why someone who chooses not to love God on earth, would want to spend eternity in Heaven w/ Him, worshipping Him & enjoying fellowship w/ Him & the millions who DO love Him. Would that place not be HELL for such a person? Yet everyone wants to go to Heaven when they die; they just don't want God telling them how to live their life here on earth. Does that make any sense?
The leader of Iran has sworn aloud for ALL on the world to hear, that Isreal will be destroyed and wiped off the face of the earth. He is talking GENOCIDE for an entire race of people. Do you actually believe he does not MEAN this?! He has been invited to the UN, & he is treated as a respected leader of his country. Yet he speaks clearly, of what his plans are for Isreal, and for all non-Muslims. Death & genocide. Would any other world leader get away with this? Would the Prime Minister of Isreal be able to say the same about Iran w/o out protests? This is the point that Dr. Evans is trying to get across, as I see it. We are in danger. Serious danger from millions of people who want to see us dead. They would repeat 9/11 on a massive scale until we are ALL dead and gone if they could. And they will never stop trying to do so!
I hate war. I cry for the soldiers and the innocent civilians that are being murdered everyday in Iraq, in Isreal, in Lebanon and all over the world, by a people who desire death for ALL non-Muslims. A people who teach their children to hate, and who send their men & women on suicide missions to kill others. THAT IS EVIL! Can we not agree on that? I want us to leave Iraq as soon as it is possible for us to do so, with the safety of innocents and our soldiers in mind. If we just pull out all at once...the evil will rush back in with a vengence.
Quit, please, with the constant battering of Christians as hateful warmongers. We look at the world in a different way, yes...but we are crying out to warn of the evil that wants to destroy us. We cry out in love, asking the world to stand against this evil and to not be taken in by petty partisan political arguments. A house divided WILL fall. We must try to be kinder in our estimations of eachother's motives, and work together.

Angel H says:

I totally agree with you DEBBIE C.

I came to the Christian forum with the hope of some kind of fellowship with other believers but the majority of what I've read is atheists spouting their hatred and contempt for those of us who do believe. They act as though we are stupid and uneducated, not having given our beliefs any critical thought whatsoever. I'm sure we've all had our times of doubt, especially when the whole of our educational system has that as their main goal! As I wondered why the atheists hang out here and attack Christians it occurred to me that it's only natural that, in these last days, spiritual forces of darkness are out in full force, knowing their days are numbered and would love to make us doubt our Lord and His promises. It amazes me that the USA is portrayed by its own citizens as the evil one destroying the whole world. The majority of this country has not only forgotten 9/11 but has failed to educate themselves at all on what the Koran actually says, and the absolute determination of militant Islam to rid the world of ALL non-Muslims.

If I didn't have the hope that God and my Savior has given me I'd be really afraid, but His perfect love casts out all fear. I'm very grateful for the peace that surpasses understanding. GLORY TO GOD!

Angel

DEBBIE C says:

Thankyou Angel. Very well put. I am quite 'mystified' as to why no one who is in the habit of 'Christian bashing' has responded to these two posts of ours. I thought, from a few of the posts anyway, that they wanted an HONEST discussion about what we believe and why, etc. Guess not. God Bless!

R. Diego says:

OK Debbie, I'll bite. I see you really want a response so I'll give one, even though I'm really not a Christian basher, and you are probably getting tired of hearing only from me.

I have a problem with the one way to heaven thing. There are BILLIONS of people in the world. They believe what ever they were brought up to believe. If you were born in a small village in Indonesia, you would most likely be a very nice Muslim woman just like your mother, her mothers mother.... you would probably even have some understanding of Christianity but really, what are the odds you would end up as anything but Muslim. You may even be a wonderful person who loves her husband and children, takes care of others. I'm sure you would pray five times a day, not drink, smoke etc. Why then would you not only not get into heaven but burn eternally with demons and bad scary things. Thats just mean.

There's also the old problem of "why do bad things happen to good people". That one has been around for a long time. I even took a whole semester on that one. A hundred different writters will have a hundred different takes on that one. No easy sunday school answers to that one.

Anyway, I did want you to get at least one response to your discussion, even if it was a poor response.

Ralph Mcknight says:

It's called a choice. God gives us the right to choose, to believe in Him or not. Why do bad things happen to good people? I don't know. Why do good things happen to bad people? Why did I have cancer? Why was I injured at work? Why did my dad die in a freak accident when I was little? Why do I have constant pain from the screws and pins that are in my foot? Why do I volunteer at my church to make care packages for our troops? Why did an atheist friend of mine call me on the phone, after not hearing from him for over 2 years? How did I convince him not to take his and his wife's life and lead him gently to someone there that I didn't know, and lead him to Christ and change his life? Why did he ask me why I never talked to him about Christ, and I answer him that he wasn't ready at the time? God moves in so many ways that man cannot understand. In our eyes a person who kills/rapes/murders goes to jail and doesn't have a chance at changing, but through God's eyes has every opportunity to turn his/her life around, ask for forgiveness and have a place in Heaven waiting on them. I truthfully cannot explain it. It's faith that keeps me going. Faith in God and He cared so much for me, He sacrificed His Son to pay for all my sin's, and give me the opportunity to be with Him.
The easiest way I can put this is if I live a good life, live my life through the Ten Commandments, lead others to Christ and live with a joy that puts a smile in my heart, and even with my pain and limping makes my heart skip a beat just thinking of the day He returns for me and I find out that death is it, then I can live with that. But if I'm right and after death God welcomes me to His Heavenly Home, where will you be in that situation. I pray you listen to these words and just ask God to share with you what He has planned for you. He works in so many ways and through so many people and events that I hope you find the answers you are looking for. Faith is blind, but He left a Book that explains so much more than I can explain. I wish you well.

D. Snyder says:

I fully agree with Debbie C's post! This book is a light shining on a dark place. If we do not heed the warnings that are all around us, not only in this book, but more importantly, in the Bible, we will be in for a very rude awakening. This truly is the war of the century, the millenium, and we Christians best be on our knees in prayer for our country, our soldiers, our leaders and the whole civilized world! The enemy is at the gate, and we MUST NOT let him in. No one likes war. No one wants to see even one young man's life lost fighting this enemy. But what else can we do? Do we sit back and let them build up their nuclear weapons? Do we sit idly by in some sort of dream world and think that if we don't bother them they will stop bothering us? It is foolish and even suicide to not go after them first, before they can kill thousands again on our soil. Why is it said of President Bush and others who support this war that they are war-mongers? We didn't attack them, did we? We went over their to take out a murderous dictator and liberate a country that was enslaved to evil. Because we are there doing that, the Islamofacists came after us to kill us and drive us out. THEY WANT THAT COUNTRY AND IT'S PEOPLE AND THEY WANT TO RULE AND REIGN AND SPREAD THEIR DEMENTED AND PERVERTED IDEOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND EVENTUALLY, THE WORLD! We want to live in peace, but they don't want peace. They want war. They are the war-mongers. Jesus said that He will come back and set things right. That day is coming! The only hope for them now is to repent and turn their hearts to the one and true God. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World. Dear Jesus, have mercy on them and draw them to You! Amen.

Book Fan says:

Ralph Mcknight says:

Nobody, not even some Christians, like looking at the hard truth's. We've been silent and non-threatening to those who raise their fists against us all the time. I for one have had enough, and as a Christian I strongly believe God's plan is, in His time, being unveiled every single day. If your ignorant enough to believe Satan doesn't have his hand in organizations like the ACLU, United Nations, the Muslim world, our society as a whole, and those who look at our freedoms as a right, and not a privilege, should just keep there heads buried in the sand, pray to allah, start a celebrity blog or let 12 million in our country illegally (land of the free, more like freeloaders).
Mike, keep up the good work. No one said sharing the truth would be easy.
Sincerely,
Ralph Mcknight

Ronald D. Warren says:

Great post Angel H & Debbi C. I just got Mikes book and am only on page 66 as I am trying to get all I can. He is so right on and I love the way he compares Ronald Reagan to President George W Bush.
I am hopeing and praying this whole affair will turn around for our President and God will get the Glory.
We(True Christians), need to ferverently pray and interceed for our country to once again be united.

Human says:

I thank God for Christians like you standing up for Truth. Keep up the great work. By the way we love even those who bash us.....but we will be shown as right when Jesus returns.

peacemaker says:

Let me speak as a non american evangelical Christian [from Asia]with a background in science and electronics and who also agrees that evolution is nothing more than a theory accepted as a fact by the scientific establishment.However, I wish to let the American humanist know that for some strange reason it is only American Evangelicals with a few exceptions who support the invasion of Iraq and its disastrous consequences. Most of us here with a few exceptions are convinced that Bush's war in Iraq is a total disaster and has opened Pandora's box and destabilised the whole of the Middle East. Too many evangelicals in the USA equate patriotism with faith in Christ and support Bush blindly just because he's a born again christians and have equated the neo conservative political agenda with the gospel and morality. American christians seem to have forgotten that Jesus said that "those who live by the sword will die by the SWord' and that "My kingdom is not of this world" The only link I can see with this kind of politcal reasoning is the Gun culture in america harking back to the wild wild west and somehow or other american christians seem to be so constrained/influenced by the past gun culture that they seem to be imbued with the Old testament view of war forgetting that Jesus brought a new meaning to certian old testament practices such as stoning for adultery etc.
In summary, most of us here fear that the belligerent attitude of American evangelicals post 9/11 pertaining to Iraq etc unfortunately gives the impression to non christians that so called Fundamentalist" christians are as "Jihadistic" as the muslim jihadists altho of course American christian "Jihadists" do not blow up innocent people, behead opponents, create mayhem etc unlike the original JIhadists based on the original interpretation of the Quran.
I must also stress that I'm not a pacifist and feel that the hunt for Bin Laden in afganistan could be justified as self Defense.
'Render to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's" In other words christians should not be public mouth pieces of the American Military Defense establishment altho as private citizens they are entitled to their private opinions and let the Defense establishment decide what it needs to do. So to the American Humanist secularist my merssage is please do not think that the pro war 'jihadist] attitude of your fellow american evangelical["fundamentalists"] is a natural consequence of being a so called fundamentalist evangelical christian but it is a distinctly American phenomenon which is quite at variance with the views of so called Evangelical 'fundamentalist" christians in the rest of the world[except as I said earlier for a few who have been influenced by the views of American preachers of the' Israel is always right," mentality. The only agreement I have with Evans is that Islamic terrorism is a real threat to the world and that christians should be praying ermestly.

Susan Henderson says:

It's too bad you don't accept the "one way only" to heaven. Fact is, your aceptance or non acceptance is irrelevant. Doesn't change the facts. Jesus says.."no one goes to the Father except thru me..." That is pretty clear. God also says that He will have mercy upon whom He will have mercy upon. God in His omniscience KNOWS who will and will not accept HIM in the final hour...it can be that man or woman in Tibet, or NYC, but no one will be condemned to hell w/out having first been given the opportunity to make his freewill choice. That goes for you and for me.
Everything you mentioned in your post is like a broken record......we who have embraced the TRUTH of God Jehovah, can see the blind excuses in all your statements. If you want to let go of your humanistic secular ideas....ideas that satan most certainly wants you to hang onto, then get down on your knees and open your heart and ask God to show you the Truth...HIS Truth...there is only ONE Truth. God will know if you are receptive to the Truth......He knows your heart. This is something you and only you can do....your choice. Otherwise you'll go down screaming all these secular humanistic bellering statemnts all the way to hell. Sure enough. I didn't write the rules but I sure got the picture and made my choice,,,,the right one!!!!! I pray that you will too.

I. Levy says:

I don't hate Christians, but they are really just Islamists with a different symbol. It's so silly, Christians wanting to kill Muslims and vice versa because they don't agree on how to worship, and they both want to force everyone else to live like them. Now that the Supreme Court of the United States is under the control of the Christians, this country is slowly turning into Iran. So it's like two Iran's fighting each other, while those of us who have moderate views (most people) are not decisive enough to lock up the fanatics. Or maybe we are -- the fate of the world depends on it.

Robert Newell says:

it seems everyone on this board has a moral certitude and see everything in black and white
most American Christians are almost as scary as the Muslim fundamentalists and to me one in the same
and at the same time the liberals in America are very naive and don't realize that allot of the world has no regard for human life
the problem with the Armageddon is that everyone seems to want to make it happen
yea Iran should not or never get nukes duh and we have to do everything to prevent it but it would be much better to sit back and let them fall by their own weight give them cable TV. and video games and they will realize that our culture is much more fun than theirs and mix it in and change their ways slowly
i have to say though that the worst twisted Christian would never saw someone's head off and i definitely fear those types but we cant become that way either remember 100's of thousand of innocent people have now died in Iraq as a direct result of our intervention
just be careful of what you think either way no one person has the answers especially YOU

In reply to an earlier post on Jun 16, 2007 2:26 AM PDT

Tim G. Fellows says:

It seems that the Islamists not only oppress their own people but hate entire nations - particularly Israel and the USA. As a result many people (not just Christians) want to see them removed from power in Iran, Gaza etc. Whether to intervene or not is a difficult question. There have been times when the Americans and British have harmed their own cause by very poor treatment of captured Muslims etc. Christians have a particular interest in the dangers of Islamism because they believe that the basis of Islam is false. I would hope that very few (if any) Christians would want to make war against the populations of countries like Iran. As in many situations in life, we need to be careful of our motives - do we genuinely care for oppressed and endangered people, or are we acting out of hatred or revenge?

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