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THE FAITH ADVENTURE SERIES: VOLUME ONE
FAITH-BASED ESPIONAGE?
A faith-based spy novel! Some shake their heads and say, “Espionage and Christianity can never mix”. That’s not exactly true, especially considering that the Bible has its own stories of espionage, including the two spies sent into Canaan and the city of Jericho to, “spy out the land” in Joshua 2. God has His spies, it’s true.
In this book, set in the turbulent times of 1968, in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, a CIA spy by the name of Charlie Merit thwarts his own assassination attempt then realizes that God intervened for him. Thrilled by the prospect of knowing Jesus, he falls in love with God’s Word, the Bible, then struggles to align his life – and profession as an international spy – with its concepts. Th is is the first volume of Spy for God followed by the second volume, Spy for God: Behind the Iron Curtain in which Charlie Merit continues his mission into Russia and the heart of godlessness where Bible smuggling is the dangerous game to play. Then, get ready for the third volume in the Faith Adventure Series, titled, Th e God of Love and War: Storm Clouds Over London. Set in London in the 1940s when bombs from Nazi planes fell daily and challenged the faith of many godly people, it’s sure to be a page turner and a source of great spiritual insight through a story about God in the lives of several people during a very deadly war.

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Publié par	AuthorHouse
Date de parution	23 janvier 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781665549523
Langue	English

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SPY for GOD: No Weapon Formed Shall Prosper

DR. JAY HINES

AuthorHouse™
1663 Liberty Drive
Bloomington, IN 47403
www.authorhouse.com
Phone: 833-262-8899

© 2023 Dr. Jay Hines. All rights reserved.

Dr. Jay Hines Freehold, New Jersey
Evangelical Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Jay Hines is the host of The American Gospel Hour Radio Program and Psychology and the Word for Today , both modern-day Christian ministries. Visit both programs online where you can hear the programs in their entirety.

Dr. Jay Hines is also the author, Jay Vincent who writes The Robert Boston Spy Series , The Adventures of the Park Street Hounds series, The Crazy World Series, and numerous other secular novels. While those secular books are for the sake of literary entertainment, the Christian series are designed purposely to highlight the truth of God and Christianity in Jesus Christ. For those reasons, please read each book with an understanding of the author’s purpose. Also, read the non-fiction work by Dr. Jay Hines including The God Series which contains Holding onto God and The Art of Loving God and The Jesus Series and many more titles to come.

Spy for God: No Weapon Formed Shall Prosper is the first title in The Faith Adventure Series by Dr. Jay Hines. Many more titles will follow in The Faith Adventure Series including the second title, Spy for God: Behind the Iron Curtain and The God of Love and War: Storm Clouds Over London.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 06/13/2023

ISBN: 978-1-6655-4953-0 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-4951-6 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-4952-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022901902

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Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

For my dear Bishop Chris Fraley
A man of God and lover of mankind
who opened doors of ordination for
me and supported my teaching and
preaching ministry with confidence
and prayer. God bless you, Bishop!
This is the first installment in The Faith Adventure Series
Look for other installments in
The Faith Adventure Series by Dr. Jay Hines
including Spy for God: No Weapon Formed Shall Prosper, and its sequel titled, Spy for God: Behind the Iron Curtain. Other installments include a third volume in the series
titled, The God of Love and War: Storm Clouds Over London

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD , and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD . Isaiah 54:17 (KJV)

For the Word of God is quick and powerful
and sharper than any two-edged sword
piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents
of the heart – Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)

Thy Word have I hid in my heart
that I might not sin against thee – Psalm 119:11 (KJV)
CONTENTS
Mid-Summer
Kiev, Soviet Union
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Zamoskvoreche District, Moscow
White House, West Portico
Kremlin Gulag, Moscow
The Kremlin Great Palace, Moscow
Bethesda, Maryland
Camp David, Maryland
The Moscow Home of Dr. Andre Chevensky
Outside the Smolensky Train Station, Moscow
Catotoctin Mountains, Maryland
The Kremlin Prison, Moscow
Camp David - Again
Home of Director Elliott, Alexandria, Virginia
U.S.S. Sequoi a, The Presidential Yacht
U.S.S. Sequoi a, Potomac River
Presidential Suite, U.S.S. Sequoia
Zamoskvoreche District, Moscow
Potomac River, South of Washington, D.C.
Soviet Hospital, Moscow, Soviet Union
Potomac River, Oleander Inlet
Aboard the U.S.S. Sequoia
AUTHOR’S NOTE ABOUT THE BOOK
This is a work of evangelical fiction but it is based on many real life situations common to the era and localities about which it was written. The era and locality for Spy for God: No Weapon Formed Shall Prosper is America and the Soviet Union in the late 1960s, a period of time when political upheaval in America and the Soviet Union resulted in what was known as “The Cold War”. The Cold War consisted of many things including tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union, the threat of nuclear attack, the “Red scare” which had to do with people affiliating with Communism and then being ostracized from American pubic and professional life because of it and many other distressing things. The Cold War, because of its intensity and seeming ubiquity, was all consuming for many and troubles associated with it filled the news headlines daily in that era and it was a constant source of concern in American pulpits and pews, too.
Leading up to this time, prior to the 1960s, the McCarthy Hearings with Senator Joe McCarthy had shaken up the United States by exposing many Communistic sympathizers who were guilty of sympathizing with or being a Communist and some who were not guilty but who were ostracized anyway. The 1960s was a time of trying to overcome unique tensions in American history and a time electrified by the exciting new prospect, so public in the speeches of President John F. Kennedy, of a voyage to the Moon. This Moon adventure that filled so many Americans with dreamy prospects of space, the stars, and lunar landings was a prominent feature of the 1960s and figures powerfully into the story told here. All of that was true and can be seen in the movie, The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe.
The 1960s was also a time when spies were active like never before and that is the crux of our story, about an American spy who finds God in the midst of Cold War turmoil and whose practice of espionage is changed by his newfound love for the Word of God. That profound love for God’s Word becomes an example to us, as readers, because God’s Word is still with us, still rich and vibrant, and it is still the basis of purpose and affect in our everyday lives.
Those who are familiar with the turbulent 1960s will also find many instances about this story, including the settings and the dynamics occurring within those settings, to be real to life. This book, though fictitional, has been written as realistically as possible because many of the situations, somewhere in the dark past of time and history, did absolutely occur - or in some fashion, occurred similarly, as stated above.
I want to be clear that the primary purpose of this book is to uphold the sanctity and importance of God’s Word and to show the truth in it as it applies to our lives. While the second volume, Spy for God: Behind the Iron Curtain details the struggle in the Soviet Union in the 1960s for God’s Word, this first volume deals with the viable threat to Christians and God’s abiding protection. There is a whole doctrine about threat to Christians and how God protects them so that no weapon formed against Christians shall prosper – unless there is an overriding purpose for allowing harm to come such as to engage in suffering in the image of Christ.
It is also important that readers not interpret that the author intends by overt or covert statement or through any insinuation to portray the people of Russia as enemies of the Word of God or opposed to the will of God for His people. It’s true that there was a time when many Russians opposed God’s Word while people of other lands, including America, did the same thing. Many people throughout the world, over the course of history, have lashed out through the medium of egregious behavior at the people of God and have denied them the right to possess the Word of God, even making martyrs of them in Russia and in nations other than Russia. While the former Soviet Union and Communist China are known very well for persecuting Christians, they are not the only countries who have done that or who are still doing that, even today. Even in America, persecution for Christianity was historically common and is still common, just not on a broad scale. According to The Voice of the Martyrs , a modern-day organization that studies persecution of Christianity around the world, evidence is available that shows that persecution of Christians is stronger now, in the 21 st century, all around the world, than it ever has been in history.
Many things have changed in the former Soviet Union over the passage of five decades since the late 1960s, including the viewpoints held by the Russian people regarding God, His people, Jesus Christ, and His Word. Great religious crusades have been held in that vast nation over the years since 1968, including campaigns by the Reverend Billy Graham and other evangelicals like him. For the most part, and to some degree because of evangelical Christianity, the Cold War with its abuses against the people of God has met with its demise and today the Bible is read openly in churches, homes, and even the streets throughout Russian cities without fear of reprisal. In many places in Russia today, God’s Word is openly shared and adored as is Jesus Christ, the Savior o