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“Whose Side are You On?” – An Author Reflection

August 19, 2019 By D.I. Telbat Leave a Comment

Dear Reading Friends, have you noticed how the world really wants you to take sides? Pick a view; take a side; demand your rights; never back down! With an election coming up, taking sides seems really important. The battle lines are being drawn between a few men and women who claim to be able to deliver us from our woes. It’s important that we obey the authorities over us, but as Christians, whose side are we on?

Christians have wondered over the centuries which side of certain leaders they should take. Whose arguments are most sound? How can we trust what is said? Who is telling the truth? What’s best for us? What’s best for the country?
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Christian Short Story: “A Purpose in Everything”

Dear Reading Friends, there is a purpose in everything. That’s what we learn from God’s Word, when we discover that our Mighty God is in complete control! Here’s a short story about God’s hand in the worst of circumstances. Do you use your challenges for God’s glory?—David Telbat

A Purpose in Everything

by D.I. Telbat

Fifty-year-old Vince Edger gripped one lever and swung the giant crane neck over the warehouse dock. He turned a nob and locked the cable in place, then turned off the engine. Another work day was finished as a crane operator on the Louisiana docks, and Vince couldn’t wait to get home and drown his sorrows in a bottle of alcohol.

Although he was eager to enter the fog and bliss of that evening’s drunkenness, he sat back in the seat of the crane’s cab and closed his eyes. A month had passed since the accident, when the cable had broken and his co-worker, Steven Bruner, had been killed. Only a month? It seemed like ten years. The horror of the accident still weighed heavily on his heart and mind.
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A Ghost Town Comes Alive

Welcome, Reading Friend! This is David Telbat with a little tidbit from my writing research for Dawn of Affliction. One of my favorite locations in this novel, which is Book One of the Last Dawn Trilogy, is the real ghost town of Eagle Mountain, CA. This old iron mining town once had four thousand people living in it, way out in the Colorado Desert, but now it is a totally abandoned site. What a perfect place for a post-apocalyptic traveler to visit!

Abandoned, but Revived

The real town of Eagle Mountain was once a thriving mining town, complete with a park, shopping center, swimming pool, and baseball diamond. The nearby landscape may look like the surface of Mars, but it once hosted a bowling alley, two gas stations, churches, and schools.

In Dawn of Affliction, I fictionalized a re-population of this abandoned town. Survivors of the Meridia Virus escape with their families and livestock to hide in the desert. For twenty years, they are alone, but then evil strikes. Levi Caspertein travels through the area, heading east. We know that no man of God can pass through without caring for those who desperately need his help.
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D.I. Telbat Review of The Occupied by Craig Parshall

Dear Reading Friends, I have a book review for you today on a novel that has been added to my favorites list! I hope you enjoy this and maybe give the book a try as well.—David Telbat

The Occupied

Author: Craig Parshall
Review by D.I. Telbat
Genres: Christian Thriller, Spiritual Warfare, Good vs Evil, Detective Story
Rating: 5-stars
Find links to The Occupied on our Book Review Page here or below.

Have you ever wondered what spiritual warfare might look like if a human could SEE the demonic forces at play? Author Craig Parshall has given us a unique perspective in his book, The Occupied, a Trevor Black Novel. From the prologue through to the last page, I sat mesmerized by this story of a modern man who is given a special ability to sense demonic beings.

The Occupied is not your standard “demon hunter” type of storyline. This is a Christian author writing a serious and complex story about a subject that is often misunderstood,
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When our World is Stripped Away

Dear Reading Friends, this is David Telbat. What if the world as we know it were all stripped away? What would our lives consist of if we didn't have our smartphones and beauty products? Would we still be smart and beautiful? What if we didn't have electric heat or push-button air conditioning? Would we ever find peace or contentment in a world with the so-called comforts suddenly missing? It ain't easy. . . The catch phrase of Titus and Levi Caspertein in many of the COIL and Last Dawn books start with the words, "It ain't easy . . ." A few years back, this was an idiom that a Christian brother of mine, Scott, kept using. It struck me as a phrase that showed both simplicity and realism, mixed with a little comic relief. I realized Scott said this expression under strenuous situations, meaning to highlight our impatience, intolerance,
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June’19 Novel Update—Resolution Series Coming Soon

Welcome Reading Friends! This is Dee today with a novel update and some background on David Telbat’s upcoming novellas, The Resolution Series! It’s in the editing process right now and will be ready for you soon! Join one-eyed Wes Trimble on a journey through the End Times remnants of several California cities, and stand beside him as he uses COIL trade-craft to reach the lost with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. D.I. Telbat gives us some behind-the-scene thoughts about his newest Christian post-apocalyptic adventure series:

THE RESOLUTION SERIES

As long as there have been Casperteins, Wes Trimble has been on the scene, making an impact, showing himself useful. He’s been a strong supporting character in the COIL books, but I [David] decided to make him the hero of this new series, to show Wes at his very best.

In previous novels, we’ve seen Wes Trimble jump without a parachute out of an airliner (Dark Vessel), and we witnessed him covering for his future wife, Wynter (Distant Contact). We’ve already seen this courageous Christian put his life on the line for faith and justice, but in this new series, we’ll see his true heart for Christ in a special way. We’ll see him emerge from the shadows of Titus Caspertein and Corban Dowler, and display his skills and heart in the midst of a crumbling society.
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