Jordan's Stormy Banks

About the Book

Jordan's Stormy Banks is ancient Bible fiction based on the Old Testament's account of God's covenant relationship with Israel's founding fathers. Beginning with Abraham, the story follows the chronology of the first six books of the Bible and includes all of Israel's patriarchs from Abraham through Joshua.

Abraham and his family meet strong resistance when they settle in the land of the Canaanites. They are tempted by the foreign gods of Canaanite worship, often to the extent of disobedience. This causes the wrath of God to fall upon the patriarchs. The story reveals how they lost the promised land and were banished to slavery in Egypt. After many years of persecution, they escape under the leadership of Moses, wandered in the wilderness four decades, and returned to recapture Canaan with Joshua leading their military forces.

There are numerous parenthetical Bible references throughout the story. These are inserted to provide a further source of reference for the reader desiring to research the event or quotation in the Bible. Biblical quotations in the story are in many instances paraphrased, thus no particular translation of the Bible has been used as a reference for this work.

Commentaries are included throughout the book regarding God and his reaction to the human behavior in the story. These are intended to enlighten the reader that not only then, but now, loving God, having faith in Him, and being obedient, is the only way to live a life of peace, joy, and prosperity.

Enjoy this fast moving story, realizing that you are reading a different and exciting version of a tale that has been told and taught throughout the centuries.

About the Author

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, George enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. H served in the South Pacific for the duration, He reenlisted in the Marines after the war and made the Corps his career. Selected for a commission as a Second Lieutenant during the Korean War, he soon became the combat cargo officer on an amphibious assault ship and supervised the unloading of equipment and supplies for the Distant Early Warning System in the Arctic. His ship was dispatched to Egypt and evacuated U.S. Nations during the Suez crisis. He was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat V for service in Viet Nam, and completed a 28 year career as Provost Marshal of the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina. He retired a Lieutenant Colonel and made his home in North Carolina.

George was the Director of the Criminal Justice Department at Carteret Community College in Morehead City, N.C. prior to becoming a Local Pastor in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. A graduate of Duke Divinity School Course of Study, he served as pastor of Broad Creek Church on Bogue Sound for 14 years.

Jordan's Stormy Banks is a powerful book about war and religion and the pages relate the author's expertise in both areas. He has published two prior books. The first was ''LIFER-USMC,'' an account of his military career. The second book ''Creekside Messages'' is filled with sermons preached at Broad Creek.

George currently resides in New Bern, North Carolina with his wife Sadie, and is doing research for a sequel to Jordan's Stormy Banks, which will be titled Judges & Kings.