The Koran
Translated with notes by: N.J. Dawood
456 pages with index
Price: $8.80

Is Islam a religion of peace? You must read the Koran - the Islamic "bible" - to know for sure. Muslims consider the Koran to be "the very word of God" and it is the authority for all aspects of Islamic society, business, and government.

There are several English translations of Koran available, but this is the version we use. The translator, N.J. Dawood, was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and came to England as an Iraq State Scholar in 1945. Dawood's translation of Koran was first published in 1956 and has been periodically revised based on Dawood's lifelong study of Koran. It is the first translation of Koran into contemporary English.

We have compared Dawood's translation with Pickthall's 1909 English translation and A.J. Arberry's (Department Head of the Department of Classics at Cairo University) 1955 translation and found all three to be substantively identical, though Dawood's translation is more accessible for the modern reader.

In February, 1998, the Mideast Briefer at the U.S. National Defense University told a class of approximately 300 reserve officers "There's a reason young Muslim men will fill up a truck with dynamite and drive it into a Marine barracks." He then held up Koran and said "The answer is in this book, and you ought to get a copy and read it.

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Allah is NOT God: A Comparative Look at Jewish, Christian and Muslim Beliefs
Author: P.J. Schroeder
60 pages

P.J. Schroeder identifies the 5 most significant theological differences between Islam and Christianity and shows how these create an Islamic world view that rejects free speech, religious toleration, equality, democracy, and other ideas and institutions that are essential to liberty.Schroeder also explains why Islamic theology must result in hatred of Jews. A must read, makes a great gift for pastors - short enough they can read it in an hour!

Col. Dick Geyer woul like to send a free, signed copy of his book to anyone who is currently serving in the U.S. military, active or reserve, and to any American who has a family member depolyed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. To get your copy, send Col. Geyer an email with your mailing address.

When America Turned to God: Spiritual Lessons for our Nation from the Gulf War
Author: Richard E. Geyer, Col. U.S. Army Reserve, Retired
121 pages, map, timeline, endnotes
Endorsed by D. James Kennedy and Prof. John Eidsmoe

How did U.S. pilots fly thousands of sorties over heavily defended targets with almost no aircraft shot down?

How did the Iraqis fail to see the flanking movement of massive numbers of U.S. troops and vehicles?

Why did trained, equipped, and dug-in Iraqi soldiers, supported by missiles and armor, give up without a fight?

How did the U.S. win a war the Pentagon said would cost tens of thousands of U.S. casualties with a few weeks of bombing and 100 hours of ground operations and only a handful of casualties?

These are the questions CS member Col. Dick Geyer answers in his fascinating new book, When America Turned to God. Col. Geyer is a Gulf War veteran and a U.S. Army JAG with over 33 years of commissioned service.

Drawing on 10 years of thought and research, Col. Geyer shows unmistakably that the U.S. owes its victory in the Persian Gulf not to superior numbers, skill, or equipment but to the same "superintending Providence" of God to which George Washington credited America's victory in the American Revolution. Col. Geyer presents dozens of actual stories from the Gulf War and shows how these parallel military actions in the Old Testament, some of which took place on the same territory.

As liaison to the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, Geyer was also able to collect the stories of Iraqi soldiers, and he presents these in a compelling, composite account that cannot be found in any other source.

Most significantly, Col. Geyer traces the spiritual history and condition of the United States since the Gulf War. By showing what might have been, and what actually was, Col. Geyer forces the reader to consider the disturbing question of how God, who desires obedience, might treat the U.S. in the future.

But he does not leave the reader without an answer. Col. Geyer proposes a number of steps that we, as individuals, can take to keep God's blessing on the United States.

At the Constitutional Convention, George Mason said this about our national sin of slavery:

By reminding us of the Biblical principle of national accountability, Col. Geyer has performed a true patriot service. His book is very timely reading and a great tool to help you see that God is real and understand how he works in human history. A fantastic witnessing tool!

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