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Martial Arts and the Christian

By Douglas M. Laurent "Martial Arts and the Christian" -- the Book, now available on Amazon.com. on Kindle. Coming soon as a softbound edition!

Dear Friends: The story of the modern martial arts begins with the pre-Flood times of biblical Cain, son of Adam and the post-Flood era of Noah and not the traditional histories on the arts that are popularly available. These usually go back several thousand years to India and the famed Shaolin Temple of China where current notions of the modern arts' histories, styles, myths and legends are thought to arise, the Shaolin Temple being the great historical watershed to them. However, their histories go much farther back in antiquity than that. From Noah's family of nearly 5,000 years ago, arts such as kung-fu can be traced to the present martial traditions both East and West. The arts initially started out as a God-honoring function of Noah's newly formed government to apprehend criminals and conduct war but were later modified and absorbed by evil King Nimrod at the Tower of Babel, Genesis Chapters Ten and Eleven, wherein we get our modern nature-oriented perspectives of them. At the Tower, Nimrod spliced the monotheistic God-honoring martial ways in with that of nature and the animals, deriving his inspirations from fallen angels and nature, to wit he and his followers in time developed the dominating animal forms and natural world martial philosophies that are still currently afoot. As they were then, as they are now, these ancient traditional (and modern) views, such as the arts being grounded in bludgeoning Naturalism and pacifist Buddhism and Taoism, are caulked with the theory of evolutionism--ultimately a despairing philosophy--which degrades man's God-made image and man's understanding of the historic arts, and so a comprehension of our persons--our spirits, minds and bodies--are ultimately off-balanced as well. The work, "Martial Arts and the Christian" (MAC) studies the evolutionist as well as the creationist perspective in the arts and shows how the arts of today, can restore our view of our truer selves in light of the regenerative "sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Using many disciplines, such as literature, science and art (not just martial), the work proves to be strong and perhaps a bit controversial. It is a tool for education and edification in biblical history and Christianity and does not mollycoddle biblical truth, i.e., the arts in lieu of God's eternal Word. You will find the up-beat easy to read study both interesting and challenging, as there is something for everyone in the book. It covers anthropology, language, politics, demonics, philosophy, prayer, culture, cults, strategies and tactics, myth, chess and so on. For example, from the incredible "Table of Nations" cited in Genesis Ten, one can trace their personal family lineage back to Noah and his three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth to find their greater place and spiritual inheritance among the family of man. MAC is very keen on educating Christians in terms of strategic prayer that will not only enhance the student's prayer and meditation life, but will also produce a greater yield of answers from on High. In terms of secular readers perusing the book, they will not only get an education in the history of the martial arts (both biblical and secular), but will also be presented with the Gospel "good news" message as well. Complete with charts, graphs and guides for "in the field" spiritual application, MAC delves deeply into theology and as a manual to warrior-discipleship, is a superlative study guide both for the Christian and world martial strategist. In all, the MAC is designed to help create a closer relationship to the Lord using the arts as a tool to do so. You can read excerpts from the book on Amazon.com in the Kindle section under the heading of "Christian Martial Arts" or under the author's name, Douglas M. Laurent. There you will find the work listed with other Christian martial arts books.

Martial Arts and the Christian explores the underlying themes of Creationism and Evolutionism found inherent in the arts. From studies in Genesis, MAC establishes a strong Christian apologetic “defense of the faith” position. The book, a sharp study that de-bunks temporal myths in the martial arts as well as provide a Christian map, is an alternative way of seeing the arts in their most basic, pro-Christ state. MAC, citing a definite creationist perspective, allows the arts to have a Christ-centered eternal theme rather than a temporary earth-bound one, which the philosophies of the Orient promote. The work provides a clear framework for Christians so they may “see through” the prevalent worldly philosophies that the arts are currently tied to. Citing that original God-honoring arts began with the family of Noah and were later inundated with Eastern philosophies at the Tower of Babel, MAC traces this line of reasoning to the present day popular martial arts. MAC also provides Christian strategists with the necessary tools of analysis to help them define their arts and their individual roles in the martial “mission” field for a greater personal effect. Establishing lost historical lines MAC ties the modern arts to the God of Creation, filling in a much-needed Christian analysis of the arts, and is intended to be a solid reference work, one that will equip the Christian practitioner with sound information for many years to come. Written in a casual easy to understand style, MAC covers topics such as anthropology, art, history, linguistics, myth, prayer, science, strategy and theology, and will be an invaluable edition to any library where sound Biblical teaching of the arts is concerned. About the Author: Douglas M. Laurent, M.A., English, is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. As a Bible researcher and as a martial practitioner with over thirty years of experience in various arts, Mr. Laurent found that many Christians who practice martial arts either compromise their faith or do not have an adequate apologetic, “defense of the faith” when it comes to their dealing with the evolutionary-oriented philosophies that the world martial arts are dominated by. As a result of this, Mr. Laurent in Martial Arts and the Christian clearly delineates the Creation-based Christian perspective on the arts and the uncompromising role Christian martial strategists must play in the respective mission field called “martial arts.”