Founder of ASSIST Ministries
HOLLISTON, MASSACHUSETTS (ANS) -- When I saw the title of his newest book, I thought the author of the international bestseller Son of Hamas might have knocked around in warzones a little too long, gotten a bit befuddled in the Middle Eastern sun.
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But the farther you read, the more you see that it works.
Unlike his other nonfiction books, Ron Brackin reveals his lighter side in The Gospel according to Dracula. Not disrespectful or flippant, but direct, sometimes even childlike.
The Jesus the reader meets is the messiah who likes people as well as loves them, who prefers to be in and among us, rather than confined to sanctuaries, seminaries, and cemeteries. And the author guides us around the kingdom of God as one familiar and enchanted with the terrain.
But be warned. The Gospel according to Dracula is not another feel-good book. Brackin takes sins, superstitions, and idols by the throat and shakes them. Take a good look, he challenges the reader. Are these cheap geegaws more desirable than our Lover?
He also jerks the devil out of the tall grass and exposes him to the Sonlight, revealing no deadly viper, but a worm whose venomous tongue is his only weapon.
The jury is still out, however, on the recurring feature Brackin calls “N’stuff.” Some might argue that vampire lore, bat cosmetics, garlic phobias, and Victorian burial customs have no place in a Bible study. Others might be having too much fun to offer an opinion.
All things considered, The Gospel according to Dracula is more than worth the price of admission, even if all you get out of it is a spine-tingling tale from Transylvania and a delightful nightmare or two.
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The Gospel according to Dracula – a Bible study, by Ron Brackin, Weller & Bunsby, ePublishers, ©2011, ISBN: 978-0-9834476-6-5. Available for $3.99 at Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and the iTunes Store. Visit Ron’s website at: ronbrackin.com.
| Dan Wooding, 70, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 48 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. He now hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on KWVE in Southern California which is also carried throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK and also in Belize and South Africa. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 200 countries. You can follow Dan on Facebook under his name there or at ASSIST News Service. He is the author of some 44 books. Two of the latest include his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, press this link.Wooding, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, has also recently released his first novel “Red Dagger” which is available this link. |  |
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