My hero, this guy, wrote me a letter. And he said something about keeping in touch. And i thought, oh, sure. And about a year later they were looking for writers and editors for break point, you can still go to it, breakpoint. Org, its sort of a commentary of world issues, cultural issues from a biblical world view. And i ended up writing and working for break point, and today all these years later i am one of the voices of break point. When chuck passed away, they asked me at prison fellowship would i take over. So ive been doing that for about a year and a half now. Host whats the short version of your conversion . Guest of what . Host of your conversion. Guest well, the short version is that i was raised with some faith. I was raised as a Greek Orthodox christian, altar boy, church every sunday. Believed in god but didnt really know the details. Didnt know why i believed it, didnt know is this something that intellectually is sound . I wasnt convinced that it was. I thought it was j
Host seven men and the secret of their greatness. The author eric metaxas. Who are these seven men and what do they have in common . I have to tell you these are seven great men it does not mean there are others but if anything it is subjective. The reason i wrote the book is the crisis of manhood in a culture that we have shied away from the idea to say this is a great man. Or this is greatness. I feel it has not been too good for us. I think this generation and teeeight needs heroes provide have the privilege to write a book about one author talking about a true hero who to say i am not a big leader i will write does 20 page version and started there. It has to do with self sacrifice it is about using your strength. We can leave it there for now but i thought about the story with which i was familiar i know that many people dont know the stories may be those who watch chariots of fire who came out 30 years ago. One of the seven men are in their, one author, george washington, i have
From his armies the big picture series, nato maneuvers aimed at deterring soviet aggression in europe this weekend on American History tvs reel america sunday at 4 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. Booktv interviewed author eric metaxas about his book trend 11 out of 2014 seven men and the secret of their greatness. In the book, he profiles of seven men who he argues should serve as models for men today. Seven men and the secret of their greatness is the name of the book published by thomas nelson. The author eric metaxas. Who are these seven and what do they have in common . I dont know, sir was written by a ghost writer. Who are they . I have to tell you, these are seven great men. It doesnt mean that there arent others who are great. This is come if anything, this is a subjective grouping but not entirely subjective. I said the reason i bought the book as i said theres a crisis of manhood in the culture in a way we shied away from the idea of saying this is greatness, or this is a great man,