{"id":1546,"date":"2013-05-14T14:20:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T18:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2013-05-14T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T18:22:06","slug":"begin-revision-for-pdf-and-print-editions-of-beyond-pretend-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Begin revision for PDF and print editions of Beyond Pretend today …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exciting …<\/strong> <\/em>
\nI begin today with my final revision for the print edition of Beyond Pretend. Finally settled in enough to pursue some things that have been on the back burner.<\/p>\n

The revision really involves reformatting for PDF and paperback. I completed my best revision as far as written expression for the Kindle and ePub editions. Also I am changing the layout from landscape to portrait.<\/p>\n

VERY EXCITING FOR ME!!!<\/strong><\/em>
\nI have asked the new president of Judson University – Dr. Gene C. Crume, Jr. – to write the foreword in this soon-to-be “hot off the presses” release. And he has happily accepted. Dr. Crume – Gene to most of you – has provided very positive feedback to me concerning the book. And, yes, he actually read it.<\/p>\n

EXCERPT from Beyond Pretend: A Sheep’s Guide to the Universe!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sentimentality doesn’t save …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhetoric is fooling others. Sentimentality is fooling yourself (William Butler Yeats).<\/p>\n

\ufffcSentimentality may cause us to reflect, possibly even cause us to brilliantly and powerfully express our feelings, but only Jesus saves. It\u2019s the \u201cmath of the path\u201d – only one, only one name, only one truth, only one way. God isn\u2019t swayed by our poetic gestures no matter how compelling because he has already demonstrated to us the full measure of his love in sending Jesus his Son.<\/p>\n

When I began this book about two years ago, I came across the lyrics to \u201cTime Never Ends\u201d which was written by Hart, Weir and Haynes. The following lyrics are from the revised version played by The Grateful Dead in 2004.
\n———
\nStepping through the midnight sun, To a life that never ends,
\nSnowflakes fall, winter comes, Time to make amends,
\nGod of wind, God of time, I give my heart to thee,
\nTake me to a better place, Let my soul fly free, Let my soul fly free<\/p>\n

Beyond the moon, beyond the stars, A wizard guiding me,
\nBeyond the moon, beyond the stars, Beyond the galaxy,
\nA secret place, a gentle space, A land beyond pretend
\n…<\/p>\n

God of dreams, of life supreme, Come to me tonight,
\nGuide me to a better place, Beyond this starry night,
\nTake me to a better place, On golden spirit wings
\n…<\/p>\n

Where gods and angels sing, Where gods and angels sing.
\n———<\/p>\n

How beautiful, how sad and how tragic as we offer words of reconciliation but still refuse God\u2019s offer of life through Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

One day you will die and find yourself on the threshold of eternity. You will step through \u201cthe midnight sun,\u201d but there will be no time then to make amends, no sentimentality to sway the vote.\u00a0If only you had preferred God\u2019s song of salvation over the poetic illusion of another lost soul.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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