The Alamo by Mark Dawson is Book 11 in the John Milton Series.  It's unclear exactly why John decided to visit New York, but he's rented a tiny apartment in the defunct Coney Island area where there…

  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For,                  "All men are like grass,                     and all their glory is like the flowers of…

                                               Very successful and bestselling British author Mark J. Dawson has inadvertently become one of my favorite authors even though I have disagreed with certain characterizations and inferences in a couple of his…

Originally posted as "Why Christian Fiction Matters" on 12/02/2012. (Some additions to the original post.) If you read a steady diet of general market fiction, you're probably familiar with generous portions of worldly philosophies associated with secular humanism which include erotic/graphic examples of those philosophies. We know there are Christian authors who write for the…

                                It's summertime, and I love it.    Thank you, Lord, for the beauty in each season. You could've left the earth desolate but you chose to give it life, renewal, and beauty. Thank you is never enough. In the…

    Another unique sound back in the day. One of their most well known hits.   Father, only you give talent and gifts that are worthy. Thank you for them all. May each one know from whom they are given and enjoyed. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

              Blackout by Mark Dawson, Book 10 in the John Milton Series, begins at the cook shack for taxi cab drivers in London. John Milton (aka John Smith) has resumed his graveyard shift as a cook in the nook provided as the rest stop for weary taxi cab drivers…

  Humbles yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.    1 Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)

                    Can you think of five movies you paid to see that you didn't like or hated? Here are mine: Carnal Knowledge (hated) Dances with Wolves (hated) Before Sunrise (didn't like) Catch-22 (It was like a movie with two halves – hated the second half) Old…

                      I've now read all the John Milton novels by British author Mark Dawson and am waiting for the next one just like I do for Mitch Rapp's next stories. I'll save my overstated love for Mitch Rapp – still my Number One – for another…