{"id":152,"date":"2008-02-01T19:23:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T23:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:46:01","slug":"book-review-under-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/01\/book-review-under-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Under Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>William McCoy
\nedein, 2007.
\nTopic: Spirituality<\/p>\n

Under Orders<\/em> is subtitled “A Spiritual Handbook for Military Personnel,” has a rare endorsement from active duty General Petraeus, and is written by an experienced chaplain. It has exemplary reviews on various websites. It seems like an excellent reference for a military Christian.<\/p>\n

It’s not.<\/p>\n

The book’s intended audience are those who are non-religious, non-church-going, depressed, or traumatized. Nothing is said to those who already have a spiritual faith.<\/p>\n

Chaplain McCoy, who is sponsored by the Lutheran denomination, doesn’t speak confidently about his own faith. In fact, he has little positive to say about the Christian faith at all. He belittles fellow Christians with side comments about evangelical “hurdles,” “rules,” and “righteousness.” The Chaplain advocates spirituality above Christianity, as if something<\/em> is better than nothing<\/em>, and explicitly states that there are “alternative” ways to God:<\/p>\n