FAITH-LIFT - You Don't Have to See Miracles To Believe

Hi David

I enjoyed what I read of your book very much. You present the gospel in a clear and concise way. I pray it will reach and turn the hearts of many to Christ. You are truly storing up treasures in heaven with this book!

Blessings,
Lyn Ventura
With All My Mind

Your book talks about one of the problem that the world is encountering right now. Many never believe and can not wait on God because seeing is believing. Though, I have finish it, I have given you six stars.

Isoje David
Animals in Paradise

adding you to my watchlist. I love your ability to directly tackle the only TRUTH with your book. Thank you for writing about what matters in a world so focused on passing trends.

Hi David,
I think you have a well written book here, that will help many people. It is uplifting and encouraging. I may not agree on every point of doctrine, but that does not negate your skill as a writer. Most Christians worship on a Sunday, because after the Resurrection the disciples met on the 1st day of the week to rejoice in it and remember the great victory Jesus won. Five stars.

Kerrie Price
THE GOD PLEASERS 40 day Study Guide

David
Wow your book is calling a spade a spade and right on. You've taken a lot of knit-picking from unbelievers and that says the holy spirit is striking a chord. God bless you and keep looking up
God is still on the throne

Bless you joy

Ch. 9 near end para starting, "Jesus further encouraged us ..." you write: "...if you yearn for finding more ..." would probably read smoother if you dropped 'finding'. "if you yearn for more ..."
Other than that I have no nits with this chapter.

Ch. 8 Para starting: "Imagine if I had written ..." You can drop the word "about" in the following sentence without losing anything ... and simpler is better. "... my claim would be ignored and quickly forgotten {drop this 'about'}"
Para starting: "Some important applications from this story..." you say: "...an utter end for us." You might want to consider adding "temporal", "earthly", or something similar. ei: "an utter earthly end for us" ... because even non-believers live on, although not happily.
Para starting: "On the other hand, more positively ..." you write: "...when we may unprepared ..." need the word BE in there. ie: "when we may BE unprepared."
Good study!
Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

Ch. 7 Para beginning: "But then one day when Moses ..." You've switched tenses. Until this para everything has been in present tense, but here it changes to past tense.

Good stuff!

Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

David, I have started reading your book and it is very well done - very well researched. I love what I have read so far. Yes, this is inspired writing indeed. And I did want to read what you had to say about evolution and went over to the chapter you referenced and I really liked that. God is the creator; there is no other answer. I would like to add one more thought to that: If we're "evolving" as some propose, why aren't we getting any better? Why haven't I grown another arm? or a better brain? oh well... but I want to say I am highly impressed by the points you made regarding creation of the universe. It's amazing to me what God has done, and to realize that He understands us as He does and wanted to offer us a way to come to Him. It's wonderful that you bring that out so clearly in your book. I will continue to read your book and will probably have it on my bookshelf before too long. Julie

Ch. 6 you say, "This article will ..." If you're publishing this as a book. you need to change article to chapter.

Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

Thanks Joyce I've been taking up your suggestions.

Ch. 5 Para starting, "Another non-Christian witness..." You have a very passive sentence in here, "Disorder in the Province ... saw him being sent by the Emperor Trajan ..." A more active voice is almost always desirable. Try: "When the Province of Bithynia-Pontus erupted in violence, Pliny the Younger (or he) was sent by the Emperor Trajan to restore order." (Feel free to use that exact line if you like.)

Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

Ch. 4 ~ Para starting, "Don't you just love soil for example?" Sentence, "Can seeds evolve by themselves and is THEIR (there) any evidence ..."
Para: "Ask yourself what are the chances of this lot developing out of random forces ..." the phrase "this lot" is more common in Britain than in the U.S. A more universal "all of this" might be better for a book aimed at an international readership.
Have you classified this as YA? It's readable even for young people and many apologetics books aren't. We NEED this message to reach the youth.

Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

Ch. 4 ~ Para starting, "Don't you just love soil for example?" Sentence, "Can seeds evolve by themselves and is THEIR (there) any evidence ..."
Para: "Ask yourself what are the chances of this lot developing out of random forces ..." the phrase "this lot" is more common in Britain than in the U.S. A more universal "all of this" might be better for a book aimed at an international readership.
Have you classified this as YA? It's readable even for young people and many apologetics books aren't. We NEED this message to reach the youth.

I've read the first three chapters and find your arguments to be cogent, your approach to be loving toward your readers and your ability to make sophisticated apologetics understandable to non-theologians exceptional. Good work!

Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

I've just skimmed your first chapter. If the rest of your ms is as cogent as this first chapter, I will have a difficult time justifying why it's rating is slipping. I know many "professional editors" have difficulty even considering most books about "Jesus-stuff", but this first chapter showed an honest faith that should at least move you over that hump of disbelief.

Joyce ~ Slave to Grace

Thanks for your considered comments. I don't know if you read my recent additions (2 days ago) to Ch4 'What are the chances' at the end under the sub-heading 'The Freak', but I would love to hear if a scientist can give a sensible response to the seemingly (to me) insurmountable problem for the theory of evolution. How could evolution ever get off the ground when all the scientists in the world with all their knowledge and great effort can't even deliberately make a simple life form from non-living chemicals. This shows the simplest viable life-form (that would have had to have been formed in a very short period of time) is far more complex than anything man has ever made. If we can't make it, then how on earth could it have formed by itself? Please read that section again. I'm curious if scientists can give a sensible answer to this legitimate question. regards David

Hi David,

Sometimes I still have a hard time believing that there are people out there who still do not believe in evolution. It baffles me. I am not a theist-hater by any means. I love to study theology and I believe in the freedom of religion, so I am not here to bash you. But, I have to admit, it does sort of drive me crazy when people try and refute evolution. Sorry, but Darwin is my God! (lol, not literally). You kept asking, what are the chances? THey are slim, but when you consider the sheer number of galaxies out there (billions to the -nth) and the potential for an inifinate number of universes beyond that, it will happen. With those numbers, there are most likely millions of habitable worlds just like ours. To just say, "It can't happen, the chances are too astronomical" and then turn around to instead believe in a magical man in the sky...well, it just baffles me. Yes, the world is a great design, so I can understand why people might want to incorporate an all mighty God who created this grand design, especially when it comes to the perfection of our own DNA molecule. I can undersand the desire to want to believe. But religion was created, by man, as a way to control people and explain the biggest mystery...death.

I could go on and on about this but I won't! What I like about your book is that it creates a good debate and intellectual stimulus. I do enjoy people who have faith because they have a sort of "peace" that I like to see. My grandfather was a minister, I was always surrounded by these types and it brings me comfort to see people at peace. I love to study theology and anthropology and how religion has grown affected culture over the years. But, as with everything, I do look at religion from a scientific and anthropological standpoint.

Big stars. For making me rant. :-)

Rebecca
~Askival
http://www.authonomy.com/books/38264/askival/
Over eleven thousand teens vanish in one day. This is the story of where they went.

Hi David,

Sometimes I still have a hard time believing that there are people out there who still do not believe in evolution. It baffles me. I am not a theist-hater by any means. I love to study theology and I believe in the freedom of religion, so I am not here to bash you. But, I have to admit, it does sort of drive me crazy when people try and refute evolution. Sorry, but Darwin is my God! (lol, not literally). You kept asking, what are the chances? THey are slim, but when you consider the sheer number of galaxies out there (billions to the -nth) and the potential for an inifinate number of universes beyond that, it will happen. With those numbers, there are most likely millions of habitable worlds just like ours. To just say, "It can't happen, the chances are too astronomical" and then turn around to instead believe in a magical man in the sky...well, it just baffles me. Yes, the world is a great design, so I can understand why people might want to incorporate an all mighty God who created this grand design, especially when it comes to the perfection of our own DNA molecule. I can undersand the desire to want to believe. But religion was created, by man, as a way to control people and explain the biggest mystery...death.

I could go on and on about this but I won't! What I like about your book is that it creates a good debate and intellectual stimulus. I do enjoy people who have faith because they have a sort of "peace" that I like to see. My grandfather was a minister, I was always surrounded by these types and it brings me comfort to see people at peace. I love to study theology and anthropology and how religion has grown affected culture over the years. But, as with everything, I do look at religion from a scientific and anthropological standpoint.

Big stars. For making me rant. :-)

Rebecca
~Askival
http://www.authonomy.com/books/38264/askival/
Over eleven thousand teens vanish in one day. This is the story of where they went.

This Bible-enshrining is straightforwardly sad, like the ultimate "Star Trek" nerd, only the Bible really sucks, entertainment-wise, compared to "Star Trek." I hope you can bang churchgoing ladies, because this is the living end of "intellectual" life.

In my defense, you were stupid enough to believe some Goatherder's prehistoric Wikipedia was the meaning of life, really, it's more pathetic than a 14-year old believing in Santa Claus.

David,
I finished reading your book. I read it slowly and thoughtfully and received a faith lift in every chapter. You write very scholarly and in depth on each subject. I enjoyed your book very much. God Bless You!
MaryBe

Hey David,

I came upon your book through the odd coincidence that the name of the book I've just started posting includes the same "faith lift" name. In fact, it was a poster here (a fan of yours) who alerted me to that, suggesting I modify my title to avoid confusion. (I'm giving that consideration: It's a tough one for me because the title comes form a conference I've been doing for over a decade, but I do see the point.)

Anyway, I have enjoyed the three chapters I've read so far: Clear, articulate and I'm looking forward to finishing it.

My only pondering so far, and I could be wrong until I've read the whole thing, is whether it might be profitable to start more with the third chapter, and move the first chapter towards the end. It appears to me that this kind of book is written to an "enlightenment, modern" type of audience, who will off the start be more interested in proofs for believing, than reasons why they should want to believe. The clear articulation of the Gospel is very important, but I wonder if the hook is the proofs and arguments, and the articulation of the Gospel isn't more of the conclusion. Truly just a thought and I"m not sure of it's efficacy until I've finished your book.

I'll back your book while I read it, would you consider taking a look at mine? Whether or not you back it I would value your reaction. Our books are different but I sense that the heart, and of course the Lord and Spirit are the same (and the title :-))

Hear, hear. The truth about the Christian faith is right there at the beginning of Chapter 1. The text reads well and the use of the language is enjoyable. Now how to get some folks to read this who don't already know what you're saying? We tend to preach to the choir.

Good luck,

GG

Hello David, I am new on this site. I need backing. Would be glad if you can read my book "Walking in God's Calling"; non-fiction and probaly read it and comment on it. You cannot imagine how thrilled I would be if you back my book. I shall surely do same for you, thanks.

Hello David, I am new on this site. I need backing. Would be glad if you can read my book "Walking in God'd Calling"; non-fiction and probaly read it and comment on it. You cannot imagine how thrilled I would be if you back my book. I shall surely do same for you, thanks.

I think that this book offers some good words about God and Jesus, but they sound just like all the other words others write about. I mean we can read of the many works and miracles that Jesus did and then think of the scientific comparisons and say if the impossible a few years back are now possible thru science can't we make the call for faith in God or Jesus? And to our integrity we have to say but God and Jesus did things and made claims that no amount of comparisons can give towards belief. I'm from Missouri show me! but by the nature of faith to believe in something, (Jesus) we can't see how can we believe in him? by comparisons???No! in fact Even Jesus tells us that: "...no one accepts his testimony. The man who has accepted it has "certified" (proven) that God is truthful." Comparisons are not proof. but there is 'The Way' to prove God is truthful. For Jesus said, "...cast the plank from your own eye FIRST, and THEN you WILL SEE CLEARLY..." IT'S THAT SIMPLE! Perhaps some day this author will see the proof and the form it takes, and then will write another book sharing "The Way" he proved it. Then he will have it. You know a once famous evangelist, wrote: for 25 years I taught others to be born-again and love God in Jesus but then one day a friend caused me to reconsider my beliefs from another viewpoint and I in truth did become born-again and then realized that for 25 years I have been teaching the message of the word when all the time I was missing the spiritual knowledge and was teaching in error." Charles Spurgeon. I too was Born-again and later given the gift of prophecy given to comfort, strengthen and encourage the church...and I saw that the spiritual knowledge is not the commonly given teaching in the church...have faith just believe. No faith is definitely not blind but it's not given to be understood here. Sorry. Perhaps you could humble yourself to listen and meekly accept the engrafted word. It's not so hard..."Repent and Believe!" but not like the church teaches.... J.J.

Love the title of the book . . . It drew me in, and I do see why you chose it! I love what I've read so far, so I will back this book. Congrats! I think you have a winner here.

High 'Heals': Restoring Interrupted Worship

An excellent beginning for a book on the Jesus Way. His way is unique, a fact pointed out in the opening chapter. No other religion makes the claims our Creator makes. Another important fact that is brought out right from the start is that we choose what we want to believe. It is not because Jesus is false and unworthy of our belief.

Written in a clear but thought-provoking style, it will fortify and strengthen believers and stand as a witness for those who are seeking.

Dee Farrell
Warrior Heart

David:
You have my backing!!!

Hi David:
Just started reading your book---not done completely but I loved the way you wrote about Jesus Christ, Our Creator and how the sacrifice of the Cross has brought to us the grace, love, and mercy of the Lord that we did not deserve. Nice job explaining how we are saved by faith---as Paul said in the book of Romans, "we are justified by faith", believing that Jesus Christ is the only Way, Truth, and Life! He took our place on the Cross, paying our debt, as you said, understanding every single one of our pain and situations. Nowadays, very hard to find a book that speaks about His grace and the essence of our salvation--Jesus Christ. Very nice!

Wishing you many blessings!

You present a very articulate explanation of what it means to be saved by faith.

Hi David I read through chapter 7. It is well written with a lot of information.I am curious how you see the sin of eating from the tree of the knowledge of right and wrong? Was it just because God was testing mankind or was it also the nature of the tree itself? It seems to me that in eating from the tree of the knowledge of right and wrong we chose to make our own judgements and to be the captains of our own ships. I often struggled with why we ask Jesus into our hearts in order to begin the relationship with Him. It seems to me that the asking reverses the rebellion in the garden of eden when we made a choice to lean on our own understanding instead of to live in faith, trusting with all of our hearts. Anyway, all of that aside, I am enjoying your book chapter by chapter. Your keen perception of the truths of the Bible shines though it all. Lynne

Hi David, I read your hook and introduction and the first chapter.My book "lost to Found" deals with much of the same types of issues as per your introduction. I see that you have chosen a different way of revealing the truths of the Bible and faith and that is the wonder of books. I will read a little at a time in your book as the first chapter made several points that were new to me. Every book reaches a specific audience and I believe yours will too. thank, and Lynne

Hi there, David. Finally I get to read your book, "Faith LIft." I've wanted to read this for quite some time now, and getting to it has been anticipated. That being said, I should tell you of my thoughts with regard to your book.

Chapter 1: I thought you mention good things here, but it almost felt like I was reading an introduction, or a preface. It is very fast paced, and some of the information you give has a lot more about it that is not said here. I'm sure you don't want to get into all that information, as it could entail a complete other book. It just feels fast paced given the little amount of information about other religions and why one would want to meditate on the Christian ideas in the first place. I like the meditations, but they might seem intrusive at first to the skeptic.
- about the meditation of security and confidence in our salvation... while this certainly is true, if you are addressing skeptics also (which would include Muslims), I think it would be good to also mention that this does not nullify justice. In other words, the skeptic (and most certainly the Muslim) wants to know how a person "gets off the hook" of justice. If you or I do wrong, we should have to pay for our wrong. Therefore, how does Christ's work pay for our wrong, and more so, why are we allowed off the hook, as if we can do what ever we want now? The latter part of that question is the most prominent to answer... You begin to mention this a few meditations down, but it might be good to mention that the point is that we aren't just wiped free from our wrongs so we can go about in a life of sin... it's the Spirit of God who wills in us to do good.

Chapter 2: You mention just a little about Genesis, then you refer to what you mentioned as a summary. Perhaps talk a little more about that event and its significance before calling it a summary. I'm just thinking of the one who is really searching and needs to know why it's so important. By the time to get to how Jesus meets all the expectations, I feel again as though I've been fast forwarded to quickly. I agree with you on what you write about, believe me, my book is written specifically about how Jesus fulfills the Scriptures. It just feels like it moves to fast.

What you have written about is crucial for people to hear. I think that if this was revisited and expounded on more in detail, it would make heads turn. Keep it up and continue pouring your faith, as well as your studies, into it.

God bless and thanks for sharing!
—Jonathan, THINC About It: Attending to Christ in Scripture

Very interesting perspective and certainly thought provoking. I believe this will be guidance and comfort for many so Im shelving it. Well written and unique!

Liz
The Cheech Room

It is only on the sixth day that God declares his creation -- man -- very good. On the previous five days, it is only "good."

i read just one chapter and was captured by the truth of the thought that yes like ninevah we can have strongholds but unless they are God's we will fall , its a truth to continually ponder, am not backing you for reciprocal backing by the way but would like to be read and only if it resonates backed thank you God bless

It is late on Sunday night, and I couldnt sleep, so I came here to browse, and found you. I read the Bible every week, but resolve to put you on my shelf for weekly refreshers. Have read three chapters, and your style and the way you address faith speaks well to me. At this rate, I only have five weeks of reading left. Please add more chapters before they run out?
Jane (Breath of Africa)

hi David,
The meditations are wonderful and resonated with me. I looked down at some of the comments and was rather surprised at how scathing arguments about what one can or cannot say about their God, Christianity, or Religions generally can be. and then i remembered how very sensitive area the conversation of faith has been. there's been much discourse on who has the authority to interpreting God's text. Suffice to say I feel that anyone has a right to share what they believe in their heart to be true, regardless of whether this knowledge was attained in a theological college or whether it was a truth breathed into them from some other source - and it could very well be the 'Holy Spirit.' but i just wanted to say that i think it is great to have people with faith stand up for their faith. and i'm glad to see you take the time to remind us - who easily forget that He is worth having with us now in this our very brief journey on earth.
God bless! kari

David, Isn't our God an awesome God. Here we are two perfect strangers, both writing inspired works, both similar in style and message, yet written fom two different NECESSARY angles. You took the modern day scientific comparision approaach; much needed for those who can't seem to make the correlation, which you did with ease, simplicity and amazingly well. I took the emotional approach for all those who stay away due to pain and circumstances preventing them from understanding that God has His reasons for all things but that He lives within us and all we need do is believe and ask for His understanding and guiding light. I have not finished but needed to stop and comment as I was moved to do so...Backed with Vigor Patricia aka Columbia Layers of the Heart

Confident in his knowledge of sacred scripture, sincere in his beliefs and master of his material, David Kidd's book would sell not only to the converted but attract the attention of seekers after truth and enlightenment. I read Restoring the Faith of the Wanderer (Chapter 14) and found the author's interpretation credible and related to contemporary moral dilemmas and ethical challenges confronting modern society. I found no reason to deter me from deciding that Faith-Lift warrants a high star rating.

Tony Brady - SCENES FROM AN EXAMINED LIFE - Books 1,2 & 3.

I've read the first three chapters. This is bold, clear, and authentic. You have not shied away from the tough truth that the modern secular world finds so difficult. You have obviously thought about this with care. Above all you have listened to your heart and speak to other hearts. In a 'knowledge' economy where we are awash with information, people are experiencing a famine of knowldege of the heart. There is great need for a 'Faith Lift'. Although I do not necessarily agree with every detailed point you make, you have been straight and honest. You are dealing with material that maybe only those with ears can hear.

david, it's so refreshing to read a book that focuses on the beautiful and good. personally, i have a deep love for Christ, whom i refer to as " my Master " in my book, songs of a seeker, and to read your book reinforced that deep connectedness and love.
it's beautifully written, and i've backed it with a high star rating.

David,

I enjoyed your book. You have an honest and direct style, mixed with a little humor, that I thoroughly enjoyed. I have a decent collection of Christian books and if this was published, I would buy it. I recently read all of Daniel, and I have to agree that the timing is in reference to Christ's ministry and death and resurrection. I was doing the math myself and it suddenly made sense to me. It is interesting, though, that at the end of the book of Daniel, what it seems to be describing is what we have commonly understood the rapture to look like. I do not believe much of the hoopla about how the end times will go, since he will come as a thief in the night and we are really only guessing when we try and say this or that will happen. I figure it's just better to live a life where you are always ready and then you don't have to worry about those details. I had to laugh that you choose Elijah and Hosea to talk about, since those stories have spoken to me so much in my life as well. Don't worry about not having big miracles happen to you. Sometimes there are little miracles in everyday life - if we just look. It depends on our perspectives - and learning to listen to the small, still voice. Good luck with your writing and I hope it will someday be on the bookshelves so that many others can read it.

Best Wishes,
Zonda

The pitch was appealing so I came to read. I am so pleased I did and have plenty of things to ponder now.

Blessings, - E

David,

I have to say that I was not all that inspired by your book. When I got past all the literary issues I found issue with much of the content. Some have commented that you seem to know your bible. My feeling is the opposite. You seem to have a very strong folk theology but not much academics. For example: Only a literal reading of Genesis would feed into a statement that God created the earth in six days and rested on the seventh. This demonstrates a lack of understanding ancient Israel and the Jewish literary convention. The Christian scripture is a theodicy. It is a book intended to tell man something about God through narrative. It is highly symbolic and borrows heavily from the surrounding cultures. For early Jews numbers were important. The number seven meant "fullness" or "completion". With regards to Genesis, the writer was saying that in the fullness of time God created all things. The message is simply that God, and no other force, created all things. The intention is not to say that God was so fast he only took six days and therefore he is so powerful.
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I would say that most uneducated Christian, or anyone else for that matter, this book would may resonate. By "uneducated" I specifically mean in Theology and Ancient Israel.
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I would back this book but I can not. Your intentions are clearly good but your own understanding of the subject is highly limited, colloquial, and misleading.
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To this day Jewish scholars hold a more realistic view of God. God as a force, personified only for the sake of literary expression, fits better with quantum physics, and everything else we have learnt about the universe and everything in it.
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I do wish you luck.
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Jason
Gateway to the World of Light and Shadow

Christian novels are always worth support. I will read. Can God atone for the sins of non-Christians and provide Salvation?
Tom Balderston
The Wonder of Terra

Faith-lift - . . .
Backed with pleasure
Lenny Harry
(Like a dot on the horizon)

Dear David,
I like your phrase "faith lift" - very creative! Your pitch is really good too.

BACKED
Elizabeth Wolfe (MEMORIES OF GLORY)

David. I read ch. 1,2, 5 and 8. I would say this has some excellent thought inpiring chapters. I always feel that the mainstream press ignore this type of thought provoking book. But you have expressed the ideas in a more open and everyday way we can all link with. Best of luck. Backed with sincerity.
You may appreciate my childrens book, written in the same vain, in the beleif that children don't want to be surrounded by the excesses of the modern world at the ages of 5 to 8. Interested in your views / critisisms or backing.
Jerry - paperbat

Very good book. I totally agree with it. Backed it.

Take care. Sana
http://sanaedoja.wordpress.com/home-page-my-book-called-knowing-god/