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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Seventh Dimension Series Bundle Now Available on Amazon


The Seventh Dimension Series Full Box Set includes The Door, The King, The Castle, The City, The Prescience, and The Howling. The Seventh Dimension Series has won over thirty book awards.

“Time is an illusion until God’s appointed time,” is the major theme based on A.W. Tozer’s quote in The Pursuit of God: “A spiritual kingdom lies all about us, enclosing us, embracing us, altogether within reach of our inner selves, waiting for us to recognize it. God Himself is here waiting our response to His Presence. This eternal world will come alive to us the moment we begin to reckon upon its reality.”

The two young protagonists, Shale Snyder, an American, and Daniel Sperling, an Israeli, meet in the seventh dimension—a reality outside of time. Their love for each other is conflicted over their opposing spiritual beliefs that seem irreconcilable. The story covers many years as the young couple matures. The sixth book, The Howling, culminates with Biblical revelations concerning the future, Daniel’s missing father, and a startling surprise.

Allegory, foreshadowing, and symbolism are woven into the Seventh Dimension Series, and the heroism of the two protagonists is meant to inspire the reader.

Love and forgiveness are virtues that both protagonists must learn. The Seventh Dimension Series begins in Atlanta, Georgia, but quickly moves to Israel. The reader soon finds himself immersed in the first century, and stories from the life of Jesus Christ intersect the story plot outside of time. As the reader progresses through the books, he is exposed to many religions and worldviews including Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism; and the young couple makes a memorable trip to heaven and hell.

Many relevant topics are addressed that young adults will have explored in school, among friends, or been exposed to through the media—evolution versus creationism, globalism versus nationalism, socialism versus capitalism, adoption versus abortion, and Christianity versus occultism. Spiritual warfare is a recurring theme, and there are talking animals, special gifts, and much more that I will let the reader discover for himself.

The protagonists are coming-of-age young adults, taken via supernatural stargates into the violent, unpredictable world of the seventh dimension. While I wrote this series for young adults, all readers will enjoy the deeper, profound truths that can only be learned from a life well-lived. 


An unexamined life can squander the opportunity to be redeemed. What a waste. My goal is to make the reader think, ask questions, and consider the most important question of all—where will he spend eternity? As noted above, the theme of the Seventh Dimension Series is: “Time is an illusion until God’s appointed time.” You may not have tomorrow. You only have today, this hour, this moment, this second…

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Book Review by Lorilyn Roberts of "A Violent Light," by Jim Baton


After reading the first two books in the Peace Trilogy Series, I couldn’t wait to read A Violent Light.  Sometimes when you immensely enjoy the first two books in a trilogy, you are disappointed in the final book, but A Violent Light is Jim Baton’s best writing of all three books in the series.

Mr. Baton has been an advocate for peace between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia for many years, and his first two books in the Peace Trilogy Series focus on that part of the world. So I was quite surprised AND DELIGHTED when I discovered A Violent Light takes place in my little corner of the United States—Atlanta, Georgia, and the North Georgia Mountains. I lived in Atlanta from age 4 to 22, and spent many summers in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains attending Girl Scout Camp.



The story grabbed my attention from page one. I was reminded that many people in America oppose all Muslims because of radical Islam, without recognizing that some “Christian cult groups” are as dangerous and as unacceptable as is radical Islam. Not only that, but A Violent Light, vividly displays what happens when “wrong thinking” takes over. 

Hate-filled propaganda will never build bridges. We need to pray for all those who have developed that kind of carnal enmity and who are entrenched in such diabolical thinking. Ignorance and arrogance lead to unachievable dialog.


The eye-opening plot of A Violent Light is riveting and suspenseful. The reader will be confronted with uncomfortable questions concerning relations between Christians and Muslims. I was terrified at times; yet, I could not put this book down. I read it in only two or three sittings.


I highly recommend everyone read A Violent Light if for no other reason than to bring illumination to how God’s Word can be twisted and perverted. 



Only through Jesus Christ can true reconciliation happen. If you want a suspense-filled book that is cutting edge in religious fiction, I highly recommend A Violent Light.

Monday, December 19, 2016

"A Way Out of Hell," by Jim Baton - Book Review by Lorilyn Roberts




A Way Out of Hell by Jim Baton is the second book in the Peace Trilogy Series and picks up where Someone Has to Die left off.

As an American attempting to understand Islam, the series has helped me to understand a side of Islam that is often overlooked: Muslims are people just like me, trying to raise their families, pay their bills, and worship according to their beliefs. A Way Out of Hell shows that radical Islamic groups like ISIS are as much a threat to Muslim society as they are to Christians and Jews.

Can Christians and Muslims live side by side, respect each others' beliefs, share each others' hopes, and even pray together? Philippians 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 

In a world where there is so little love, so little hope, and so little tolerance, maybe this series offers a glimpse of what is possible. I have many personal questions after reading the first two books. For example, can I love that much? 

In my heart, I want to show Muslims the love of Christ. Jesus Christ died for them too, but before we can expect Muslims to listen to us, or to me, we must love them first. Earn their friendship. I remind myself, Jesus loves Muslims more than I ever could because He loves perfectly. 

Our best ability to love will never be like Jesus Christ, but if we commit our minds and hearts to trying, will that not please our heavenly Father? John 13:35 says: By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

The Peace Trilogy Series has shown me some things that aren't always obvious at first. Perhaps one reason why Jesus Christ taught using parables is because stories teach us things we can't learn any other way. When we read stories, we develop an intimacy with the characters. We feel their emotions. 

The scholarship of a nonfiction book remains in the intellect. Stories reach the heart. Love, hate, hopelessness, and redemption, I felt all those emotions in the Peace Trilogy Series. I even felt pity for the antagonists who had become radicalizedThey were misled, perhaps demonically possessed in one instance, but they still had souls. They weren't beyond redemption.  



It only takes one person to make a difference, to bring peace to a village, a community, a school, or a country, and the Peace Trilogy Series provides an example of how reconciliation is possible. I look forward to reading the third and final book in the series, A Violent Light.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sexual Addiction and the Church: It's Time to Start Talking about It


Guest Post by S'ambrosia Curtis 



While attending Kansas State University, I was involved in leadership with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. We were a fairly small group compared to some of the more popular campus ministries, but we were a pretty tight-knit group of peculiar people, which is what kept me around for so many years. I loved the bonds we had developed. One night during our large group meeting, there was a young man that felt led to come forward and share with the group that he had secretly been struggling with pornography and masturbation. As he stood before us, shoulders sagging and eyes cast downward, my first inclination was not to throw stones at him, but to pray for him. As soon as he finished sharing his heart with the group, the consensus among the girls was to not only gather around this brother, but to gather around all of the males in our fellowship and pray for them. In the subsequent weeks following that night, other guys came forward to confess their struggle with pornography, and eventually an accountability group was developed to where the guys could meet on a weekly basis and challenge one another in this area.

That night remains one of the most influential moments in my life, because eventually it led me to the same point of confession.

What about the Women?

Unfortunately, though there was an ongoing support group for men in our chapter, the question of whether or not the women needed an accountability group for sexual addiction never even came up. We fully supported the guys and prayed for their accountability meetings, but none of us girls ever once mentioned our personal struggles with it. When I finally came forward a few years later and confessed, a few girls from the chapter messaged me and told me that they had struggled with it too, but they never mentioned it because they thought they were the only one. Never would they have guessed that the majority of the girls in the room had the exact same problem they were struggling to overcome. All that time, we could have put the enemy to flight entirely on this matter in our chapter, but because of fear, we all remained silent.

Confess and Be Healed

Many women within the church are facing the same issue. Because church has become a place where people feel as though they always have to wear their best face, it is extremely difficult for anyone to let the frailty of their humanity show. In James 5:16 we’re told to confess our sins to one another and pray for each other so that we may be healed. If our churches aren’t providing the kind of atmosphere where people feel free to do this, we’re doing something terribly wrong. The entirety of what Jesus preached and what He walked out while He was on the earth was love God and love others. This kind of love goes beyond merely greeting your brother or sister in Christ Sunday morning and asking generic questions about their life. This kind of love knows very well the weaknesses of others, but chooses to delve into the nitty-gritty parts of relationship for the sake of seeing people set free. The greatest love of all had the power to set us free from sin, so you can imagine the power we can walk in as a Body if we allow Christ to love through us. This kind of love can cover a multitude of sins. The Church needs to learn to demonstrate that kind of love.

Just as this particular student knew that he would be safe if he shared a very personal issue with our community group, people need to know that they have a supportive body that they can be vulnerable with. No one likes rejection, so we must do our best as a Body to ensure that people don’t expect rejection when they come into church with a burden weighing heavily on their soul. Confession will not happen unless people are convinced that the problem won’t be compounded in the process of seeking help.

Strength in Numbers

Accountability is one of the most blessed aspects of being a part of a church. It can be maintained through a single partnership or within a group setting. Not every church provides, or is able to provide, a group setting for accountability, so if you find yourself needing some James 5:16 people to surround yourself with, I would encourage you to visit with a trusted woman from your church, a counselor, or your pastor. Share your struggle with them and as you begin to experience freedom, reach out to someone else. Talk to your pastor about starting a group within the women's ministry. Yes, this is a touchy subject, especially for people in the church, and you may not receive a resounding "yes" when you first step out there, but sexual addiction is also a major stronghold in the church that is causing multitudes of people suffer in silence, so someone has to speak up and spearhead a campaign to completely demolish the enemy’s plans for keeping us in bondage!

When I finally came forward and confessed my addiction, so many other women came forward to confess, and it eventually led to connections with young girls and women from all over the States and even overseas for me to support and keep accountable, as well as the opportunity to co-author a book on the topic to help others. Who knows what kinds of opportunities the Lord has in store for you and your church when you take your own leap of faith!




S'ambrosia Curtis is a graduate from Kansas State University, where she served on an InterVarsity leadership team for three years and developed a love for God and a heart for His people. She currently teaches English and sociology to middle and high school students at Salina Christian Academy and leads worship at NorthPoint Church in Salina, KS. Her main objective for whatever she puts her hand to, is to bring glory to the name of Christ, that He may receive the reward of His suffering.

S'ambrosia co-authored the book, "A Christian Woman's Guide to Breaking Free From Pornography:  It's Not Just a Guy's Problem" with Shelley Hitz.  During their book launch on 9/26/12-9/27/12, you can download a free Kindle copy and also enter to win over $450 worth of resources.  Find out more at www.ChristianWomenandPorn.com