Ruling in Babylon

I'm as joyful as jello to see the bigoted people Gile's book has riled. Ruling in Babylon is packed with obvious truth that Christian haters must overlook to maintain their ridiculous lifestyles. Gile's book is like an healthful apéritif before one begins the difficult task of introspection and change.

In his book, Doug Giles has presented a lot of ideas (not new ones by any means) that the "bien-pensants" of the American intellectual elite, committed to nothing more than their own moral "self-gratification", will truly hate, but which everyone, not simply "twenty somethings", will profit by hearing, even if not for the first time. Someone once said that every generation must rediscover truths for themselves, and Mr. Giles, in helping young people to rediscover the truths transcendant of the boundaries of time and culture shows that, indeed, there is nothing new under the sun, and, happily, many of those "non-new" things are very good indeed. Like a happy warrior, Mr. Giles takes up his sword of truth happily and gladly and never descends to launching self-righteous jeremaiads, something this work, in the hands of someone with less insight or sympathy for the human condition, might easily (and pessimisticaly) have done.This is a wonderful book, and folk like Mr. Giles, content to swim against the tide of self-destructiveness so tightly embraced by the "best" people of our society, gives me hope for the future and for the next generation.

Great motivation. This book gave me a will to persevere, no matter the circumstances.

Doug Giles graphically uses the Biblical example of young Daniel and his 20-something friends when they led the reformation of Nebuchadnezzar's corrupted Babylon, to inspire young adults to become active in their communities. Through compassionate understanding of today's overwhelmingly secular environment, Giles seeks to turn a general lack of interest in the world around them into action, as he demonstrates how today's 20-somethings can make a real difference.There is nothing "political" about this book, and Giles does not even suggest a link between Jesus Christ and George W. Bush [whose name is never mentioned]. It is clear that Rosemary Schaffer [aka rosemaryfrmn] has not bothered to read "Ruling in Babylon", and for reasons only she knows, has decided to trash an honest attempt by an unabashed Christian to motivate today's youth. As a long time journalist and former diplomat, her billingsgate-filled screed sadly reminds me of equally twisted commentatary from the likes of Bryant Gumbel, Al Franken and Michael Moore. One wonders what possibly could have inspired Rosemary's slanderous hit job ... or who put her up to it."Ruling in Babylon" is written by a committed, passionate pastor and succeeds in its worthy objective.

Doug Giles has truly created a masterpiece that will be effective in equipping Christians for action, for many years to come! This book has definitly waken me up to my apathy and slack-marred life, and caused me to seek God with all of my mind. Doug tackles everything from self-righteous Phariseeism to reading, and brings it all under the Lordship of Christ. You have GOT to get this quick-read if you're at all interested changing this world, instead of complaining and hoping to escape from this world!