Justus A. Platt's Blog
March 26, 2017
Welcome to my Blog!Hello Readers,You have taken a risk in...
Welcome to my Blog!Hello Readers,
You have taken a risk in visiting my blog. I hope not to disappoint you. There isn't really anything special about this site, just personal thoughts of mine that I occasionally wish to share with you. My purpose is to encourage you to grow in holiness as a servant of the King.Who am I? Just a wretched, worthless worm, whom God has redeemed and called to serve Him until the end of my days and beyond. Theologically, I am dispensationial premillennial presuppositionian Calvinist Baptist. Politically, I'm a libertarian social conservative. My hobbies include reading, studying history, theology, philosophy, spending time with friends, and analyzing historical films.For now, I hope you will blessed by this work, and will continue you read.Soli Deo Gloria,J. A. Platt
You have taken a risk in visiting my blog. I hope not to disappoint you. There isn't really anything special about this site, just personal thoughts of mine that I occasionally wish to share with you. My purpose is to encourage you to grow in holiness as a servant of the King.Who am I? Just a wretched, worthless worm, whom God has redeemed and called to serve Him until the end of my days and beyond. Theologically, I am dispensationial premillennial presuppositionian Calvinist Baptist. Politically, I'm a libertarian social conservative. My hobbies include reading, studying history, theology, philosophy, spending time with friends, and analyzing historical films.For now, I hope you will blessed by this work, and will continue you read.Soli Deo Gloria,J. A. Platt
July 27, 2015
Top Ten Lists of Favorite Books (Besides the Bible)... .....
Top Ten Lists of Favorite Books (Besides the Bible)... ...With a Few Movies Too
Every writer must be a reader, a picky reader, only using up his precious time on the best of books. Of course, the very Best of Books is the Bible, wherein is given all we need for life and godliness. Yet we can also learn valuable truths from fellow men. None of these books are perfect and I always quibble with something in these writings. Yet since these lists are my favorite, they are also my top recommen...
Every writer must be a reader, a picky reader, only using up his precious time on the best of books. Of course, the very Best of Books is the Bible, wherein is given all we need for life and godliness. Yet we can also learn valuable truths from fellow men. None of these books are perfect and I always quibble with something in these writings. Yet since these lists are my favorite, they are also my top recommen...
July 16, 2015
His Father's Command - Available for Purchase!My novel is...
His Father's Command - Available for Purchase!
My novel is finally out! Purchase on Amazon or email me at hentyreader@gmail.com to buy a signed copy. If you have read the book, please leave a review on Amazon, GoodReads, or comment below!
&n...
My novel is finally out! Purchase on Amazon or email me at hentyreader@gmail.com to buy a signed copy. If you have read the book, please leave a review on Amazon, GoodReads, or comment below!&n...
June 4, 2015
The Holiness of God - Quotes I'm currently rereading...
The Holiness of God - Quotes
I'm currently rereading one of the best books I have studied in-depth. WOW! No wonder The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul is considered a modern classic!
Read it! Buy it! Share it! You won't regret it!
Quotes:
“Sin is cosmic treason. Sin is treason against a perfectly pure Sovereign. It is an act of supreme ingratitude toward the One to whom we owe everything, to the One who has given us life itself. Have you ever considered the deeper implications of the slight...
I'm currently rereading one of the best books I have studied in-depth. WOW! No wonder The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul is considered a modern classic!Read it! Buy it! Share it! You won't regret it!
Quotes:
“Sin is cosmic treason. Sin is treason against a perfectly pure Sovereign. It is an act of supreme ingratitude toward the One to whom we owe everything, to the One who has given us life itself. Have you ever considered the deeper implications of the slight...
May 7, 2015
My Current Writing Projects and IdeasProjectsFormatting a...
My Current Writing Projects and IdeasProjectsFormatting and Publishing His Father's Command. Info here.Writing prequel to His Father's Command ( yet unnamed). Plotting last novel in Quest of Faith trilogy.Future Ideas (No particular order)Trilogy on the Waldensians.Trilogy on the Boer War.WW1 novel.Collection of short war-mysteries. (Set in Victorian Britain Army).Novel on the Shackleton Expedition.Modern warfare novel.Non-fiction work on battles throughout history from a Christian pers...
April 27, 2015
Cover Reveal - Grace Triumphant by Alicia A. WillisI'm ho...
Cover Reveal - Grace Triumphant by Alicia A. WillisI'm honored to participate in the cover reveal of talented author Alicia Willis's new historical fiction novel, Grace Triumphant. I have read most of her previous works, and her novel, From the Dark to the Dawn, is the best fiction book I have read this year, and Grace Triumphant looks like it will be as powerful as From the Dark to the Dawn. Coming November 2015. I can't wait.
Synopsis
Profligate London, 1788. Slave ships haunt the seas,...
Synopsis
Profligate London, 1788. Slave ships haunt the seas,...
April 26, 2015
The Men of Grit Series: The Boy Colonel, Brother at Arms,...
The Men of Grit Series: The Boy Colonel, Brother at Arms, and Secret of the Lost Settlement
The Men of Grit Series are my all-time favorite fiction books. Period.
Battles, fist-fights, buried Inca treasure, secrets, lost settlements, Ancient Romans, Pacific islands, humor, wit, originality, solid Biblical teaching, and of course, the inescapable romance (Grrr), and more fill these books. What more do you ask for? (Except maybe a break from romance?)
The Boy Colonel
The first in the series, The Bo...
The Men of Grit Series are my all-time favorite fiction books. Period.
Battles, fist-fights, buried Inca treasure, secrets, lost settlements, Ancient Romans, Pacific islands, humor, wit, originality, solid Biblical teaching, and of course, the inescapable romance (Grrr), and more fill these books. What more do you ask for? (Except maybe a break from romance?)
The Boy Colonel
The first in the series, The Bo...
April 13, 2015
His Father's Command - Sneak Peek!Some of my readers have...
His Father's Command - Sneak Peek!Some of my readers have begged to get a taste of my up-coming historical fiction novel, His Father's Command: A Tale in the Times of Wycliffe and Tamerlane. In reward of your patience, here is the first chapter to the book! More chapters are coming soon! Enjoy!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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March 25, 2015
Cover Reveal - His Father's CommandHello all,BIG An...
Cover Reveal - His Father's Command
Hello all,
BIG Announcement! After a year-and-half of near incessant work, my novel is nearing publication. For all those who have been waiting, it's here My cover is out! Have a look! Here's the synopsis and an gracious endorsement by my one-of-a-kind editor!
Sir Arthur Gifford wants nothing more than to honor his beloved father by serving him as his helper on his Middle Eastern lands. But, one unexpected day, he is awakened to witness his father’s trag...
Hello all,
BIG Announcement! After a year-and-half of near incessant work, my novel is nearing publication. For all those who have been waiting, it's here My cover is out! Have a look! Here's the synopsis and an gracious endorsement by my one-of-a-kind editor!
Sir Arthur Gifford wants nothing more than to honor his beloved father by serving him as his helper on his Middle Eastern lands. But, one unexpected day, he is awakened to witness his father’s trag...
March 20, 2015
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for LifeBy Joel Beeke and Ma...
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for LifeBy Joel Beeke and Mark Jones
Out of all your books in your personal library, which one is your most prized possession?
I hope, as fellow Christians, your answer is the Holy Bible. But your second? Mine, the treasure of my bookcase, is the massive systematic theology tome, A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life by Reformed theologians Joel Beeke and Mark Jones.
But a question may nag you as you read the previous statement: why would a adventure-lovi...
