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The Arm of God
OF ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, only one fails to seize the land apportioned to them by God at Shiloh. When key families of the tribe of Dan abandon their promised land and migrate north, Eri ben Helek remains behind, pledging to lead his tribe and claim God’s will for his people. Arrayed against them is the mighty Philistine Pentapolis with walled cities, iron weapons and chariots, and armored soldiers outnumbering them a hundred to one.
FOLLOW THE INTREPID DANITE SOLDIERS as they make daring raids on a Philistine armory, suffer reprisals by the ruthless Seren of Ashdod, march into battle with the Ark of the Covenant, and witness the exploits of the legendary Samson that thrust the tiny village of Zorah into an epic underdog battle for their very existence.
THE ARM OF GOD is a biblical adventure of personal faith, ruthless ambition, merciless revenge, seduction, betrayal, and supreme courage.
TO FIND GOD'S WILL, YOU MUST EMBRACE THE WHIRLWIND
FOLLOW THE INTREPID DANITE SOLDIERS as they make daring raids on a Philistine armory, suffer reprisals by the ruthless Seren of Ashdod, march into battle with the Ark of the Covenant, and witness the exploits of the legendary Samson that thrust the tiny village of Zorah into an epic underdog battle for their very existence.
THE ARM OF GOD is a biblical adventure of personal faith, ruthless ambition, merciless revenge, seduction, betrayal, and supreme courage.
TO FIND GOD'S WILL, YOU MUST EMBRACE THE WHIRLWIND
451 pages, Paperback
First published March 26, 2014
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About the author
Jack Cavanaugh
36 books154 followersJack Cavanaugh is an award-winning, full-time freelance author with twenty-five published novels to his credit. His nine-volume American Family Portrait series spans the history of a nation from 1630 to the present and is still in print nearly fifteen years following its release.
A student of the novel for more than a quarter of a century, Jack takes his craft seriously, continuing to study and teach at Christian writers conferences. He is the former pastor of three churches in San Diego County and draws upon his theological background for the spiritual elements of his plots and characters.
His novels have been translated into a dozen foreign languages, largely because of the universal scope of his topics. Jack has not only written about American history, but about South Africa, banned English Bibles, German Christians in the days of Hitler and Communism, revivals in America, and angelic warfare.
Jack’s current writing schedule includes motion picture screenplays and e-book serial fiction with Internet distribution. His novel Death Watch has been optioned to be made into a motion picture by Out Cold Entertainment, Inc.
Jack has three grown children and lives with his wife in Southern California.
AWARDS
• Silver Medallion Award (1995), Christian Booksellers Association
• Christy Award (2002, 2003), Excellence in Christian Fiction
• Silver Angel Award (2002), Excellence in Media
• Gold Medal, Best Historical (2001), ForeWord Magazine
• Best Historical Novel (1994), San Diego Literary Society
• Best Novel (1995, 1996, 2005), San Diego Christian Writers Guild
A student of the novel for more than a quarter of a century, Jack takes his craft seriously, continuing to study and teach at Christian writers conferences. He is the former pastor of three churches in San Diego County and draws upon his theological background for the spiritual elements of his plots and characters.
His novels have been translated into a dozen foreign languages, largely because of the universal scope of his topics. Jack has not only written about American history, but about South Africa, banned English Bibles, German Christians in the days of Hitler and Communism, revivals in America, and angelic warfare.
Jack’s current writing schedule includes motion picture screenplays and e-book serial fiction with Internet distribution. His novel Death Watch has been optioned to be made into a motion picture by Out Cold Entertainment, Inc.
Jack has three grown children and lives with his wife in Southern California.
AWARDS
• Silver Medallion Award (1995), Christian Booksellers Association
• Christy Award (2002, 2003), Excellence in Christian Fiction
• Silver Angel Award (2002), Excellence in Media
• Gold Medal, Best Historical (2001), ForeWord Magazine
• Best Historical Novel (1994), San Diego Literary Society
• Best Novel (1995, 1996, 2005), San Diego Christian Writers Guild
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May 11, 2014
What a fantastic book. I had a hard time putting it down! I felt like I was transported back in time to when the tribe of Dan had yet to conquer the land apportioned to them by God. Fighting against them were the Philistines. Word of warning, because the Philistines were such evil and cruel people, this was not always an easy book to read.
I laughed and in some places cried as I read "The Arm of God." I got a chance to fall in love with the main characters and came to really dislike the Philistines. This book pulled me into the scriptures and I caught myself reading the Bible to cross check how closely to scripture Mr. Cavanaugh's account was to what we know from the Bible. I am normally extremely critical of Biblical fiction as often the books contradict scripture. While obviously certain liberties were taken since we don't have a complete account of everything that happened back then, Mr. Cavanaugh stayed true to what we do know from the Bible and it was very apparent he did his research.
This book is a chance to meet Eli and Samuel, Samson and Delilah and the Tribe of Dan. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and was sad when it ended. And I have added Jack Cavanaugh's other books to my list of "want to reads".
I laughed and in some places cried as I read "The Arm of God." I got a chance to fall in love with the main characters and came to really dislike the Philistines. This book pulled me into the scriptures and I caught myself reading the Bible to cross check how closely to scripture Mr. Cavanaugh's account was to what we know from the Bible. I am normally extremely critical of Biblical fiction as often the books contradict scripture. While obviously certain liberties were taken since we don't have a complete account of everything that happened back then, Mr. Cavanaugh stayed true to what we do know from the Bible and it was very apparent he did his research.
This book is a chance to meet Eli and Samuel, Samson and Delilah and the Tribe of Dan. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and was sad when it ended. And I have added Jack Cavanaugh's other books to my list of "want to reads".
February 6, 2023
great story-telling
At first I wasn’t sure I liked it. Samson - running away? didn’t fit my picture of this Judge… but part of great story-telling is making your characters live. Thanks for making Samson - and the Israelites and Philistines of his day - live for me!
At first I wasn’t sure I liked it. Samson - running away? didn’t fit my picture of this Judge… but part of great story-telling is making your characters live. Thanks for making Samson - and the Israelites and Philistines of his day - live for me!
September 20, 2019
Jewell
Great writing as usual from Jack Kavangh. Really holds your interest to the point you.don't want to put it down.
Great writing as usual from Jack Kavangh. Really holds your interest to the point you.don't want to put it down.
February 9, 2017
A truly wonderful story about Samson that has given me a completely different way to think about his role in mankind's history. I love works of biblical fiction that make me rethink about these character's seeing them as more real. Does that make sense? This was also a reminder to me of what a wonderful author Mr. Cavanaugh is. I read his Emerald Ballad series a number of years ago and still remember how talented he is at bringing his stories to life making me have to remind myself they are works of fiction. I definitely recommend this book and all of his books to everyone!
November 25, 2014
Great book!! Love all of Jack Cavanaugh's books! Am sure hoping this one will turn into a series!!!
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