Jordan's Crossing: A Novel [Paperback]

From Pastor to Vigilante,
One Father's Crippling Quest for Justice

Motivated by money, liberal pastor Jordan Rau accepts a position with a European mission organization and moves his reluctant family to Germany. But his dreams of a better life are soon shattered when his teenage son is brutally murdered.

Let down by his reason-faith, Jordan's life is now driven by one purpose--revenge.

Consumed by hatred for his son's killers, Jordan's global pursuit of retaliation sets him on a course that will destroy the lives of everyone involved, including the remnants of his family. Only a miracle can stop him.

Randall Arthur confronts the difficult issues surrounding liberal Christianity in a suspenseful and action-packed saga that offers healing to those affected by liberalism in the church.RANDALL ARTHURserved as a missionary in Europe for thirty-three years. He and his wife, Sherri, have planted churches in Oslo, Munich, and Berlin. As the current European Outreach Minister for a nondenominational mission organization, he recruits, trains, and leads short-term mission teams to work alongside evangelical churches throughout the European continent. He is also author ofWisdom HunterandBrotherhood of Betrayal.Part 1
1991
 
 
Chapter 1
 
In a lower-class Chicago high-rise, Ricardo Alvarez jabbed the switchblade into his desktop, gouging out splintered chunks of pine and flicking them onto the floor. He hoped his mother would come into his room at any second, see what he was doing, and start yelling at him.
 
He gripped the switchblade tighter. Let her yell. It would give him an excuse to scream and curse right back at her. She had just informed him that she was going to marry the
crew-cut, nonsmiling Special Forces soldier she had been dating.
 
At the thought of it, Ricardo plunged the knife again, prying loose a silver-dollar-sized piece of wood. l-