It’s a Crazy World out There!

By Joe T. A. Nwokoye

“An eye opener of a book.”

MARVIN ANDREWS

Ex-Professional Footballer For

Raith Rovers, Livingston and

Glasgow Rangers Clubs-Scotland.

This book is about life in general, about the day-to-day occurrences in our streets, and on how to overcome the tragedies of our day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973647485

Joe T. A. Nwokoye

Dr. Joe T. A. Nwokoye, born and bred in Nigeria, migrated to United Kingdom in 1986. He is the founder and general overseer of Zion Praise Centre International Inc. churches, the president and founder of Zion Foundation and Zion Bible Institute, a counsellor, and an international motivational speaker who travels extensively. He is also the author of God Will Do It For You and Time Bombs Are Ticking In UK. He resides with his family in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018914265

WestBow Press rev. date: 01/04/2019

I bow and worship you, God Almighty, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit for the abundant life, mercy, and love you are showing to me. All the glory and praise are yours alone.

To my children Joel, Jethro, Joseph, Jessica, and JoAnne—you are gifts from God, and I am very proud to be your father. I also dedicate this work to all the children who have been taken away prematurely from their families by this crazy world and who will therefore never be able to fulfil their dreams and potential.

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1     What Motivates Hatred in the World

Chapter 2     Just and Unjust Wars

Chapter 3     Terrorism in the World

Chapter 4     Corruption—The World Epidemic

Chapter 5     The Great Countries—G8 and G20

Chapter 6     The Refugee Influx in Europe

Chapter 7     United Kingdom Referendum—2016 (Brexit)

Chapter 8     An Act of God?

Chapter 9     The Injustice in Our World

Chapter 10   The Last Chance

Chapter 11   The World Financial Industry

Chapter 12   Christianity and Politics

Chapter 13   President Donald Trump and Nuclear Weapons

Chapter 14   Can Lasting Peace Be Signed?

Foreword

I want to tell you about my Idaho home. God has blessed my wife, Liz, and I with a beautiful home in North Central Idaho. From our front porch, looking north, we have an unobstructed view toward the city of Lewiston, the town closest to us, about fifteen miles away. At night, when the lights of Lewiston shine in the distance, it is a sight that always seems to bring a smile to my face. Looking out our windows to the west, we look into Hells Canyon and beyond to neighboring Washington State. The most gorgeous sunsets I have ever witnessed I have seen from our house, looking west over this magnificent canyon. To the south of our house is the mountain. Not another house in sight. Just a mountainside full of trees and brush—and deer. Lots of deer. One of our favorite pastimes is feeding apples to the deer that readily jump over the fence into our yard for their apple treats. In short, where we live is our own piece of heaven on earth. We are truly blessed!

But, to present a complete and honest picture of our home and land, I need to mention the rattlesnakes. Yes, rattlesnakes. I’ve had to kill several on our property and have seen as many more that were able to get away from me before I could dispose of them. In the midst of this God-given, idyllic setting—rattlesnakes. Needless to say, we are always watchful anytime we are outside on our property. And, Liz and I both have snake-proof boots that we wear outside during the height of rattlesnake season, which comes during the warm summer months. While neither of us has actually had them tested, these knee-high boots are supposed to repel snake bites. Knowing this allows us to walk in faith and with confidence when we go for a walkabout on our land.

Pastor Joe Nwokoye is our friend and brother from Africa. He is well travelled, was raised in Nigeria, and resides in Scotland in the United Kingdom. He is qualified to write such a great book about the dangerous world we are living in.

But, just like my beautiful Idaho home has its share of rattlesnakes, our beautiful earthly home has its own dangers and pitfalls as well. In this book, Pastor Joe explores some of the craziness—that is, the rattlesnakes, if you will—that can make this otherwise idyllic world dreadfully dangerous at times. Hatred, evil, war, terrorism … The list of rattlesnakes in our world, which we must be aware of each and every day, goes on and on.

So, what do we do? Are we to cower inside of our homes so we can avoid the rattlesnakes—the evils of the world? Not at all! Jesus has directed us, his disciples, to go out to all parts of this world in which we live. Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8 NIV). We are called to go to the farthest reaches of our world. But, just as my wife and I wear snake boots in order to walk confidently around on our small piece of property, we all need to prepare ourselves to face—and conquer—the evils that await us in our world. In Ephesians 6:10–18 Paul admonishes us to be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power and to put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes (NIV). He goes on in this passage to outline exactly what he is talking about when he refers to the full armor of God. The bottom line is that we must be prepared! And we need more than just snake boots! It is essential that we dress ourselves daily in the spiritual armor that Paul advises that we wear for protection.

Paul closes out this section of scripture with the phrase, be alert. This book will enable all who read it to be more alert—more prepared—to face the