162 - Christian Entertainment w/ Ryan Gerard

Summary: Ryan Gerard wrote “The Baptist – Part One; Judge’s Genesis,” s futuristic, science-fiction book that takes a look at the spiritual chess match going on behind the scenes of real life, centering around a Baltimore cop. We talk about this project, we discuss Christian entertainment in general and think through whether making art exclusively for Christians is a worthwhile endeavor. Here’s a summary of his first book in a series called “The Baptist.” In the year 2041, the world has become a worse place than we could imagine. On the brink of war, the world is on the verge of actually seeing time travel achieved in order to fix all the mistakes we've made. But, Baltimore cop, John Revele is lost inside the human condition. His passion for retribution of the innocent drives him to madness as he realizes there is not much he can do within the law. Outside of it is a different story all together. He rises up to battle evil on the streets in a vigilante blitz, but he learns that more is going on in the spectrum of good and evil then he realized. Supernatural forces are at play and God and the devil have made an arrangement for the souls of humanity. From street thugs, to mob kingpins, sex traffickers, and demonic forces, Revele brings his fight full force, but only to realize there is a much bigger war going on. In the face of evil--true evil--he will have to defeat his greatest nemesis--himself--in order to truly be ready for the next stage of the fight... www.baptistbookproject.com