Book Review: How Do You Kill 11 Million People?

I will start off by saying that Andy Andrews has definitely come up with a title that causes you to take notice!  I received a free copy of Andy Andrews’ How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than you Think through a giveaway on Michael Hyatt’s blog.  As a Christian school administrator, I am grateful that Andrews had the courage to write this book and reveal how far our nation has come from it’s original foundation and purpose.  Our goal at North Cobb Christian School is to train our students to look at everything through the lens of the truth of God’s Word.  This book is a quick read, but it poses a lot of great questions to consider.  I highlighted several things while reading and posted some of those notes below…

  • Where do we begin to find common ground in regard to what we want (or don’t want) for the future of America?
  • Is is possible to write something that doesn’t use the words Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, yet conveys a message with which everyone could agree?
  • Can it be written in a concise fashion allowing anyone to read it, clearly understand the message, and be empowered in less than fifteen minutes?
  • The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. -Plato
  • Should we be more careful students of the events and decisions that have shaped the lives and nations of those who have gone before us?
  • In terms of why we do what we do, how we govern each other, what our society allows and why–very few of us intentionally connect the truth of the past with the realities of where we have ended up today.
  • “How fortunate for leaders,” Hitler said to his inner circle, “that men do not think.  Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
  • Why do the ages of our world’s greatest civilizations average around two hundred years?
  • Why do these civilizations all seem to follow the same identifiable sequence–from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, and finally from dependence back into bondage?
  • History is merely a broad version of our individual lives: Do we see a pattern in our good choices?  Do these good choices lead us to good results?
  • The only way we have to know a person who aspires to lead us is to listen to what he says and watch what he does.
  • It doesn’t take many people to lead a nation in a direction that has serious repercussions on the liberty of others.
  • Our nation is at a tipping point.
  • I believe that now, more than ever, America needs to be challenged and inspired to participate.
  • As long as we have our sights set on the truth, we are moving in the right direction.

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