This Manifesto is about spiritual warfare; it is about being Christian in the midst of an anti-Christian world. It is about exposing not only the sins of those around you but exposing your own sins, too. It is about recognizing one's real enemy, the devil, and not treating others you don't agree with as enemies.

J. R. Shepard is a husband, father, pianist, and elder in a local church. He grew up in Los Angeles, was a combat medic in the U. S. Army, and a nurse/peace officer hybrid in the Department of Corrections. He writes from a distinctly, and yet greatly ignored, evangelical and black perspective.