Celebrating James Bond Day with Pastor Stephen Grant and Ray Keating, Part II

 The Keating Files – October 4, 2022

James Bond Day is October 5. Celebrate with Ray Keating and his creation, Pastor Stephen Grant. Indeed, consider a James Bond-type in a very different profession. From James Bond to Pastor Stephen Grant?

 

In an article titled “If James Bond Became a Pastor” covering Ray Keating’s Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers/mysteries series, author and columnist Gene Veith noted,

 

“Mr. Keating knows how to tell an exciting story. And these books, like the James Bond novels, are ridiculously entertaining. As for larger themes, there is vocation, of course. I see these books as honoring the pastoral ministry. Because in real life, pastors are heroes engaged in saving the world.”

 

Veith also wrote, “Now, imagine that James Bond, the dashing spy with a license to kill who keeps saving the world, decides to become a pastor… Grant is a former swashbuckling CIA agent who finds himself called to the ministry… Pastor Grant extends pastoral care to people he encounters – explaining the gospel, offering marriage counseling, and bringing God into the conversations – though he also dispatches bad guys with his gun. Talk about Law and Gospel.”

 

Get all of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries!

 

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Ray Keating is a columnist, novelist, economist, podcaster and entrepreneur. The views expressed here are his own – after all, no one else should be held responsible for this stuff, right?

 

Two great ways to order Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel, which is Ray’s sixteenth work of fiction, and the first in the Alliance of Saint Michael series. Signed paperbacks here and the Kindle edition here.

 

Two great ways to order Ray Keating’s new nonfiction book – The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks here, and paperbacks, hardcovers and Kindle editions here.  

 

Get all of Ray Keating Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries in paperback and for the Kindle at Amazon.com and signed books at www.RayKeatingOnline.com.

 

Some of Keating’s best columns and essays are available in Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York. And his other recent nonfiction book is Free Trade Rocks! 10 Points on International Trade Everyone Should Know. Again, signed books at www.RayKeatingOnline.com.

 

Also, listen to Ray’s podcasts – the Daily Dose of Disney, Free Enterprise in Three Minutes, and the PRESS CLUB C Podcast.

 

Check out Ray Keating’s Disney news and entertainment site at www.DisneyBizJournal.com.