In the Vineyard I Am the One He Desires - Paperback

by Alvin L. a. Horn (Author)

This is a Christian fiction in the sense of true spirituality driven by wisdom through prayer, the Word, and in practice. Pastor Azreal Kenan has taught that we all make mistakes, and he tries to set an example that he is human and that we must always try to do better. He truly is a God-fearing man. The souls who sit in the pews fear God, right? People who come through the church doors have inner struggles with lust-filled identities, and others have worldly problems, yet put money in the offering plate. Some take cash out and never put any in. Even predators sit in the pews and bow their heads in prayer, hoping for healing or to find more prey.

Pastor Kenan preaches of redemption, but knows the history of church folk who have what the Bible calls concubines- side chicks- and male whores who should not "covet another man's wife," as in the Ten Commandments. The church should be a place where the conflicted come to worship, and Pastor Kenan is ordained not to judge but to lead to judgment with a repenting soul. All the while, he's being judged by many eyes and in many ways.

Pastor Kenan also confronts the divisions churches have to deal with, the ever-expanding social media, and the racial and political battleground that can bring harm when the morality of society has lost its guardrails, if it ever had any.

Pastor Azreal Kenan and his wife, First Lady Amira, devoted their time and patience to the church, leading those in need. Yet those who come through the church doors looking for mates sometimes put on a good face of, "If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right."

At Vineyard Second Baptist Church, secrets and lies surface from deceitful, soul-stirring controversies that unravel in the public eye in inconceivable ways. Clearly, some have lost their way in the wilderness.
Life-and-death situations shatter his humanity when he finds out there is criminality going on that will affect his church and his family in the present and future. It makes one shout, "Oh Lord, have mercy," when emotional, gut-wrenching moral dilemmas draw you into a story of faith tested. Pastor Kenan contemplates placing his cupped hand over the nose and mouth of someone, not for a baptism, but for life or death.

Whispers and judgment, and what the "hell," IN THE VINEYARD I AM THE ONE HE DESIRES, is a mesmerizing tale of the broken-hearted, faith, romance, isolation, and mystery, filled with redemption stories of forgiveness and renewal. Pastor Kenan must protect the innocent from being tainted by past wrongdoing. And what do willful sinners deserve? At Vineyard Second Baptist Church, hidden truths challenge faith and the power of redemption.