Pastor Stephen Grant?

Stephen Grant is the pastor at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church on eastern Long Island. Grant is one of the more unique second-career clergy around, as he once worked for the CIA. Besides theology, his interests include archery, golf, writing, classic films, the beach, poker, baseball, and history. Grant also knows his wines, champagnes and brews. Oh yes, he generally dislikes politicians, and happens to be an expert marksman with a handgun and a rifle, while being pretty handy with a combat knife as well.

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

4 Recent Thumbs Up for the Pastor Stephen Grant Thrillers & Mysteries

Here are four nice comments/reviews of the Pastor Stephen Grant novels and short stories...


“My daughter Mary Moerbe has compiled a list of contemporary Lutheran novelists, many of whom are working in the formula genres and are self-publishing, but some of those are well-done and fun to read (such as Ray Keating's Pastor Stephen Grant series, about a James-Bond type CIA agent who becomes a Lutheran pastor, but still sometimes has to revert to his former life. Talk about being between two kingdoms!).”  

– Gene Edward Veith, 
a Patheos.com columnist, retired literature professor, 
Provost Emeritus at Patrick Henry College, 
director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, 
and his latest book is
Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture


“Just finished reading The Traitor. Another good one. Couldn’t put it down.” 
– Facebook reviewer on 
THE TRAITOR: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL


“Great time to sit with good books. Each packed with theology and suspense.” 
– Facebook reviewer on the Pastor Stephen Grant novels


“My faves are a tie between Mitch Rapp (Mitch Rapp series by the late Vince Flynn and his follow-up authors) and Paige Caldwell (Pastor Stephen Grant Novels by Ray Keating). Mitch Rapp is simply has a one-track ongoing mission, eliminating threats to the U.S. in the swiftest, most engaging and fiercest ways possible. Paige Caldwell is simply cool in her handling of crises when telling off terrorists and other thugs before eliminating them. Both are the take-no-prisoners types with that relentless and entertaining edge that make combat scenes great to read... Oh, and a close second is Pastor Stephen Grant. CIA turned pastor knows how to jump into action when called from the pastoral duties to the clandestine efforts Keating features in his books. And, still, his conscience binds him even when his Christian vocations interweave, grow taut, or seem in outright conflict with each other.” 
– Facebook reader, David R.

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