God Still Delivers

About the Book

The decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone (1991–2002) not only accounted for thousands of deaths, mass displacements of the population, total destruction of a fragile infrastructure, use and abuse of thousands of child soldiers with brazen impunity but through the same conflict, the entire world also witnessed an unprecedented degree of cruel amputations that left hundreds of innocent citizens maimed for life. Sadly, babies as young as five years of age were among the unfortunate amputees. Most of those who survived the civil carnage have a common chorus: that God’s grace and saving power is more than enough to deliver his people even from the jaws of death. This book is a collection of the testimonies of survivals of the civil war. Starting with Lt. Modupe Taylor-Pearce Jr.’s delivery from a “friendly murder plot” usually referred to in military terms as friendly fire to Pastor Edgar Momoh’s miraculous escape from rebel execution, the theme is the same: God displayed his power and capability to deliver his people. The book does not purport to be a history of the civil war in Sierra Leone but simply the testimonies of select individuals who are eager to share their personal stories of divine deliverances with the rest of humanity.

About the Author

David Musa, Ph.D. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois, is currently adjunct professor of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, adjunct professor of Religious Studies, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Having previously taught at Carthage College for over 7 years, Dr. Musa now has the special responsibility of creating and directing West African J-term Courses, normally conducted in Senegal and Ghana. Dr. David Musa earned his undergraduate degree (B.Sc.) and a Diploma in Education (Dip. Ed.) from Fourah Bay College, (University of Sierra Leone). David also earned his M.A. (Systematic Theology) from the Wheaton Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois, as well as an M. Div. (Intercultural Studies) from Trinity International University. David is founder and Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Agape Voluntary Efforts (SAVE, Inc), a non-profit (501)(c)3), Christian Charity created nearly two decades ago for the express purpose of meeting the spiritual and physical needs of civil-war degraded country of Sierra Leone and Africa at large. David has published the “History of Christian Mission in sierra Leone,” in the Evangelical Dictionary of World Mission, Scott Moreau, ed. His most recent publication was under the title: African American Religion: A Confluent of African Traditional Religion and Christianity, published by AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana.