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Watch the video...if you haven't already... So...how do we deal with the human manifestation of pure evil? How does our Facebook world...one with social networks that blurs the restrictions of physical borders...deal with individuals who have harnessed the earthly power of evil to destroy others? How can we, as believers Christ's dominion and victory over Satan, fight this reality?  The essence of the fall, that is, the human embrace of the provocative nature of sin, is the lust for power. This lust for power might  lead an individual to simply not follow a rule...it might cause a employee to undercut his boss' authority...and it might lead a group of people to systematically rape, mutilate, and murder.  The road of human progress is littered with bones of the powerless and shiny medals of victory are slick with the blood of the defenseless. Humanity stood at the gates of Auschwitz and cried "never again"...yet the cry fell toneless in the hill...

My reaction to reading through this memoir is as vague and unsure as the title itself. I don't remember what I was expecting when I first opened the book, but I do know that I was somewhat disappointed as I continued to read. Ian Morgan Cron leads the reader through a sometimes heartwarming, sometimes awkwardly intimate, sometimes annoying retelling of his struggles growing up with an often absent father. While he ultimately paints a picture of the Glory of God's Grace, he sometimes gets distracted by attempting to force otherwise mundane stories into some cleverly constructed box. The title itself doesn't fully describe what is found within it's pages...in fact, "the CIA" should be probably replaced with "Booze". The author's struggle with alcohol is much more prominent and engaging in the context of the power of Grace than his father's career in intelligence. Ultimately, dealing with his father's alcohol abuse is what involves th...