The Last Man on the Mountain: Jesus Goes Through Ranger Training
Chapter One Jesus knelt beside the lower bunk before the overhead lights snapped on. The room smelled of floor wax, damp boots, detergent, old sweat, and the nervous silence of men trying not to sound nervous. Outside the barracks at Fort Moore, Georgia, the night still held its ground over the pines, and the air had the heavy warmth that arrives before sunrise in the South. A row of rucksacks sat against the wall like waiting burdens. Running shoes were lined beneath bunks. Canteens had been filled. Uniforms had been folded and checked more than once by hands that wanted control over something before the day took control of them. Jesus bowed His head, not away from the pressure, but into the presence of His Father, and His prayer was quiet enough that no man could accuse Him of performing it and steady enough that anyone awake nearby could feel that He was not alone. Long before anyone in that bay could understand why He had come, this day would become part of Jesus goes throu...