Bøger af Monte Wolverton

A highly successful but unscrupulous health mogul promises his followers 120 years of robust life if they stick to his "Bible-based" regimen and buy his products. Through his vast Wellness 120 empire, based in the Portland, Oregon area, the charming and charismatic Dr. Tyler Belknap has amassed a cult-like following of people who are working to achieve 12 decades of life.In nationwide infomercials and books, the fast-talking Texas adman-turned-preacher targets Christian consumers with Biblical-sounding promises of health and longevity. Many of his followers seem to enjoy improved health. But others suffer serious side effects from foods and supplements laced with exotic substances and GMOs developed in Belknap's secret underground research facility in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Belknap and his cronies will stop at nothing to keep their edge in the market, bribing politicians and officials, coercing suppliers, sweeping dissatisfied customers under the carpet and crushing whistleblowers.In the midst of this culture of false promises and religious-sounding fakery, Belknap's creative director Dave Whitman and his wife Marcia have enjoyed a comfortable life. Suddenly they find themselves at the center of a huge crisis when their teenage son suffers severe brain damage from one of Belknap's psychoactive substance-laced foods. They must come to grips with the fact that the captivating and persuasive leader they have admired for decades is a crook-and that justice does not always happen in this world. Yet in spite of all that, they learn that life goes on and thrives-even though houses of cards in which we sometimes misplace our faith may fall around us.

When the Bible is outlawed and the devout forced underground, a tattered page with just a scrap of the Sermon on the Mount serves as a touchstone for a faithful few on the run. Fast-paced and chilling, The Remnant (CWR Press) is by award-winning author Monte Wolverton. It's a physical and spiritual expedition through a dystopian world, ultimately offering hope in these perplexing and challenging times.In the year 2069 the Apocalypse came and went, but Jesus didn’t show up. Instead, a cataclysmic war left a totalitarian government ruling the world, and it bans all forms of religion. Those who insist on practicing religion are imprisoned in work camps around the world.An inmate in a North Dakota work camp, Grant Cochrin, hears rumors of isolated Christian communities in the lawless Wilderness. Escaping with his family and friends, he begins a quest. During their long, dangerous journey, the Cochrins and their friends encounter a series of bizarre religious communities, but none of them seem right. Just as they are ready to abort their quest and start their own settlement, they are ambushed by a gang of human traffickers, and faced with an unthinkable dilemma.Monte Wolverton is an award-winning author and syndicated editorial cartoonist and an associate editor of CWR magazine. He is an ordained minister and holds a MA from Goddard College in Vermont. Along with his wife Kaye, he makes his home in southwest Washington State.

While some may have differing opinions regarding whether they would want to live to be 120 years old, Chasing 120: A Story of Food, Faith, Fraud and the Pursuit of Longevity by Monte Wolverton, unveils the story of health mogul, Dr. Tyler Belknap, who insists that a long life can be realized even amidst health fads, GMO scares, scams and false advertising.Dr. Belknap is essentially the "Pied Piper" of health and spirituality. He's a clever health mogul and marketer whose promises of a 120-year life influence the masses to dig deep into their pockets to follow his Bible-based program. While some realize improved health; others suffer serious side effects after taking his specially formulated supplements and GMO's. However this doesn't stop Dr. Belknap. His solution is to bury these occurrences by bribing politicians and city officials, and will stop at no length to keep whistleblowers at bay.The truth somehow always finds a way to show itself, and it does so in this book when an employee of Dr. Belknap discovers his son developed brain damage from one of his substance-laced foods. The book goes on to show readers that while life isn't always fair, it does go on and thrive despite misplaced faith.