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Book Review of The Assignment

The Assignment
The Assignment
Author: Jack T. Chick
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Book Type: Paperback
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Angels and Demons manipulate humans like little soul puppets in this Chick Tract, as Heaven and Hell compete for the immortal soul of Charles Bishop, a decent yet unsaved man who only has 2 1/2 weeks until a massive coronary takes him out. The angels and demons both focus on two religious people close to Bishop that might convince him to accept Jesus as his savior, his Assistant Dobbs and his daughter's friend Cathy. The race is on!

The demons take the indirect route and decide to get to Dobbs through his shrill non-believer wife Ethel (who of course is hideously ugly, complete with hair rollers), and distract Cathy with a new boyfriend, Buz Adams. Dobbs is convinced by Ethel not to witness to Bishop ("I won't have you jeopardizing my security just because you want to be a fanatic!"), but the angels manage to provoke Buz into bullying a kid while Cathy watches, and so she dumps him and stays on track to visit the Bishop household.

The demons spring a backup plan and convince am insurance agent to schedule a meeting with Bishop on the day Cathy is visiting, but the angels give the insurance salesman a flat, giving Cathy the opportunity to witness to Bishop and convince him that he should receive Jesus as his own personal savior before it's too late. Bishop is swayed by Cathy's argument, but at the last minute decides to hold off on accepting Jesus:

"If I did give my life to Christ, I'd lose my friends -- NO! -- I think I'll wait a few years - There's plenty of time!"

But Bishop's time runs out that night. At 3:10 A.M. on November 22 (right on schedule), Bishop's immortal soul is damned for all eternity as he perishes in bed with a Chick Tract "YAAAA!"

Persecuted Christians, ugly heathens, invisible holy wars, and good people damned to Hell for not pledging allegiance to Jesus... This is what Chick Tracts are all about.