First time at the Sherburne County Community Action Team (SCCAT) meeting on 01/27/26:
“Our family moved from Monticello to Elk River two months ago, and this was my first connection with the SCCAT. What a perfect night to attend! I appreciated hearing the local updates and the presentations from both the school board member and mayor, which helps to already make the city feel a little more familiar. It was also exciting and informative to have the State Auditor candidate speak to the group. Thank you for all the effort put into organizing these meetings and the upcoming events!” – Keri E.
— Amazon Reviews of Courageous Christianity by Dale Witherington with Dan Montague —
A Must Read if You Care About Your Community (04/18/25)
The steps described in this book are what I experienced in leading a Community Action Team. If you are frustrated with the direction your community and state are going, you need to read this book. Learn how to organize a group of people who can actually make a difference in bring Biblical values back into your community. – Sue
Courageous Christianity: A Faith Builder (04/12/25)
Courageous Christianity challenges me to think about the “culture of heaven.” Jesus wants his Ekklesia to bring the “culture of heaven” into the earth. Matt,22:37-40 and Gal 5:22-23 are practical for God’s kingdom to come and God will to be done. This book gives new insights on “God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.” – Myla
Practical Insights for Effective Christian Life (04/10/25)
Honest testimonies of hearing from God how to effectively transform our culture back to righteousness. Great insights and practical applications of partnering with like-minded Christians in your community for positive change. – Tim P.
Answers What You Can Do Right Now (04/1/25)
Are you asking. “What can I do?” This book/manual encourages and equips in foundational principles and immediate action steps! It is a marvelous work providing just the right blend of history, context, why and how. Literally, you can read Courageous Christianity and GO with solid Biblical underpinning. Thank you, Dale, Dan, and Restore Minnesota CATs! – Michael D.
A Christian Activation Manual (03/30/25)
Dale Witherington’s Courageous Christianity casts the vision and lays out a practical path forward for Gods people to partner with him in restoring righteousness to America. “Real education is in the doing.” “Faith without works is dead” – James 2:26. This book is an activation manual for Christians to unify and be the salt and light of Christ in their communities. – David M.
Let’s Restore our Cities, Counties, and States! (03/30/25)
Great book! It was wonderful to hear how the Lord has worked in Dale Witherington life and how restore Minnesota came to fruition. My prayer is that many will read this powerful book and that God would place upon their hearts to get involved in restoring not only Minnesota but restoring our country. May the God of heaven have favor and blessings upon Restore Minnesota and may it spread like wildfire to every city, county and state. We love you Lord and ask for you to move in a mighty way! – Rhonda
A Call to Action! (03/28/25)
This author has an extraordinary calling on his life, and it was so fun to read about how God communicated that calling to him. Intertwined with captivating personal stories, Pastor Witherington encourages us to think about our lives in the bigger picture by discovering why we were created, and challenges us to pursue and complete our assigned “task” (or mission) from God.
Witherington also informs readers about an organization called Restore Minnesota, a ministry that focuses on restoring righteousness in Minnesota by promoting Biblical citizenship. If you have ever thought about getting involved with a group of Christian Constitutional Conservatives, this book is a great place to start. Courageous Christianity provides resources and steps you can take to start your own group, and/or how you can get involved with an already established group. I also highly recommend that you buy a copy to give to your pastor. – Kelli N.
Restore Minnesota: A Bulb of Garlic and a Mandate from Heaven (03/27/25)
Dale Witherington’s “Courageous Christianity: Living a Life of Faith in a World That Desperately Needs Jesus” is a lively, sometimes humorous and sometimes sobering read, a visionary blueprint for promoting biblical citizenship and restoring every state back to God. Dale writes with refreshing bluntness regarding the political atmosphere of our day, yet with depth and tenderness in his relationship with God for one so formidable in the public realm. He shares the unexpected open vision of a garlic bulb hovering over the Senate chamber, a vision that absolutely transformed his life and led to founding Restore Minnesota and the writing of “Courageous Christianity.” This book will bless you with encouragement and motivation in your own journey with Courageous Christianity. – Michael
Excellent Book (02/27/25)
What a great book. As a Christian, I struggled for years from the scripture in Mark 16 that says the one of our commands is to “Go” ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature and in Mark 28 that commands us to “Go” therefore and make disciples of all nations. So, the average person like me cannot physically do this. Dale explains that the word “go” is assumed to be the main command in these 2 verses, but it is not. The words “go” or going into all nations should be correctly interpreted to mean “as you are going through your daily life make disciples of all people groups…” This revelation opened a whole new meaning to me so that as I lead my life in a righteous manner with people that I come in contact with in my sphere of influence, this is how I go and make disciples of them. I am sure that Dale’s explanation of how the Great Commission should be correctly interpreted will bring peace to people like me who have been struggling with these important passages of scripture. Dale also brings revelation to the words “clergy” and “laity” so that Christians do not have to feel that they are second-class Christians just because they are not called as a professional minister such as a pastor. This is an important read for all people of faith. I heartedly recommend it. – Dave S.