| The Book: Once Life Matters- A New Beginning | | | | Review |
| | | | I chose this book because it said "new beginning" on |
| Impact Publishing - copyright 2005 (1st printing) | | | | the cover. I knew what that meant instantly. I knew |
| ISBN: 0-9618954-4-6 (pbk.) | | | | that someone had an experience with God that |
| Christian Men's Book | | | | forever changed their life. God is in the business of |
| Found in many fine book stores or directly from | | | | giving people new beginnings and they are always |
| Marty Angelo Ministrys | | | | the most interesting to read about. God's ways are |
| Introduction | | | | filled with lots of dramatic changes and truth. This |
| The author Marty Angelo, a man of many hats, is a | | | | story totally fits with Gods style and formula and I |
| well seasoned man who has lived through a very | | | | was not disappointed. This book was fast paced and |
| tumultuous life. He has gone from being a band | | | | it didn't bog down at all except I did just briefly feel |
| promoter, disco television producer, bartender and | | | | a bit overwhelmed with the amount of "bad" that |
| convicted drug dealer to finally becoming an ex con | | | | happened to Mr. Angelo. The book easily makes me |
| and a born again Christian running a (prison / drug | | | | ponder over all the misguided people wasting their |
| addiction recovery) ministry today. Through his time | | | | time and talent at bars and nightclubs pursuing a |
| spent in prison, Marty Angelo has been given a unique | | | | party lifestyle and the author does a great job of |
| privilege and opportunity from God to help countless | | | | describing the realities of somebody in this world. |
| people who have lost hope through drugs and | | | | Throughout the book Mr. Angelo's decisions to remain |
| through living rebellious lives. Marty Angelo has a | | | | in this alcohol/ drug culture takes him across the |
| website which he uses to share all kinds of resources | | | | paths of some pretty sinister people and it's only |
| to help drug users, ex convicts and the incarcerated | | | | through God's mercy that he gets out of one bad |
| find peace and hope through God. Marty Angelo is | | | | scrape after another. His story is a good testament |
| available for interviews, radio shows, T.V. promotion | | | | of how wrong decisions can take us down one |
| and speaking engagements' to people who want to | | | | destructive road after another and that if God is not |
| hear his story and receive from his ministry. | | | | directing our course than Satan is by default, and you |
| Book description/ Summary | | | | are ultimately doomed. The author describes for us in |
| "Once Life Matters" is 209 pages long. It is a small | | | | detail how he made many wrong decisions because |
| sized paperback auto biography of Marty Angelo. The | | | | he was trying to impress the wrong crowd and |
| cover art depicts a man standing either in a sunset or | | | | because he was trying to fill a hole in his heart. I was |
| as the sun is rising to depict a new beginning. The | | | | drawn to this story because bits of it registered with |
| concept is good because it does lend itself to Mr. | | | | my own life and I am sure many others would feel |
| Angelo's life with his own new beginning. The back of | | | | the same way. I want to repeat - This book is |
| the book as well as the inside forward are loaded | | | | written for every man or women who struggle like |
| with many great testimonies from friends and | | | | Marty did. "Once Life Matters" is a book describing |
| acquaintances' through Marty's life. I enjoyed reading | | | | Marty Angelo's problem with an age old issue called |
| them as they were very genuine and helpful in | | | | "rebellion". He is running away from something and it's |
| getting a feel for the general demeanor of the text. | | | | a heart wrenching struggle as he finds himself. Marty |
| The small physical size of the book also makes it | | | | did a good job of relaying the truth to us, but it is no |
| appealing because it can easily be read in only a few | | | | small miracle that Marty Angelo is here today, it is |
| hours. I rate the layout of this book as good. | | | | only through God's mercy. Finally, I want to say that |
| "Once Life Matters" is about the life journey of Marty | | | | from everything I have ever read, God likes to use |
| Angelo. He puts down on paper the struggles and | | | | messengers who are usually firebrands of energy |
| bad decisions that rebellion can cause in one's life. | | | | because he wants the word carried out under all |
| Through this drama we get a peak of what it's like | | | | kinds of circumstances and adverse conditions. God |
| to be on the fast track and almost "making it" from | | | | brought Mr. Angelo through the fire and he is now |
| the worlds stand point. Mr. Angelo astutely points out | | | | able to use this energetic and humble man to deliver |
| to the reader that God had his hand on his life while | | | | a powerful message with this book as a door opener |
| he continually spiraled down into the depths of this | | | | to many a troubled heart. |
| party lifestyle. Throughout the text of the book the | | | | Recommendation |
| author places scripture in appropriate intervals and | | | | I find this book to be a gem. It is fast paced and well |
| places that relate God's point of view on the subject | | | | written for the average reader to comprehend. All |
| that we are reading about. Marty's road to riches and | | | | ages can benefit with this and there isn't any part |
| fame is painted for us in a real life gritty fashion and | | | | that someone could not find in their own lives today. |
| Mr. Angelo does a good job of relaying much of the | | | | I recommend this great auto biography to schools, |
| feel of what it was like to live that life style. What he | | | | ministries, churches and counselors all across this land. |
| doesn't write is easily picked up between the lines | | | | Let Marty Angelo's life touch yours and give God the |
| and many if not most will relate to portions of this | | | | glory. |
| story. | | | | |