{"product_id":"straight-a-student-a-man-after-god-s-own-heart","title":"Straight A Student: A Man After God’s Own Heart","description":"FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE STREETS TO THE MERCY OF ELOHIM—A TRUE STORY OF A MAN REBUILT FROM RUIN\nThere are stories written for entertainment.\nThere are stories written for information.\nAnd then there are testimonies—dangerous, holy, unfiltered testimonies—written because the Living God intervened.\nStraight A Student is the true, symbolic, deeply biblical account of the Disciple—a man shaped by violence, wounded in childhood, seduced by the streets, shattered by grief, and transformed only because Elohim Himself refused to let darkness have the final word.\nThis book is not fiction.\nIt is survival literature.\nIt is a field guide for wounded men.\nIt is a challenge to a generation drowning in trauma, addiction, rage, and fatherlessness.\nAnd it is an invitation into the same Light that pierced the Disciple’s darkness.\nTHE 5 A’s THAT SHAPED A MAN—AND WHAT THEY CAN AWAKEN IN YOU\nThis story unfolds through the Disciple’s life-long curriculum of suffering:\nArrogance.\nAnger.\nAddiction.\nAffliction.\nAwakening.\nHe didn’t earn straight A’s in school—\nhe earned straight A’s in survival.\nFrom Cleveland to Akron to Lima, from gang life to grief, from manipulation to near-death encounters, the Disciple lived decades as a man guided by wounds he never chose.\nUntil Elohim touched his life—and demanded surrender.\nTHE DEATHS THAT BECAME ALTARS\nThree deaths rewrote this man’s entire theology:\n• The Muslim — his closest brother, murdered before he could be saved\n• The Little Princess — his infant daughter, whose passing broke him open\n• Elijah — his father, whose final breath transferred a mantle\nEach loss became a crushing blow—\nand each loss became the soil where resurrection took root.\nThis is the rare memoir that tells the truth about grief:\nsome pain does not heal you—until it kills you first.\nA BOOK FOR MEN WHO ARE TIRED OF DYING IN SILENCE\nThis testimony speaks directly to:\n• Men with father wounds\n• Black men crushed under generational trauma\n• Survivors of violence, abuse, or abandonment\n• Christians wrestling with anger at God\n• Those trapped between the Bible and the streets\n• Anyone who knows suffering but does not yet know its purpose\nIf you have ever asked Elohim, “Why me?”\nIf you have ever felt abandoned, unseen, forgotten—\nIf you have ever been on the edge of breaking—\nThis story is written for you.\nA POWERFUL, BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK\nStraight A Student blends: Reformed theology Van Tilian apologetics Freudian and Rogerian psychology African American intellectual tradition The lived reality of street survival The sanctification of a broken father rebuilt by grace\nIt is gritty, cinematic, emotionally devastating—and spiritually unshakable.\nTHE MESSAGE OF THIS BOOK IS SIMPLE BUT COSTLY\nElohim still saves men no one believes can be saved.\nElohim still transforms the hearts everyone else has abandoned.\nElohim still writes testimonies with people the world would rather discard.\nThis book is not about perfection—it is about repentance, renewal, and rebirth.\nThe Disciple died a thousand deaths so this testimony could live.\nNow it belongs to you.\nIf you are ready to confront your wounds, face your truth, and let Light break through the veil—start reading today.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0G56C7TVC\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0G56C7TVC.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McLemore, Benyamin Haran\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43155708674109,"sku":"BVV.B0G56C7TVC.G","price":20.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/straight-a-student-a-man-after-god-s-own-heart","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}