JD Wetterling

Holy, holy, holy
is the
LORD Almighty;

Florida Bay Dawn from Flamingo CG, Everglades NP, December 09

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the whole earth
is full
of his glory!

Isaiah 6:3

The Isaiah 6:3 Tour

Position Report
  
(An RV Travel Blog)


 JD & Karen

Welcome to The Isaiah 6:3 Tour, a word and digital witness to Isaiah 6:3:  Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory! Since Dec. 1, 2008 and for the next who-knows how many months/years  this is our home (below). And we're going to travel till the wheels come off of it or one of us, or we weary of marveling at God's magnificent creation.

 
     Behind Pikes Peak

Position Report Archives
Dec.1, 2008 to Aug 29, 2009

Seven western states,
55 campsites in
13 national parks,
40 national forests
and state parks.

(Google Tour Tracks)

 


TRUTH
out of the mouth of my
grand-babe, Colin,
at 2.5 years old


Are you good enough to get to heaven? 
A simple test

Are You Bad Enough to Become a Christian?
by Dory Zinkand

The Prayer of Jabez
by C. H. Spurgeon (1871)
"much better than 
the bestseller 
of a few years ago."

Sinners in the Hands of
an Angry God

&
The Christian Pilgrim
By Jonathan Edwards
"Modernized" by JD

A Christmas Devotional


A Personal Invitation
from
JD Wetterling



Inverted over Ridge Haven
(Thanks for the ride, Donna)

A Ridge Haven Portfolio


Website hosted
by
The Authors Guild
 

 

 

 Books by JD Wetterling

 

No Time To Waste is a chilling combat memoir, a gripping gospel story—to hell and back and glory beyond by God’s grace alone. It's a true tale of amazing grace at Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco; under the South Pacific aboard the submarine USS Queenfish on all five victorious war patrols; over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an F-100; and in the hearts of two veterans—cultural curmudgeons—long after their combat days were over.

John E. “Jack” Bennett (USNA ’41) was a former Reagan staffer, career nuclear submarine commander, and twice-wounded WW II vet. At 78, he was a much-involved patriot with a brilliant mind but a lost soul. Author JD Wetterling, a Presbyterian elder a generation younger, was a fighter pilot with 268 combat missions in the Vietnam War. They became best friends. Then, in a heartbeat, it was war again, with eternal consequences that dwarfed their shooting wars, and there was “no time to waste.” 

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“…stirring accounts of horrific battles, amazing acts of heroism…marvel at how God’s sovereign grace conquered the hearts of self-made, self-satisfied men… You will not waste your time, but in fact, redeem it by reading this book.” Dr. Dominic Aquila, President, New Geneva Theological Seminary, Colorado Springs, CO

 “Magnificent...a primer for soul-saving.” Dr. Bob King

 “ riveting testimony to God's grace... peer into the heart and mind of a lost soul on the path to salvation.” Dr. Dan Youngren

“I've read a lot of combat memoirs—this is a great one. I've read a lot of gospel stories—this is a great one. A two-fer!” Robert M. Frey

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No one…” is the unequivocal subject of six quotations by Christ in the book of John.  They comprise the most important message that can enter the mind of man—how God saves sinners.  His words are simple enough for a youth to grasp, profound enough to stagger the mind of an intellectual.

In this age of rampant relativism, it can’t get any more negative than “No one…,” but these are Jesus’ words.  They are the heart of the gospel, as far removed from a negative message as the east is from the west—absolute truth in pure white bold font, written on the bloodstained palm of a Savior who loves his own infinitely and eternally. Lord willing, the Son of God’s own words can change your life, or the life of someone you love, in an evening of reading. 

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“JD Wetterling knows--how to capture the biggest ideas in life in a few arresting words, and he does that wonderfully in “No one….” Joel Belz, founder of World magazine

 “JD Wetterling has given us nothing less than the Gospel in all its simplicity, beauty and glory.” Tim Challies, uber God-blogger at challies.com 

“This book exalts the Lord, his written Word, and the absolute truths that undergird our Christian faith.” Charles Dunahoo, Coordinator of Christian Education & Publications for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) 

“I highly recommend this book!” Dr. Frank M. Barker, Jr., Pastor Emeritus, Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL

“No one has explained the way of salvation more clearly than JD Wetterling." Dr. W. Wilson Benton, Retired Senior Minister, Kirk-of-the-Hills Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO

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Duty. Honor. My country, right or wrong, drives the young fighter pilots of Dusty Squadron, from flack in the face above the A Shau Valley to the canned hellfire of napalm in the jungle to midnight gunfights over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Top Gun F-100 pilot John Ellsworth, the impetuous Son of Thunder, is the most zealous of the lot, and he pays dearly. A story of redemption in a disastrous war that changed the American culture, and the awful price of heroism. A novel.  

"...captures the [Vietnam] experience better than anyone I've read or heard." Gen. Ron Fogleman, former Chief of Staff, USAF

"...exciting journey into the soul of a Top Gun fighter pilot." Kate Wright, Emmy Award winning producer/ screenwriter

"...right on the mark, and the writing is superb....  Get the book. Read it."  Dick Rutan, Aviation Pioneer

 "...JD passionately reflects his combat missions, his rage...and his humanity,
quite a combination for a Top Gun."
Mark Berent, bestselling author

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
You may read the official author bio or these
random (and mostly superfluous) things about him,
originally posted at facebook.


1. I went to a one room country school house and was the only kid in my class all 8 years.
2.Our family did not have indoor plumbing until I was fourteen.
3.I have a bifid uvula . Don’t you wish you did?
4.When I played high school football (quarterback), Mom could holler louder than anyone else in the stands and I could hear her.
5.When I get to heaven, I expect to find Mom singing first soprano in the church eternal.
6.Mom died in ’99, but when we sing her favorite hymns in church, I can still hear her voice. I usually cry.
7.Dad couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket but he sang hymns with gusto anyway.
8.He had a unique way of walking—one stride was a little longer than the other. I inherited it, and then my daughter Lizz inherited it. Sorry, Lizz.
9.As a young fighter pilot in Vietnam, I learned by experience that adrenalin is a manifestation of God’s grace allowing the body to function while the brain is paralyzed with fear.
10.More than once I felt my F-100 respond in life-saving ways that had nothing to do with my inputs on stick and rudder.
11.As a 54-year-old civilian I got upside down in an F-16 and a B-1 bomber.
12.I grew up in a church built by my grandfather and friends. It still exists.
13.I have 45 minutes of freefall time…in 106 parachute jumps as a skydiver in college.
14.My uncle declared I wouldn’t live to see 25. He was wrong by at least 41 years.
15.The (Ent) Air Force Base Chapel where Karen and I were married 43.5 years ago did not survive the wrecking ball, but our marriage thrives…by grace alone.
16.At about 5 years of age, I drove a team of draft horses. Later I learned it was the funny sound coming out of Dad’s mouth that was controlling the horses. The Holy Spirit works in a similar way.
17.One of those draft horses was named Jerry (Jeff and Jerry). I never had the nerve to ask my parents if that horse was my namesake.
18.At about the age of ten I learned that it was absolutely critical, on a cold winter morning on the farm in Illinois, to breathe on your cupped hands before you begin to milk a Holstein cow.
19.During the cold war I sat nuclear alert with a hydrogen bomb and enough fuel to deliver the weapon and escape the fireball before the engine flamed out.
20.The older I get the more amazing grace is.
21.The Apostle Paul and I hung out in the same part of Turkey (see #19). He did infinitely more good for the Kingdom than I did.
22.I spent a lot of time half way up in 2 World Trade Center, my company’s home office, looking down on the magnificent Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, before it collapsed in a fiery inferno.
23.For too much of my life I aspired to be an eccentric millionaire. I’ve achieved the first half that goal and now I wonder why I thought the other half was so important.
24.Appearances notwithstanding, and contrary to what our kids thought growing up, I did NOT fly top cover at the crucifixion.
25.I’d been calling myself a Christian for 30 years when I was introduced to reformed theology. It was like turning on 1000 fluorescent lights in a dark cave.

 

 

Memorial Day Address honoring John E. "Jack" Bennett

by JD Wetterling
at Land’s End, San Francisco
May 24, 2009


A Tribute to my Friends

(Photo from the cover of The Intake, the journal of the Super Sabre Society.)


Published Work in Periodicals

Still the Noblest Calling
The Wall Street Journal

A Different Sort of Retirement
The Wall Street Journal

The Most Furious Sea Battle
Los Angeles Times et al

A Different Breed of Cat
(Abridged in) WORLD magazine cover story

High-flying Standards
WORLD magazine

 Arrogance and Airplanes
The Tampa Tribune

God, Country, Forgiveness
Los Angeles Times

Thank God for Fighter Pilots
Pacific Flyer

Salute to a Veteran
The Des Moines Register

An Excellent Adventure
Transylvania Times

Walking Furrows with Father
Hendersonville Times-News


The Warrior's Prayer
by Lacy Veach, intro by JD

JD Wetterling’s  REALITY CHECK Archives

Midweekly Reality Check archives chronologically by title

"Lest We Forget"
9/11/01



High Flight

(Photo from the cover of The Intake, the journal of the Super Sabre Society.)

 


F-100s over Vietnam
(
photo provided by Bud Day)

Pics from the Combat Zone


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