The Truth Will Set You Free

Reviewer's Bookwatch, Dec, 2004 by Susan Bethany

The Truth Will Set You Free

Samuel L. Hoard

Concordia Publishing House

3558 South Jefferson Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63118-3968

0758605471 $9.99 1-800-325-3040 www.cph.org

The Truth Will Set You Free is Samuel L. Hoard's autobiography. Beginning with his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, going on to his college years in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and continuing with his service to people from all walks life as a pastor and military chaplin, this personal memoir is laced with anecdotes revealing the subtleties and cruelties of racism both with society and withing the church. The Truth Will Set You Free is an account of an enduring passion for communicating the Gospel despite social, cultural, and racial roadblocks. The life story of Pastor Samuel L. Hoard is strongly recommended reading, especially for those engaged in their own struggle against injustice and discrimination both within the Christian community and the broader secular society.