The following excerpts are from a 20 page article published in Rolling Stone magazine describing Dave Eubank.  I don't know of any Christian that I admire more, a true hero of the faith and fearless as he faces real danger. He is friends with my family and I know the inside story, and he is the real deal! A full feature film was made about him and I urge every Christian to watch it, you will be changed! 

Zealot or Savior? 

"This U.S. Minister Is Training Rebels in a Civil War.

For 25 years, ex-Special Forces officer Dave Eubank has been dodging bullets to bring humanitarian aid to rebels in Burma’s ongoing civil conflict. 

Starting in late December, I spent three weeks with Eubank and the rangers in the jungle, going on missions and trying to understand what would drive a man to not just lead a crusade in the bush but to also haul his wife and children with him. In nearly two decades of conflict reporting, I’ve never encountered anyone like Eubank — an ardent believer with deeply held conservative values willing to risk his own life and family for a faraway cause. And not only offer much-needed aid and relief to the persecuted and battle-scarred, but also money and muscle.

I learned Eubank was nicknamed “Mad Dog” and “Father of the White Monkey,” and led an all-volunteer staff of ethnic minorities and foreigners — many of them ex-military — working on the front line. Controversially, some team members carried weapons, ready to fight the Burma Army if they came under attack. Others carried video cameras to document war crimes. Word was the charismatic American triathlete could cover 40-plus miles of hostile terrain in a single day while preaching the good book.

Burma’s lawless depths have attracted plenty of G.I. Joe wannabe’s with a messiah complex. From a distance, it’s easy to think of Eubank as a Bible-thumping mashup of Colonel Kurtz and Captain Fantastic. But even the most hard-boiled Southeast Asia hands agree, that in a world of counterfeits, Eubank is the real deal: a diehard humanitarian who has risked his life time and again to help the most vulnerable in a forsaken place that most Americans can’t find on a map. 

Eubank prays aloud more often than anyone I’ve ever met. On the phone, when under attack, for large crowds or passing strangers, even mid-sentence. Often he’ll be talking in his crisp, rapid-fire cadence and then slip in a prayer that’s only discernible by the closing phrase, In Jesus’ name, amen. 

Such religiosity can come across as pious and performative when delivered from the pulpit. With Eubank though, all the prayer somehow feels endearing, a genuine hedge against existential threats that are very real."

The article is written by Jason Motlagh, journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, and the photo is his as well.