John McDougall, army chaplain, 'regrets' book promotion video
John McDougall, an active-duty army chaplain, has published a book titled Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger and appeared in a promotional video in uniform to promote it.
McDougall recently returned from Afghanistan where he served as chaplain for the 75th Ranger Regiment. He wrote the book, he told the army in a story published on its website, because “the Jesus of many churches is a weakling—someone our Rangers cannot relate to.”
The video was removed from the website in mid-June by the book’s publisher, said Charlene Guzman, senior publicist for WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group. McDougall regrets having appeared in uniform and was not speaking on behalf of the military, she said. He had cleared writing the book but not the video with military lawyers.
