Review: Kingdom Soldiers by Richard "Cuzz" Robinson

A note from the editor: Richard "Cuzz" Robinson is a neighbor of mine here in the Bloomington-Normal area. I am proud to have played a role in bringing this book to publication through IndieChristianBook.com, and I can tell you that the man writes exactly the way he lives — with conviction, clarity, and genuine love for the people of God.

If you’ve been in the military like I have, there’s a secret you know. You can never trust a recruiter! 

When I was recruited into the Air Force in 1993, I don’t want to even tell you the lies that were used to get me to sign four years of my life away. I’d be embarrassed!

But that is NOT true for one recruiter. A recruiter for a higher military. Pastor Richard Robinson is trustworthy, sincere, and passionate about recruiting Kingdom Soldiers.

Kingdom Soldiers by Richard "Cuzz" Robinson is a powerful clarion call for Christians who are not in the fight. 

Robinson writes from a place of hard-won conviction. His central argument is deceptively simple: the believer is not a civilian. The Christian life is not a private arrangement between a soul and its Savior. It is an enlistment. 

Since the coming of Christ, the Kingdom of God is advancing in the world, it is actively opposed, and the people of God are called to understand themselves as participants in that conflict — not spectators waiting for someone more qualified to show up.

What makes the book worth reading is not the military metaphor itself, which is of course thoroughly biblical, but the way Robinson applies it to ordinary life. He is not writing for pastors or missionaries or people with platforms. He is writing for the teacher in a struggling school, the recovering addict who now mentors others, the businessperson who wonders whether their Monday morning has anything to do with the Kingdom of God. His answer, delivered with pastoral directness, is that it has everything to do with it.

The book's structural backbone is spiritual formation framed as preparation. Soldiers train before they deploy, and Robinson takes that analogy seriously. Prayer, Scripture, obedience, and character. These are not presented as religious obligations but as the disciplines that make a person ready when the moment demands something of them. There is nothing novel about this argument, but Robinson makes it feel urgent rather than routine, which is harder to do than it sounds.

The Kingdom Soldier Creed near the book's conclusion is one of its most memorable elements: a distillation of the posture Robinson has been building toward throughout: belonging to Christ, standing in spiritual authority, resisting darkness, advancing the Kingdom with faithfulness rather than fanfare. It reads less like a summary and more like a commissioning.

Robinson's voice is direct without being harsh, and pastoral without becoming soft. He clearly loves the people he is writing for, and that affection shapes every chapter. The book does not condescend, and it does not flatter. It simply calls the reader to something larger than themselves and trusts them to respond.

Kingdom Soldiers will resonate most with believers who have sensed that their faith was meant to be more active than their current life reflects — and who need someone to say plainly that they are right about that.

About the Author

Richard "Cuzz" Robinson is a Kingdom-minded Christian teacher and writer devoted to equipping believers to understand their identity, authority, and assignment in Christ. He teaches with the conviction that every believer's calling matters — that no assignment in God's Kingdom is insignificant, hidden, or disposable.

Through Scripture-centered teaching and practical spiritual insight, Robinson presents the Christian life as a call to disciplined, obedient, and courageous Kingdom living. His work challenges believers to move beyond passive Christianity and step fully into purposeful service under the authority of Christ. Kingdom Soldiers was written to inspire Christians from every walk of life to recognize their role in God's Kingdom and to advance with clarity, conviction, and confidence.

Richard lives in Normal, Illinois, with his wife of 32 years, Linda "Tuey." They have four adult children and five grandchildren.

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