The Chris Voss Show Podcast – The Epic of God by Louis McCall

Sep 25, 2025

Louis McCall, an author and former U.S. diplomat, discusses his book The Epic of God, a speculative fiction that portrays God's overarching narrative. He reveals how God's redemption plan was in place before creation and describes the contrast between divine goodness and satanic corruption. McCall shares personal encounters with the divine and the impact of his global experiences on his faith. He emphasizes God's role as the central character and hopes readers connect biblical history to their spiritual journeys.

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God As The Eternal Protagonist

Louis McCall frames God as an eternal protagonist whose purpose spans from before creation to eternity future.
He portrays a continuous divine plan to restore humanity despite human failure.

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Source Of Evil Explained

McCall emphasizes that evil originates from a corrupted created being, not from God himself.
He links suffering, disease, and death to satanic activity rather than divine intent.

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A Restorative Ending

The book centers God as hero and traces a cosmic battle that ends in divine victory and restoration.
McCall describes a future where redeemed people are reprogrammed to be incapable of sin and God rejoices over them.

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The Epic of God by Louis McCall

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Jesus used parables that were fictional to make practical and spiritual points, provoke thought, and enlighten.

The Epic of God is a speculative fictional account of the epic story of our heroic God, lover, and savior from eternity past to eternity future. Though fictional, this story is based on Biblical history, hints, and prophecy taken from scripture, brought to life and woven together by the narrative of a watcher angel.

About the author
Louis McCall was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Northwestern University where he received a Ph.D. Later, he also attended the National War College of the National Defense University. Louis was an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University prior to a 36-year career in the U.S. Department of State, first as a Foreign Service officer and then as a foreign affairs Civil Service employee where he served as Consul General in Florence, Italy, Chargé d’Affaires in Brunei, U.S. Representative to the Republic of San Marino, and Assistant Inspector General. He lived in or worked in, at least temporarily, 60 countries on six continents. Whether in academia or as a diplomat, Louis found opportunities to live his faith, including part-time ministry of the good news in word and in song, including co-laboring with missionaries, national church leaders, and the underground church. When ministering early in his diplomatic career from the pulpit of a great church in Calcutta, India, Louis said to those in attendance that he had determined not to be ashamed of the gospel of Christ. That has been a commitment he has endeavored to keep over the years. In his final two years at the Department of State he organized and led the National Day of Prayer observances in the Department.

Now, in his new career as an author, he has the pleasure of greater freedom in sharing what God has placed in his heart. Louis is active simultaneously in two churches in Washington, D.C. One is a multi-site non-denominational church, where he is an elder, and the other a Catholic church where he is a regular cantor, though not a Catholic himself. He has managed this with the blessing and full knowledge of pastors and priests. This has been an outgrowth of his early association with a mixed protestant-Catholic charismatic house-based worship group, his association with the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta, his Catholic charismatic wife, and guest ministry in churches and bible schools of various denominations while living in or working in other countries.