Book Review: Growing the Church

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I love this book!Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: Seven Principles of Dynamic CooperationAs I've spent a lot of time looking at books in this vien over the last few years, this one is unique in its approach to church growth.Instead of programs and strategic planning … [Read more...]

Book Review: Spiritual Conversations by Gary Rohrmayer

Spiritual Thirst Seek Jesus

Over the years, I've developed an ability to hear spiritual thirst in a conversation.Spiritual thirst is what allows me to have normal conversations about my faith and the spiritual journey of the other person.  It's their thirst that propels them to find solutions in Christ.The concept of … [Read more...]

My top 10 Books on Personal Evangelism

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These are my top 10 books on personal evangelism that focus on sharing your faith, one person to another.Each one links to the affilate page on Amazon.com.  If you make a purchase from Amazon, they will give me few nickels to support the work of the ministry.If you want to share this list, … [Read more...]

Review: Crazy Love by Francis Chan

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After hearing so much about Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, I picked up my copy for the Amazon Kindle. Take Your Time with Crazy Love The book itself is a quick read, so I intentionally slowed down to read it over a few days.Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God is one of … [Read more...]

Book Review: I Once was Lost

I Once Was Lost

The process of coming to faith is a journey, though most of our evangelism training on scripts and presentation all focus on the end point of the journey.I recently read I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus by Don Everts, Doug Schaupp (Authors)They … [Read more...]

Book Review: Search and Rescue Niel Cole

Book Review Search and Rescue Neil Cole

In Search & Rescue: Becoming a Disciple Who Makes a Difference, author Niel Cole borrows from his experience as a life guard on California beaches to illustrate the task of making disciples.  You can learn a great deal about rip currents and rescue swimming along with healthy disciple … [Read more...]

Book: Organic Outreach For Ordinary People

Organic Outreach for Ordinary People

In Organic Outreach for Ordinary People: Sharing Good News Naturally, author Kevin Harney sets out to show us a way that ordinary people can do evangelism.The book offerssolid theology of appropriate Bible passages specific actions steps one can take after each chapter, Questions for … [Read more...]

Review: The Unexpected Adventure Lee Strobel Mark Mittelberg

Strobel's Unexpected Adventure

Just this past week, I picked up a copy of The Unexpected Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus.One of our mission supporters enabled us to acquire a Nook, the e-reading device from Barnes and Noble, and this was one of the first books I acquired.I simply needed … [Read more...]

Freddy’s Story of Life Change

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Pastor Valcarcel's short little book is his personal testimony of how he came to faith in Jesus and some of the life transformation since that encounter.It's a very short read at only56 pages, but it tells a very powerful story of his life.He self-published it in hopes of getting the story … [Read more...]

Review: Jesus Manifesto

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I received a free copy of Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ, and given liberty to write my own review. My thoughts: I had seen the Manifesto when it first came out sometime in 2009 and am glad to see that it was developed into a book.It's not a devotional … [Read more...]