Bringing the Gospel Home
Sharing Your Faith with Family and Friends
by Randy Newman
GoodBookStall Review:
The phrase ‘not for the faint-hearted’ springs to mind when reading this insightful but challenging text. Not everybody, least of all every Christian who should, will appreciate Randy Newman’s provocative illustrations. He points out that family is so important to God, and that evangelism should start at home. He cites the example of Saul, who was responsible for having Stephen stoned to death. A cousin or relative of Saul could have been sitting around some prayer meeting centuries ago asking his fellow believers if they wouldn’t mind praying for a lost soul. Who knows, he might even have been on the road to Emmaus at the time. The author personally interviewed people of faith, who had brothers or sisters on the other side, addled by drugs, and gives examples of other siblings who have come to faith because the eldest led by example, and in some cases rather forcefully handed out Christian tracts, sometimes without parental knowledge. This book shows that we have Christian responsibility towards our immediate and wider Christian family, and is an invaluable encouragement for a would-be evangelist struggling to get their loved ones to listen to them.
Reviewer: Alice Collins (01/06/11)
The phrase ‘not for the faint-hearted’ springs to mind when reading this insightful but challenging text. Not everybody, least of all every Christian who should, will appreciate Randy Newman’s provocative illustrations. He points out that family is so important to God, and that evangelism should start at home. He cites the example of Saul, who was responsible for having Stephen stoned to death. A cousin or relative of Saul could have been sitting around some prayer meeting centuries ago asking his fellow believers if they wouldn’t mind praying for a lost soul. Who knows, he might even have been on the road to Emmaus at the time. The author personally interviewed people of faith, who had brothers or sisters on the other side, addled by drugs, and gives examples of other siblings who have come to faith because the eldest led by example, and in some cases rather forcefully handed out Christian tracts, sometimes without parental knowledge. This book shows that we have Christian responsibility towards our immediate and wider Christian family, and is an invaluable encouragement for a would-be evangelist struggling to get their loved ones to listen to them.
Reviewer: Alice Collins (01/06/11)
