Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Book Critique: Share Jesus Without Fear An essay submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Evan 565 Bibliographical Entry Shepherd, William Fay with Linda Evans. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville, Tenn.: B&H Books, 1999. Author Information William ‘Bill’ Fay is a nationally renowned evangelist who has written many books on contemporary evangelism. Seen as a modern day Paul, his criticism of Christians resulted in a saved soul and a converted character.
On Saturday evenings my parents alongside my brothers and I would have street meeting opposite the market place in Arima where we engaged in singing and my father preaching the gospel encouraging people to surrender their lives to Jesus. My brothers and I used to enjoy giving out tracks to people (man, woman or child). We were very brave as children never afraid of ridicule or our friends laughing at us. Everyday my mom would wake us at 5.00am in the morning to have family devotion. My parents took turns in administering the scriptures and gave us a scripture verse to learn after which we would hold hands and pray.
Nicknamed the “prince of preachers”, Spurgeon used his gifts to touch the hearts and minds of thousands. Who was this man and what made him? There are three key factors that make Spurgeon different from the other ministers of his time: his humble spirit, his dedication to the gospel of Jesus Christ and his revolutionary ability What can wash away my sin? Part of what made Spurgeon such a relatable person was his unique answer to the call of Jesus Christ. Spurgeon was surrounded by the by examples of the faith from early childhood.
(Shaffer 45) He originally “cried for days without stopping” (45) when the depiction of his god was “[torn] off the boy’s wall and [thrown into] the dustbin” (45) by his father. Alan seems to accept the replacement of “[t]he Christ …loaded down with chains, and the centurions…really laying on the stripes” (45) with a “remarkable picture” (45) of a horse with eyes “staring straight at you” (45). On one side Alan has his mother “night after night having [the bible] read into him” (34) and his father on the other side atheist, and tries “to put a stop to it” (34). The poster of a crucified Jesus represents a spiritual and sacred figure, until his father “threw it in the dustbin” (45) and replaces it with the image of a horse that seems to suffice a messiah. Alan then focuses spiritual mentality on the horse as he treats the new photo as a god-like figure when he “knelt down” (51) infront of it, and chant to it “like the bible” (50).
Casy assumes the role of Jesus Christ in the novel because of his characteristics. As ex-preacher, martyr and philosopher he offers his advices and opinions to others. Following his beliefs that the soul is part of the whole he made a great impact on the characters in the novel, especially on Tom Joad. When Tom was about to be arrested, Jim took the blame on himself just like Jesus took the blame for our sins. He was also innocent just as Jesus but he did it willingly.
Good News Preaching: Offering the Gospel in Every Sermon by Gennifer B. Brooks presents the challenge of presenting “good news” in every sermon. Brooks emphatically begins the book with the statement that the sermon is good news. This statement of sermonic good news brought to memory messages that I have heard that seemed to be void of good news on any level. I was as well mindful that since accepting God’s call to preach five years ago, I have often been reminded and encouraged to preach Jesus, to preach good news. Brooks’ easy to read and understand discussion of the importance of naming good news in the sermon is immensely helpful.
Job had direct communication with God and he often exclaimed his faith, “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God” (19:25-26). In ancient Israel, God was seen as a physical being. Job thought that through his sufferings God would appear to him and be one with him. God the Almighty still exists in today’s day and age but there are many skeptics, non believers and atheists who disapprove of the thought of God and faith
However, the demand grew and he committed himself in publishing this bible reading for forty years and in 1965 he founded an organisation called Crusade for World Revival. The author lost his wife in 1986 from cancer and also suffered the death of his sons. In spite of this sad event, he remained strong in faith and published his autobiography My Story in 2004 and in 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Brunel University for his service to Christian Education. This excellent book is for every Christian who wants to make a difference in helping a friend, a family member of a fellow Christian in trouble. The author’s targeted audience is every Christian, as well as ministers and undergraduates.
He grew to adulthood without being a Christian, although his mother was a devout Christian. It wasn’t until he was nearly killed in the Dutch East Indies rebellion that he opened the Bible his mother had given him when he enlisted in the military. He only read it because there was nothing else to read while he was recovering in the military hospital. That is when he saw new meaning in what he had heard in church when he was growing up, and it suddenly made sense to him. He repented and promised to make Jesus the Lord of his life.
It has been argued for some time that these church leaders went against Damien mostly because of their unfairness against Catholicism. They put down Damien, calling him a "false shepherd" who was driven by a big ego, and ‘cockiness’. There were quite a few others who believed in him. Father Damien fell ill from leprosy in 1885, and in those final years worked to complete the works that he had begun which included: building orphanages, organizing clinics, and building houses. He died on April 15, 1889.