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Book Review
Sharing our faith with others is not easy. It is hard to put into words what we believe and why we believe it. We are often afraid we will say the wrong thing.
We seem to think that it takes a magic formula to share the gospel. Not so, according to Jim Henderson. He proposes we use Ordinary Attempts. Ordinary Attempts are very simple; they are listening, conversations, and prayer. The most profound statement in this book is, "count conversations not conversions."
I love this book. I love what the author is attempting to teach us. This is a must read for all Christians!
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james Cooper
5.0 / 5
This book is a must for all followers of Christ with a heart for the emerging generation. Henderson truly understands the approach needed for those in the mid-twenty crises.
Dawn B.
5.0 / 5
That is how the author refers to those who are a.k.a "lost". The encouragement and ideas in this book are just what I had been thinking were true about my own Christian walk. My convictions seem to be validated and made clear by this book. It's all about relationship building, not bible thumping and it's not using Christianese and it's not berating people into a relationship w/Christ. It's us just being real and loving to those whom Jesus misses most. Don't you just love that way of thinking about unbelievers? Doesn't it put things into perspective? The author points out that we can be bridge builders to Jesus. And I'm not talking about "works" but about "fruitful" lives. I loved the book and gave my copy to a friend so I need to buy another one ... and maybe more than one so that I can have them on hand to give to others. Such an eye-opener for my heart. The bible says that 'they (those whom Jesus misses most) will know that we are Christians by our love'; not "sloppy-agape", but loving those who are made in His image and living that way. "Evangelism W/O Additives" - it's all about the pure living water that our God fills us with that overflows to others ... w/o adding anything else.
David Helton
5.0 / 5
This was an enlightening and reassuring book for those of us Christians who are not sure how to share our faith with others and help bring those who are far from God into a relationship with Him.
Daylon L. Welliver
4.0 / 5
This book is great on practical suggestions for ordinary people to do evangelism and has a great spirit about reaching the lost. It is light on scripture and I think does not give enough weight to the possibility that the Holy Spirit may give people the right words and boldness to speak out more than they might ordinarily do. But I don't think that it is a big problem given the limited focus of the book, and it more than adequately meets its goal of aiding those of us who are "ordinary" in our efforts to talk to the lost among us.
William C. Herzog
4.0 / 5
I loved this book. I enjoy the way Jim looks at reaching people. I have been using a lot of the ideas in the book and I ma having a blast. I have been a big Steve Sjogren fan and his book " Servant Evangelism" and this is just as good if not better. Over and over he talks about learning to listen to people. Counting conversations and not conversions. Well written and fun. I would recommend this book to anyone who is frustrated by all the pressure that is out on us to share our faith and to close the deal.
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