Find out how we as Christians, who are called to be the salt of the earth, can get out of the saltshaker and into life.
'Christians and non-Christians have something in common,' writes Rebecca Manley Pippert. 'We're all uptight about evangelism.'
So begins this bestselling book on evangelism as a lifestyle. Through stories, biblical insight and plain common sense, Rebecca helps us feel relaxed and enthusiastic about sharing our faith.
People crowd the pages of this book, with language and lifestyles to match. The author confronts them with a Jesus as contemporary as themselves, a Christ they can see, who cares. Reading her book we laugh at her mistakes, identify with her failures, and find ourselves eager to emulate her spiritual progress.
This thoroughly revised and expanded edition is now even more valuable, with new chapters on the natural stages of evangelism (cultivating, planting and reaping), new stories of God's work in people's lives and added material on meeting the challenges of the new competitors to Christian faith. Out of the Saltshaker is both fun and deep, light and life changing.
Introduction
1. Sleepless in Spain
2. Jesus - the Most Human of Us All
3. Jesus - the Lord of All
4. A Question of Love: Being Radically Identified with the World
5. A Question of Holiness: Being Radically Different from the World
6. A Question of Obedience: Another Way of Knowing God
7. Christ with Us
8. Practicing the Presence of Christ
9. Developing Conversational Skills
10. Three Ways to Witness
11. Cutlivating the Soil
12. Planting the Seed
13. Reaping the Harvest in God's Truth & Love
14. Reaping the Harvest in God's Power
15. Revealing the Truth Through Reason
16. Revealing the Truth Through Stories
17. Revealing Truth Through the Power of the Spirit
18. The Witness of Community
19. Without a Vision the People Will Perish
Appendix 1: Gospel Outlines
Appendix 2: Books for Evangelism
Appendix 3: Study Guide for Individuals or Groups
Notes
| Contributors | Rebecca Manley Pippert |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781844744282 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | May 2015 |
| Dimensions | 126mm x 196mm x 14mm |
| Weight | 0.38 kg |
| Print size | 10.0pt |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 291 |
| Publisher | IVP |
I read this book as a teenager when I'd just become a Christian. It helped me to see that evangelism is a privilege rather than something you wouldn't even do to your dog, as Rebecca Manley Pippert puts it so memorably.
Out of the Saltshaker is a classic, and on a great theme. It introduces one of life's greatest joys; that of turning inconsequential chatter into speaking about Jesus. This is a must-read for all Christians.
Anyone who follows the lead of Out of the Saltshaker will experience peace and power in communicating their confidence in Jesus to those lost in the bewildering context of contemporary existence.