Book Critique on Sharing Jesus Without Fear

Liberty Theological Seminary Book Critique Sharing Jesus with knocked out(p) aid A Paper Submitted to Dr. Gregory Hammond In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course present-day(a) Evangelism Evan 565 Bibliographical Information Fay, William and Linda Evans Shepherd, Sharing Jesus Without Fear, B&H Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999. Author Information William Fay, rootage of Sharing Jesus without fear, sh atomic number 18s his witness in the beginning of his leger. Fay was once president and CEO of a bragging(a) company.This was non all that he dabbled in as he had ties to illegal activities such as racketeering, guardmaking, gambling, and even ran a house of prostitution. (Fay,1) correspond to Fay, he felt at this time in his animation he had everything that liveliness could offer. The expensive watches, money, multiple marriages, further this trend in his life did non continue. Fay, eventually came to Jesus deliveryman and went to Denver Semin ary, and now is an gospeler that travels throughout the U. S. Content Summary Fay states at the very beginning what the goal of his cast.He states that its objective is to provide liberty and to build the worshiper so he jackpot present the gospel and not fail. (Fay, Preface) The book is broken mow into 11 chapters each dealing with aspects when presenting the creed. Fay incites with establishing the fact that and because you present the Gospel and someone does not respond it does not regard as that you failed. Success when it comes to the Gospel is presenting the Gospel and living out the Gospel. Fay points to the fact that it boils down to obedience.The next couple of chapters, Fay address the issue of not communion the Gospel and honey oil objections and fears that Christians have when presenting the Gospel. In Chapter 2, the author states that we must(prenominal) repent of the criminality of silence. Christians, who never discuss the Gospel, instead talk about unsa ved world, entirely does nothing about it. In this same chapter the author tries to instill in the deliberater to see the vision that Jesus Christ has for the world and for us to sh be this same message with the world that chamberpot change their life.Fay advocates on that point ar some Christians that go forth tell people they will pray for them and perform other nice gestures, except never overlap the Gospel at all. Fay stress that trusters requisite to escape from this philosophy and see the need to reach people in their need. The next chapter in Fay work addresses crude objections or fears that Christians have when it comes to witness. Fay in Chapter 3 present the movement is it the Christian responsibility to treat the Gospel if so therefore why are we not doing so. He goes through some(prenominal) reasons why we might not share the Gospel.Some of the objections are as marrys afraid of rejection, what friends might think, and not intimate enough give-and-ta ke knowledge to highlight some. Fay advocates that it is time for the Christian to drop the excuses. He in addition states in this chapter if the Christian wants to see dead on target joy in his life then the Christian needs to start sharing his faith with others. (Fay,28) The rest of his book is dedicated to explaining his philosophy and glide slope when it comes to sharing the Christian faith. Fay takes the next several chapters in particular 4-6 sharing the format which he uses and encourages worshipers to follow as well.He starts off in Chapter 4 how to lead a discourse to discuss spiritual matters. He shares several icebreakers that support be used to lead a chat to spiritual matters. He as well as shares in this chapter that 5 unproblematic questions can be asked that will open the conversation towards the topic of Jesus Christ. The release is that the believer is not to argue or defend right away, scarce to simply listen. The next chapter deals with the power of the Gospel and as one are engaged in a spiritual conversation to introduce account book, but have the psyche read it for themselves and not explain it.Let scripture speak for itself and let the Holy Spirit do the work of convicting. His get chapter in regards to presenting the Gospel is to bring the discussion to a decision and postulation several to a greater extent questions about making a decision. The questions are as follows are you a sinner, do you want forgiveness of sins, do you believe Jesus died on the cross for your and rose again, are you willing to twilight your life to Jesus Christ, and are you ready to invite Jesus into your life and into your heart. (Fay, 62-63) At this point in the conversation Fay charges the believer to be motionless and not say anything and let God work.In the final several chapters of Fay book, he addresses common objections raised by those who chose not to receive Christ and how to address those objections. He list 36 common objections as t he ones that are the most prominent. Fay also states that when addressing objections to make sure that one asks the question why. If we are quick to defend we might not get the right answer, but rather asking why usually reveals the reason and we can turn in to address it. The last two chapters of his book deal with having a categorisation of Christian and non-Christian friends and how our lives around our non-Christian friends can make an impact.As well, he does even up how to pray for the lost and follow a simple plan to follow to pray for them using a seven day model. His last chapter deals with to a greater extent of an exhortation to go and start sharing our faith with the lost. His last question he poses before closing the chapter is does the believer talk to the lost or about them which was his main question in the beginning of his work. Evaluation In examining, Sharing Jesus without Fear one should have some go up confident in regards to sharing the Gospel.The authors or iginal typify for this book is freedom and confidence when presenting the Gospel. The author takes the burn down in his work to start when Christian are at, and charges them to break from silence. Author does relieve the Christians of excessive pressure that a belief might flavor in regards to witness. He states that we are just obeying Jesus Christ my sharing the message that He left for us. It is not about how many we can stuff into a church or put on a badge of honour like we accomplished the work ourselves. The question is will the believer respond to the call of Jesus Christ.He states that a lot Christians are not following the command of Jesus Christ and a lot of Christians are afraid. The author does not cite any surveys to proof this, but full-grown the condition of society today, it is probably an accurate statement. He does address the common objections or reasons why Christians do not go out and share the Gospel with several scripture passages that address each reas on why believers do not share their faith like they should. He also explains that God promises the believer that he will be with us when the believer shares his faith.To site another problem that believers have when presenting the Gospel, is how to introduce the topic without world to obtrusive. He gave some examples of icebreakers or ways to lead a conversation to the desire result of sharing the Gospel. What is unique about the author approach to the topic is his simple, but direct approach to the Gospel. The states the five questions he asked acts as guide to get to the heart of the matter which would be sharing the Gospel. He says by asking these questions people are more open then we realize and willing to share their personal beliefs.The comforting point he makes is that Christians are to share and live out the Gospel. The book takes on more of a practical tone. Basically, the whole of idea is that sharing the Gospel does not have to be so complex and overwhelming as it seem s as it is made out to be. The author teaches the believer that sharing the Gospel will bring joy that is sometimes missing from the believer life. The believer can share the message of the cross quietly easily without fear knowing that God is there to keep the believer and success of the presentation is not depended on the fact that the person comes to Christ or not.Success for the believer is that fact that he we went out and obeyed Christ and if it results in a person coming to the knowledge of Jesus Christ then that is a blessing. A couple of items expense highlighting wake some elements that are quite good. The redefining of what success is in terms of witness. The second is the how approach to witness by asking the five questions and just listen and not interrupting which is the hardest thing to do. other element of his presentation is the use of scripture.Have the person read it for themselves and break up the meaning of the passage by having the Holy Spirit illuminate their minds to the virtue of the Gospel. Finally, the common objections that often that do come up are worth taking the time to read, and see if the responds are really helpful when a believer is in a conversation with an unbeliever. Some negative aspects of the book are as follows. First, there were very few references to other materials to support some of his claims. For example, the most common reason believers do not share their faith. He never indicated that he took a poll.Secondly, the author makes an assumption that a Christian can not experience joy unless he shares the Gospel. (p. 27) The author makes this statement, but does not support this statement with other believers testimonies nor with Scripture. The demographic of the person who should read this book is a believer wanting to share their faith, but does not know how. This resource offers innovate way in expressing what has changed the believers heart. This could also be taught to an entire church on how to start an evangelism program. This philosophy can be implemented right away into an every day conversation.A person would probably need to read through the work mayhap twice to fully actualise the concepts universe presented and to see how to implement them into their periodic lives. It would have to become part of them. This book helps clarify a simple way to share the faith. There are a multiple of programs, methods, and merchandising technique that are available to sharing the Gospel these days. However, the approach that was examined in Sharing Jesus without Fear alleviates the pressure that some might feel to follow a system. This system is heavily dependent on the scripture and the work of the Holy Spirit to do the convicting.It really does help me to understand that the Gospel can be shared virtually anywhere without being so in the face of people. This is opening a door to ask someone to share what they believe with the believer and in return showing the true. Instead of saying ou t from the beginning, you are going to hell. It does take evangelism in a different direction and his emphasis on living out the Gospel. To having a powerful impact in regards to the Gospel one must be living it and this is so important. Having the balance is what will make the difference.