I Once Was Lost
What Postmodern Skeptics Taught US About Their Path to Jesus
InterVarsity Press · Print & ebook · April 4, 2008
How do people come to Jesus in today's postmodern culture?
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- Who it’s for
- A thoughtful look at how trust, curiosity, and seeking can shape a path toward Christian faith.
- Themes
- Postmodern evangelism, Coming to Christian faith, Living out Christian faith
- Genres
- Evangelism Guides, Church Growth, Christian Living
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How do people come to Jesus in today's postmodern culture? Not by a mechanical, linear process of cookie cutter conversions. Nor by a nebulous spiritual wandering that never culminates in decision and commitment. Over the last decade, Don Everts and Doug Schaupp have listened to the stories of two thousand postmodern people who have come to follow Jesus. While their stories are diverse and varied, certain common themes emerge.
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Postmodern evangelism is a mysterious and organic process that nevertheless goes through discernible phases, as people cross thresholds from distrust to trust, from complacency to curiosity and from meandering to seeking. Everts and Schaupp describe the factors that influence how people shift in their perspectives and become open to the Gospel. They provide practical tools to help people enter the kingdom, as well as guidelines for how new believers can live out their Christian faith.
Faith in Motion
A thoughtful look at how trust, curiosity, and seeking can shape a path toward Christian faith.
Come here for
- Stories from people who came to follow Jesus
- A nuanced account of faith taking shape beyond a cookie-cutter path
Expect
- Practical tools for helping people explore the Gospel
- Guidance for living out Christian faith as a new believer
Where it sits
| Evangelism Guides | 100% |
|---|---|
| Church Growth | 28% |
| Christian Living | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Evangelism Guides
- Pastoral Resources
- Church Growth
- Authors
- Don Everts, Doug Schaupp
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Published
- April 4, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Postmodern evangelism · Coming to Christian faith · Living out Christian faith
- Reading lane
- Evangelism Guides