The Way of the Master: How to Share Your Faith Simply, Effectively, Biblically-- The Way Jesus Did

As far a a review goes, I ordered a case of these books. I will be using them in our Evangelism classes at Church. I read the first book last year, and just finnished reading this new up-dated version last week. I did not think their could be any improvment over the original, but I was way wrong. This is a hands on, put the tires to the pavement, way to start applying what God tells us to do. It is just awesome.

This book was a little bit of a challenge to get through...not because it was hard to read (it is very straightforward), but because it convicted me of my failure to tell people the whole counsel of God and also of my lack of love for others (in that I haven't been sharing the Way with others a whole lot lately.). Read this only if you want your hardened heart broken and hurting for the lost. Buy this book.

Have you ever noticed two simultaneous phenomenona - that evangelistic crusades produce many "converts" who cannot be found in church even a few months later, and that surveys show that many Americans consider themselves Christian and yet lead lives that do not reflect obedience to God? In this fascinating book, actor and lay Christian Kirk Cameron and Pastor Ray Comfort, examine the problem and give their diagnosis of what is going on. The evangelical church in America, has embraced a hermeneutic that tells the unconverted that "God has a plan for you," and "God wants you happy." And, what has been the effect of this? "Converts" who have no concept of sin, who do not have the grounding that can take them through the hard parts of life that are certain to come. So, what is the solution? A total rethink of the way that Good News is preached, including the centrality of God's Law. This book starts out as a Why We Should Evangelize, becomes a What We Are Doing Wrong, and ends up as a How We Should Evangelize. Overall, I found this to be a great book, one of the most exciting Christian books that I have read in a while! If you are a Christian who truly loves God, and want to know how to share your faith, then this is the book for you. I highly recommend this book to every Christian.

This book is the centerpiece of Comfort's ministry to help Christians to share their faith. It must start with the Bible: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." That's from the book of James, quoting the prophet Isaiah. Think about that for a minute: If you are proud in anything, God is resisting you in that thing. If you are proud in your accomplishments, if you are pleased with what you have done on your own, if you think you're pretty good at something--God will RESIST being a part of those accomplishments. If you are proud in your political opinion, thinking that it is completely correct and that you are smart to figure it out--God will RESIST blessing your political efforts. If you are proud in your religion, preaching hate to others who aren't in it, or concerned more about being right than about God and others--God will RESIST being a part of your religious practice! Worst of all, if you are proud in your righteousness, if you think you are a good person, if you compare yourself to others and judge yourself good--God will RESIST bringing you to salvation! Instead, if you look at your accomplishments and count them as total garbage (Phil 3:7-8) so that you may gain Christ, if you submit your political opinions to God's will and plan, if you seek him first ahead of particular practices or ordinances, and if you consider yourself a completely depraved, sinful wretch unworthy of any of God's glory (Rom 7, Mark 10, Is 64, Rom 3:9-20, countless other verses) he will give you grace! He will save you! He will lift you up! The Gospel of Christ doesn't work on the proud--first, God must make them humble. How can we Christians be God's workers to do this? By helping the self-righteous ones around us to see their sin, to see how short of "good" they have come, to urge them to test themselves against God's law that they might realize their sin, become humble, and be driven to the cross to recieve the grace of God. Ray Comfort in this book lays out these Biblical principles that should be a huge wake-up call to the modern church--we've been doing it wrong for a hundred years!

"The Way of the Master" shows us that it isn't the "feel-good" gospel that creates new believers, but the power of the Law of God--when used properly--to bring unsaved sinners to the Savior.I used to tell people that "God loves them and has a wonderful plan" for their lives. This book basically knocked me off my feet! Anyone who still uses the modern style of evangelism will only get false conversions--if they're lucky, one of every 200 or so will continue in the faith.This book also challenges people in their daily walk to examine themselves to see if they are in the faith. Not for the faint at heart!I plead for the body of Christ to read this book! It will change them forever! Next to the Bible, THIS is my favorite book!