Into the Fray

In the earliest days of the Christian church, the gospel spread out from Jerusalem in a burst of incredible stories. A man who could calm a stormy sea with a word, who healed the lame and the blind, who raised the ire of the religious leaders, and who even raised people from the dead. Compare this organic, even entertaining, method of spreading the Good News to how we are often encouraged to evangelize today, with clever arguments and our defenses already up in anticipation of rebuttal. Somewhere along the way, we've lost the plot to the greatest story ever told.
Now Matt Mikalatos invites us back into God's story, both to find our place in it and to rediscover the wonder that the apostles saw in their listeners as they told the story of Jesus, the Messiah they knew personally and loved fiercely. As they lose themselves in modern retellings of the events of the book of Acts, readers will find that sharing the story is easier and more rewarding than they ever imagined.

Author: Matt Mikalatos
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 08/04/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780801016318

Review Citation(s):
Christian Retailing 08/01/2015 pg. 58
CBA Retailers 08/01/2015 pg. 42

About the Author
Matt Mikalatos is the author of "The First Time We Saw Him," "My Imaginary Jesus," and "Night of the Living Dead Christian," and has been on staff with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) for fifteen years. Matt is an active member of the group blog at norvillerogers.com, and can also be found at www.mikalatos.com. Matt has a master's degree in biblical theology from Western Seminary. Matt and his family reside near Portland, Oregon.

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