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The Five Steps of Getting Un-Lost

I Once Was Lost has wisdom for those trying to reach young skeptics.

Review by Chap Clark | posted 6/23/2008 08:50AM

A few pages into Don Everts and Doug Schaupp's I Once Was Lost, 1 Peter 3:15 flashed through my mind. Surprisingly, it wasn't the middle phrase, which has defined apologetics-driven evangelism for decades: ...

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manitoumagwa

Posted: June 30, 2008 1:15 PM

As someone who's been there, this is right on. Anyone who actually knows real Christians, not Christianettes of the mainsteam, but real shining Christians, knows the goodness, the love, the relief to be found in the family of God. This is not the 80's, when so many were hurt by mainstream Christianity, televangelism etc. We have received a fresh outpouring of the holy spirit in recent times, the fat old white guys are dying off, and the spirit of Christ is prospering in the hearts of many who were total counterculturalists (like me) and rebels and outlaws. We FEEL it, for real, and it is good, not bad, it is empowering, not dumbing down, it is liberating, not imprisoning. Open your mind and heart, like the book says, go from distrust of Christians to trust; from spiritual complacency to curiosity; from being closed to Christianity to being open; from meandering to seeking; and finally, entrance over the "threshold of the kingdom." Thats exactly how it happened for me. Love be with you.

Hank	Posted: June 23, 2008 10:35 PM


It seems to me that this Tony guy has been brainwashed without even concentrating. Tony, Jesus loves you too. He died on the cross just for people like you. Obviously, you are hurting deep inside.

Paul	Posted: June 23, 2008 9:40 PM

As a Christian, I would say that Tony's comments are an accurate portrayal of Evangelical Christianity in the U.S. and "mind numbing" is a good word to use, as he is quoting Karl Marx, who had some poignant and truthful comments about Christianity, but also remember Marx embraced the Enlightenment, the same as most Evangelicals embrace it, whereby he thought that "man is the supremacy of man". It seems like people say, "Believe in God", but people say what am I believing in? Evangelical Christianity is structured as a "belief in belief in God" and that justifies us. Really? Atheism is on the rise predominantly because of a Christian belief in a Theistic God, i.e. a God who is above all, but not incarnated into society and socially relevant, I mean look at all the negative comments about Jeremiah Wright. On the other side, I think Chap Clark asking the tough questions about youth in America. Word!

God bless you Tony

Posted: June 23, 2008 5:03 PM

tony ia not wrong: we are like sheep - no, lambs; gentle lambs and we will look on his words with a little hurt and a little pity. But we have a great hope in Jesus even if we are not as sharp and and angry as Tony. Our minds are not numb in Jesus though because we are given the mind of Christ which is gentle yet as sharp as a sword. Tony has a fiery tongue that wants to hurt. But we can suffer his attack and be kind to him, happily. Because we have the treasure of jesus. God bless you Tony!

Dale Fincher

Posted: June 23, 2008 12:39 PM

My book, Living with Questions, is along the same lines... only not so much telling people how, but showing how it is done... it speaks directly to the teen/college audience with creative insights into their assumptions. Readers intrigued by "I Once Was Lost" will find "Living with Questions" helpful at getting into their shoes. Hate to be self-promotional, but just helping those interested to stay aware. ~dale

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