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    The Unexpected Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus
    The Unexpected Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus
    The Unexpected Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus
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    The Unexpected Adventure: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People about Jesus

    Written by Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg

    Narrated by Lee Strobel and Lee Strobel/Mark Mittelberg

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    Well-known evangelists Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg have teamed up to bring you a 42-day devotional-style series of adventures in sharing the gospel.

    Through their own stories—ranging from the laugh aloud funny to the discouraging to the uncanny—Strobel and Mittelberg will motivate you to make the Great Commission a way of everyday living.

    • Mark relates a conversation he had with a woman who hated missionaries for ruining people's cultures.
    • Lee tells of the "spiritual vertigo" he feels when someone highly educated challenges his faith and how he deals with that.
    • Mark tells a story of the time he was almost shot on a backpacking trip.
    • Lee talks about a time he followed the Spirit's nudges on a mission in India—giving an unprepared sermon to a group of Hindus.

     

    These are just a few of the many stories told. The two trade off, giving examples of the many and unexpected ways they've seen God show up and work in the lives of those who dare to speak his name. Filled with practical guidance, inspiration and transparency, The Unexpected Adventure addresses everything from the emotional challenges of evangelism to the spiritual joy that comes from putting your trust in Christ and talking about it.

    Perfect for readers who don't need another "evangelism playbook" but instead want transparent, real-life stories of the risks people take to talk about Jesus.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateMay 5, 2009
    ISBN9780310289579
    Author

    Lee Strobel

    Lee Strobel, former award-winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Lee earned a journalism degree at the University of Missouri and was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to study at Yale Law School, where he received a Master of Studies in Law degree. He was a journalist for fourteen years at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, winning Illinois’ top honors for investigative reporting (which he shared with a team he led) and public service journalism from United Press International. Lee also taught First Amendment Law at Roosevelt University. A former atheist, he served as a teaching pastor at three of America’s largest churches. Lee and his wife, Leslie, have been married for more than fifty years and live in Texas. Their daughter, Alison, and son, Kyle, are also authors. Website: www.leestrobel.com

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    • 4/5
      Motivating vignettes that inspire one to look at opportunities for personal evangelism in one's own sphere of influence.
    • 5/5
      I really want to start out this review by saying "Don't read this book!" because it is so well done that it accomplishes what it was set out to do - inspire Christians to share their faith with others. This is a collection of about 40 different stories each with a different real scenario that Strobel and Mittelberg had. Some are entertaining, some are emotional, some are thought provoking, and some are just downright good. If you need a kick in the pants to fulfill the command Jesus gave of the Great Commission then I would highly suggest this book. If you're fine just where you're at - then "Don't read this book!" Final Grade - A