Faith Today - July/August 2013

Eric Metaxas spoke at the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa this month and delivered a delightful, fun and inspirational message encouraging Christians to unabashedly engage in the public dialogue from our biblical worldview – and in the process we might just become world changers, just as the subject of his latest biography did. So this summer I will be reading his Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Thomas Nelson, 2010). And if I find that too daunting, I will start with another of his books, 7 Men and the Secret of Their Greatness (Nelson, 2013). And if that too seems more than my summer brain can handle, I can always cuddle with my grandson and read some of Metaxas’s Veggie Tales books. If he writes half as good as he delivers an address, I expect to

have a great time in my summer reading.

Jan Kupecz, executive director Canadian National Christian

Foundation

this summer I’ll be reading Unmuzzle Your Inner Sheep: Liberating Believers to Share Jesus (Word Alive, 2013). It’s about lifestyle evangelism, authored by Rev. Royal Hamel of Light the Darkness Ministries in Guelph, Ont. He says, “Relational evangelism has not been tried and found wanting. It has mostly not been tried. Many ‘sheepish sheep’ yearn to be unmuzzled so they can naturally share Jesus.” Hamel shows how the shy and timid personality, as well as the outgoing, can begin to joyfully speak.

Brian Magnus, bishop The United Brethren Church in Canada

this summer I am excited to begin John G. Lake: His Life, His Sermons, His Boldness of Faith (Kenneth Copeland Publications, 1996). It was highly recommended by a friend of mine who could not stop talking about the miracles he encountered in his ministry. I am at a season of preparation in my life where it’s time to break free from that false self-preservation spirit of fear, be it fear of disappointments or fear of making a mistake in the eyes of God, and stepping out in His will. John G. Lake was a great missionary and faith healer. He was bold and fearless. He moved forward in faith and wasn’t held back by fear. He so believed in His God that through him daily miracles would take place just like it did for Jesus. I want to be like that too.