More Ready Than You Realize: The Power of Everyday Conversations

Written by Brian D. McLaren

Narrated by Larry Black

WARNING: This is not just another book on evangelism. It's a simple idea of evangelism through friendship first, and the opportunities to share your faith that follow. It will bring friendships you already have to a new levels, and create opportunities for new, authentic friendships with those you will eventually meet.

OUT: Evangelism as sales pitch, as conquest, as warfare, as ultimatum, as threat, as proof, as argument, as entertainment, as show, as monologue, as something you have to do.

IN: Disciple-making as conversation, as friendship, as influence, as invitation, as companionship, as challenge, as opportunity, as conversation, as dance, as something you get to do.

You're more ready for this than you realize, and so are your friends!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Dec 2, 2008
• ISBN: 9780310304821

Brian D. McLaren

Brian D. McLaren, hailed as one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals by Time magazine, is a speaker, social justice activist, pastor, and the author of A New Kind of Christianity, A Generous Orthodoxy, A New Kind of Christian, and The Secret Message of Jesus. McLaren has appeared on Nightline and Larry King Live, and his work has been covered in The Washington Post, the New York Times, Christianity Today, and many other publications. McLaren and his wife, Grace, live in Florida and have four adult children.

Reviews for More Ready Than You Realize

[sandra305 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I don’t agree with all McLaren’s tenets, but I do like his relational approach to evangelism and his perception of faith as a journey--a process-and seldom a “punctiliar” conversion. This is a good book to get people thhinking and talking about the various aspects and dimensions of evangelism. I like his nonjudgmental approach to evangelism and, in his words, we are all “stories in progress surrounded by stories in progress.”

[dannymorris · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Language for a new paradigm. Excellent.

[rybeewoods · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

McLaren lets you read his email conversations with an unchurched person who is asking questions about spirituality. It's good. It's what "evangelism" is going to be like more and more.