

desertcart.in - Buy EVANGELISM & THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD book online at best prices in India on desertcart.in. Read EVANGELISM & THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD book reviews & author details and more at desertcart.in. Free delivery on qualified orders. Review: Good - Very good book to read. Review: Everything I've ever read from the pen of James Innell Packer has been pure gold. This book is no exception. It is short enough to be read quickly, but packed with such solid theology that it can be read over and over with new benefits. The strength of this book is not the presentation of methods for evangelism (Packer spends little time with this), but rather the theological tension of divine sovereign and human responsibility. Packer leads the reader into the deep end of the doctrinal pool gently, slowly, and with Scriptural fidelity and clarity. I love this book for several reasons, but here are the main ones: 1. Packer does not skirt the main issue. He deals with what he calls the "antinomy" - that is, two clear truths standing in apparent contradiction to one another. He humbly shows that Scripture, far from being contradictory, reveals truth that is sometimes irreconcilable for finite beings to exhaustively comprehend. Packer holds divine sovereignty and human responsibility together in tension, without letting one outweigh the other. This is the ground of the book. 2. Packer gives one of the best summaries of the gospel I've ever read. Without watering it down one bit, he simplifies the message to four main heads (namely, God, Sin, Christ, Summons to Repentance and Faith). In his usual style, he peppers in Scripture explaining it clearly along the way. In this, Packer is both explaining the gospel to future evangelists, but he's also demonstrating to those same individuals how to explain it to others. Simply brilliant! 3. The theology of this book, namely that God is sovereign (King) and that God is also righteous (Judge) is helpful for many areas of Christian living. The question of how God can hold sinners accountable and without excuse when he himself is the sovereign Potter, forming the clay as he purposes is applicable to other areas, like prayer. We are responsible to pray and petition God, and the fervent prayers of the righteous avail much, but God has an immutable decree that governs all. The Christian can have great confidence that their prayers lead to powerful results, not despite God's sovereignty but because of it. The sovereignty of God doesn't stifle prayer, but encourages it. Just so, the fact that almighty God sends laborers to his harvest gives great confidence of reaping a harvest. My favorite thing about this book is watching how Packer does theology. He says elsewhere that theology is "for doxology and devotion" - that is, for the theologian to rejoice in worship and go deep in faithful obedience to their God. He does it here, even while dealing with one of the most difficult theological problems. As a loyal servant, he tethers himself to the Scripture and applies it with remarkable practicality for soul-winning. Far from saying one's Calvinism should preclude evangelism, he allows his meaty theology to have hands, feet, and a mouth to share the good news to a dying world.
| Best Sellers Rank | #797,996 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8,057 in Theology & Philosophy of Religion #9,858 in Christianity (Books) #70,185 in Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,067) |
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 1.27 x 20.96 cm |
| ISBN-10 | 083083799X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0830837991 |
| Item Weight | 172 g |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 122 pages |
| Publisher | Ivp Books; Reprint edition (31 March 2012) |
J**T
Good
Very good book to read.
E**L
Everything I've ever read from the pen of James Innell Packer has been pure gold. This book is no exception. It is short enough to be read quickly, but packed with such solid theology that it can be read over and over with new benefits. The strength of this book is not the presentation of methods for evangelism (Packer spends little time with this), but rather the theological tension of divine sovereign and human responsibility. Packer leads the reader into the deep end of the doctrinal pool gently, slowly, and with Scriptural fidelity and clarity. I love this book for several reasons, but here are the main ones: 1. Packer does not skirt the main issue. He deals with what he calls the "antinomy" - that is, two clear truths standing in apparent contradiction to one another. He humbly shows that Scripture, far from being contradictory, reveals truth that is sometimes irreconcilable for finite beings to exhaustively comprehend. Packer holds divine sovereignty and human responsibility together in tension, without letting one outweigh the other. This is the ground of the book. 2. Packer gives one of the best summaries of the gospel I've ever read. Without watering it down one bit, he simplifies the message to four main heads (namely, God, Sin, Christ, Summons to Repentance and Faith). In his usual style, he peppers in Scripture explaining it clearly along the way. In this, Packer is both explaining the gospel to future evangelists, but he's also demonstrating to those same individuals how to explain it to others. Simply brilliant! 3. The theology of this book, namely that God is sovereign (King) and that God is also righteous (Judge) is helpful for many areas of Christian living. The question of how God can hold sinners accountable and without excuse when he himself is the sovereign Potter, forming the clay as he purposes is applicable to other areas, like prayer. We are responsible to pray and petition God, and the fervent prayers of the righteous avail much, but God has an immutable decree that governs all. The Christian can have great confidence that their prayers lead to powerful results, not despite God's sovereignty but because of it. The sovereignty of God doesn't stifle prayer, but encourages it. Just so, the fact that almighty God sends laborers to his harvest gives great confidence of reaping a harvest. My favorite thing about this book is watching how Packer does theology. He says elsewhere that theology is "for doxology and devotion" - that is, for the theologian to rejoice in worship and go deep in faithful obedience to their God. He does it here, even while dealing with one of the most difficult theological problems. As a loyal servant, he tethers himself to the Scripture and applies it with remarkable practicality for soul-winning. Far from saying one's Calvinism should preclude evangelism, he allows his meaty theology to have hands, feet, and a mouth to share the good news to a dying world.
H**L
Gottes Souveränität, menschliche Verantwortung, evangelistische Pflicht In der Niederschrift der 1959 an einer Missionskonferenz gehaltenen Vorträge antwortet Packer auf die Frage: Wie können Gottes Souveränität, die menschliche Verantwortung und die christliche Pflicht das Evangelium zu verkündigen zusammengebracht werden? Das Frühwerk gilt neben „Fundamentalism and the Word of God“, das Packers Durchbruch als Autor und Führungsfigur der Evangelikalen Bewegung begründete, als einer seiner Grundlagentexte. Durch den Vortragsstil lässt es sich gut lesen und hat auch eine verdaubare Länge. Die Antwort in Kürze Erst das völlige Vertrauen in Gottes Souveränität – durch sein Heilswerk, durch das er in seiner Allmacht hilflose Sünder durch Christus zu ihm selbst zurückbringt - gibt dem Christen die Kraft seine evangelistische Pflicht mit Hingabe zu betreiben. Aufbau 1. Göttliche Souveränität: Als Christen erkennen wir seine Souveränität schon an, weil - sie die Grundlage unserer Gebete ist - wir die Schuld für unsere Blindheit vor der Bekehrung bei uns selbst suchen - wir für die Bekehrung anderer Menschen bitten 2. Göttliche Souveränität und menschliche Verantwortung: Sie erscheinen unserem Verstand als Widerspruch. Als König ordnet und kontrolliert er alle Dinge (1. Mose 45,8; 50,20; Sprüche 16,9; 21,1; Matthäus 10,29; Apostelgeschichte 4,27f; Römer 9,20f; Epheser 1,11); als Richter zieht er jeden Mensch als verantwortliches Gegenüber zur Rechenschaft (Matthäus 25; Römer 2,1-16; Offenbarung 20,11-13). Wir sollten jedoch nicht erstaunt sein, dass wir solche Geheimnisse in Gottes Wort vorfinden; der Schöpfer geht über logische Denkvermögen des Geschöpfes hinaus. Wir tendieren dazu, das Paradoxon auf eine Seite aufzulösen – entweder indem wir die menschliche Verantwortung oder die göttliche Souveränität überbetonen und nicht mehr gleichzeitig hochhalten. 3. Evangelisation Was ist Evangelisation? Wir stellen eine spezifische Botschaft vor, nämlich Jesus Christus. Dies geschieht durch die Kraft des Heiligen Geistes. Dies geschieht mit dem Ziel, dass diese ihr Vertrauen in den dreieinen Gott setzen, ihn als Erlöser akzeptieren und ihm als König in der Gemeinschaft seiner Kirche dienen (38). Was ist die evangelistische Botschaft? - Es geht um Gott: Wer er ist, was sein Charakter und sein Massstab ist und was er von uns Geschöpfen verlangt. - Es geht um Sünde: Wir verfehlen den Massstab Gottes, fallen dadurch in Sünde und stehen hilflos unter Gottes Zorn. Es gibt drei Anzeichen die Sündhaftigkeit zu erkennen: Das Bewusstsein in einer falschen Beziehung zu Gott zu stehen, die Überzeugung zu sündigen kombiniert mit der Erkenntnis, sich in einem sündigen Zustand zu befinden. - Es geht um Christus: Er ist der Mensch gewordene Sohn Gottes. Als Lamm Gottes starb er für unsere Sünde. Er ist der auferstandene Herr und der vollkommene Retter. - Es geht und Glaube und Busse: Alle Menschen, die das Evangelium hören sind aufgerufen zu bereuen und zu glauben. Was ist das Motiv für Evangelisation? - Der erste Grund ist die Ehre Gottes. - Der zweite Grund ist die Liebe zu unseren Nächsten. Durch welche Mittel und Methoden soll Evangelisation praktiziert werden? Es gibt letztlich nur eine Methode der Evangelisation: Das treue Erklären (explanation) und Anwenden (application) der Evangeliumsbotschaft. Jede Strategie muss daran gemessen werden, ob sie diesem Ziel dient. 4. Göttliche Souveränität und Evangelisation 1. Das souveräne Handeln Gottes in Gnade schränkt die Natur und die Pflicht der Evangelisation nicht ein – weder die Notwendigkeit noch die Dringlichkeit, auch nicht die Angemessenheit zum Annehmen der Botschaft einzuladen. Ebenso ist jeder Sünder voll verantwortlich für seine Antwort. 2. Das souveräne Handeln Gottes in Gnade ist unsere einzige Hoffnung für Erfolg in der Evangelisation. Die Zuversicht der göttlichen Kraft soll uns mutig (bold) und geduldig machen und uns ins Gebet treiben. Fazit Durch die Gemeindewachstumsbewegung - eine Bestrebung innerhalb der evangelikalen Welt, durch Methoden der Wirtschaft das Wachstum der Kirchgemeinden zu fördern – sind manche Gemeinden noch mehr gefährdet die göttliche Souveränität in den Hintergrund zu rücken. Andererseits ist durch die Betonung der Tat (sozialer Aktivismus) die Evangeliumsbotschaft in den Hintergrund geraten. Das Buch ist ein wichtiges Korrektiv, Gottes Souveränität und die Botschaft des Evangeliums zu betonen.
E**N
J.I. Packer has been one of the great evangelical writers of the 20th century. Perhaps best known for his 'Knowing God', this is a slimmer volume and easier to read. Basically Packer deals with the nature of evangelism and its essential connection to God's sovereignty. He makes the point that evangelism needs to be defined as a message delivered, not by the effect on its hearers. We do not measure evangelism by the number of conversions but by the faithfulness with which the message is delivered; it is a process of proclamation. Evangelism, however, contains more than information, it also brings an invitation: the call to believe. He goes on to make the point that evangelism is not a separate species of preaching but is contained in all true preaching, namely the proclamation of the good news of Christ. Packer takes the reader through issues such as sin, repentance and faith, showing that faith is a commitment to a new life, not just a mental assent. In the last third of the book he explores the significance of God's sovereignty to evangelism: how it does not remove human responsibility or the need for a personal response. He makes it clear that our only hope in evangelism is, in fact, the sovereignty of God, as is the security of the believer. In short that not only is there no conflict between evangelism and God's sovereignty, but that one cannot function without the other. God calls on all to repent and believe, and those who respond in faith are justified. The response is itself evidence of the sovereign call of God, and that call is expressed through evangelism. This is a beautifully prepared and written book, very clear to follow and Biblically grounded. For anyone involved in telling others the Christian gospel it has very important things to say, and for the person exploring Christianity it is enlightening. Highly recommended.
A**N
This book is very readable and easy to understand. It is built on the whole council of God and not on bullet point texts.
J**N
This book started slow, but the last two chapters were very convicting, and insightful. He really helps you to practically see how believing in Gods absolute sovereignty will greatly help your evangelism
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