This is a great book written by two former Inter Varisty guys on key steps saw in almost every salvation on campus. I believe the book is required reading now for all new AGWM personal.

The findings of people active in evangelism in terms of how postmodern people they have worked with have moved from unbelief to belief.

The book's premise is that in the modern age the average secularist must go through five shifts or transitions in order to go from the world to the people of God: from distrust to trust, from complacent to curious, from being closed to change to being open to change, from meandering to seeking, and then from the world to the Kingdom. The book's chapters go into greater detail about each of these transitions, replete with examples, and ends with a discussion of the mentoring relationship needed to help new Christians navigate their first few months and year as a Christian.

Based on my limited experience I appreciate the authors' assessment and portrayal of the situation. Most people don't see the importance or relevance of Jesus or Christianity in their lives and remain quite content with the secular consumerist consensus of our modern era. It is when they get to know Christians, trust them, get curious about the faith, experience whatever moment that upsets the status quo so as to become open to God in Christ, and then being directed appropriately that they can be converted. As can be seen from the above, apologetic arguments pale in importance compared to the faithful witness of the lived Christian life and meaningful engagement in the lives of the secularists among us.

Absolutely worth consideration for all who seek to promote the Gospel in these times. ( )

A good and different look at the stages of modern day skeptics on their way to becoming Christians. The book does a good job (unlike many) of using real examples to illustrate the five "thresholds" people must cross to become a Christian. It caused me to think about how I act around non-Christians and how the one-size-fits-all approach is very limited. Well worth reading. ( )

(1) "I went from not trusting Christianity to trusting a Christian." (29)
(2) The five thresholds. (23-24) ( )