“Eats with Sinners” by Arron Chambers
Here is another book review.
I just finished reading Arron Chamber’s new book, “Eats with Sinners”. Once again Arron’s thoughts are provoking, stirring, and makes me examine my walk with Christ. As a Youth Minister I am always reading and being encouraged by other Christians in their writing, but Arron not only encourages, but challenges. As I look at my life and look at the people I socialize with most of the time it is with Christians, and while socializing (i.e. fellowship) is not inherently a bad thing, it is why and what I was called into.
One of the best Chapters was Chapter 8 on the topic of “URGENCY”, Arron reminds us what Jesus talks about in Luke 10 ” The harvest is plentiful…” so many times we examine ourselves in the few of others, or we (well I being a Minister) examines churches and it can be depressing knowing your attending was 300 while the church done the street had 4 services with 300 per service, but Arron reminds me that there are so many people lost I need to stop worrying about the church down the street or the Christian sharing his faith, instead I need to pray for that church or that person and continue to reach people with the Gospel.
Every Pastor, church leader, Elder, needs to read this book, needs to bring it to the attention of other leaders in the church, and then needs to take it to the church and get them to see that “eating with sinners”, building relationships with those not in the church, and taking the Gospel where other people are not willing to go is exactly what Jesus would want us to do. Thank you Arron for encouraging and challenging my walk with Christ.
