For starters, I haven’t been bitten by the pride bug! Rather, I have been smitten by a writer called John Shore, whose book is the title of todays post. He is so radical yet so right! It’s what God is trying to say to the church today. Him that has ears to hear, let him hear!
The gist is this: I’m OK–You’re Not is the message we are sending nonbelievers and we should stop. John asks the question: “In our zeal for the Great Commission, have we forgotten the Great Commandment? Let me tintillate your senses with a little secret! The words ‘Great Commission’ was not coined by God. It is man’s labelling of a directive given by Jesus. But ’Greatest Commandment’ was spoken by Jesus Himself…’Love God first and love your neighbour as yourself! ’ Go figure!
I quote the back cover:
“Author John Shore proposes a radical solution: “Maybe it’s simply time to take our focus off of evangelism.”
With humourous insights and a wealth of ‘me too’ moments, John suggests that we shift our emphasis from
fulfilling the Great Commission to really living the Great Commandment. After all, the only thing better than
telling others about God’s Love is letting them actually experience it.
John Shore helps us accept that we’re not o.k and that’s o.k.
ISBN #: 1-60006-057-9
Run to the Book Store and get it!
Greta
Hi, Greta. I’m John Shore, the author of “I’m OK–You’re Not.” I want to express my extreme appreciation for your very kind words about my book. I really appreciate it. Thanks. If you’d like to write me I’m at johnshore@sbcglobal.net
Aloha, Greta. So, letting people continue to live in sin and be bound for hell is okay? You cannot be serious on this one. If evangelizing properly was not so important, why did the apostles all die as martyrs spreading the Gospel? Why didn’t they just kick back and let others see the love in their eyes and go from there? This book is just another New Emergent teaching that is going to cost many their souls. If you don’t feel a drive to tell those who are lost about how to be saved, maybe you aren’t saved, yourself?
It is our exact love for our fellow man that causes us to tell others about their sins against God, the wrath He has for them if they do not repent/turn away from their sins against Him, how God came to earth as Jesus to die in our place on the Roman cross and give us a way to Him and away from hell. I would quote the entire chapter 2 of 2 Peter to kep in conrext of how Mr. Shore is a false teacher with false doctrine, but you are better to re-read it, yourself, as well as anybody else who thinks sin is something too condemning to share with others. From Adam, to Noah, to Sodom and Gomorrah onwards, SIN is the total thing that separates us from God’s full love. We can’t overlook this most important aspect of witnessing, as it’s what lets people know their wicked condition in the eyes of God, and what establishes a Godly sorrow of their behaviour and a true desire to repent.