{"id":1045,"date":"2010-05-06T14:08:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T19:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2013-05-31T18:38:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T02:38:29","slug":"will-this-rock-in-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/will-this-rock-in-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Will this Rock in Rio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently wrote<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0that Jim Petersen’s book, Church Without Walls<\/a><\/em>, made it into my list of top ten books. This book shares some of the principles and ideas which guided his ministry among unchurched Brazilian students. I liked the book because the principles he shares encapsulate my thinking from the past five years about the kind of life I want to live among the people at my job and in my neighborhood.<\/p>\n

But principles are one thing; stories are quite another. Don Duntch of Quest Ministries\u00a0recently told me that stories reveal where God is at work, especially stories of people gaining freedom in their lives and in their thinking.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So it was with great excitement that I recently learned about a book by Ken Lottis, who was Jim\u2019s ministry partner in Brazil. The book is entitled Will This Rock in Rio?<\/em><\/a> and is basically the story of what Ken and Jim did in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019ve read both, I can say that the two books go together. While Jim\u2019s book is informative, Ken\u2019s is inspirational. While Jim\u2019s book affirmed my thinking, Ken\u2019s encouraged me to actually start reading John with someone<\/a>. While Jim\u2019s book answers the \u201cWhy\u201d and \u201cHow,\u201d Ken\u2019s books says \u201cGo\u201d and \u201cDo.\u201d<\/p>\n

I believe that if you read one book, you must read the other also. If you are a person who wants to love and live among the people who will never \u201ccome to church\u201d both books are \u201cmust reads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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