Going Public with Your Faith, By Peel & Larimore: Book Report

Going Public with Your Faith, By Peel & Larimore: Book Report

Introduction

People around the world spend most of the day in one of the high-impact operation field and that is their workplaces. It is the place where they meet different people and face important questions of life on regular basis. In order to have an impact on other they have to know that how they can take evangelism out of the religious box entwine it into their work life. They have to have a perspective which is different from anything they have ever read or heard about evangelism. “Going Public with your Faith” by William Carr Peel and Dr. Larimore is a book which, with the help of a proven approach to evangelism, teaches people to have a unique relationship with clients, co-workers and customers.

About the Authors

The book is written by William Carr Peel and Dr. Larimore. William Carr Peel is president an organization “Foundation for Living” which helps people identifies their potential and aims and also affects their world for Christ. He is an author of seven books and three video series. On the other hand, Dr. Larimore is one of the best-known American family physician. He has written and edited more than 600 articles and over twenty is various lay magazines and medical journals. Bryson City Seasons, Bryson City Tales and Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook and are among his bestselling books.

Summary of Book

The book has personal stories from people who have influence in their workplaces and those who examine the biblical characters at their workplaces. The book teaches readers easy-to-implement ways for being a witness without witnessing, making life count for God every day of week, formulating trust with the most unconvinced person, drawing interest rather than fire towards faith and giving the precious gift to the co-workers.

It teaches that evangelism is not a mere event but a relational process. Every individual is gifted with a critical role to play for drawing other people to himself. Second chapter tells people that they do not have to leave their workplace in order to get the joy of being useful to God because God wants people to be useful right where they are (Peel and Larimore, 2003). Christians always possess what other people want and that is why they have to learn communicating in ways which can be understood by other and this is also taught in this book. People often miss understand that other will hear them on their own but chapter four “Earning the Right to be Heard” teaches if people want to be heard about their faith then they must have to pay attention on their own attitude first. It means that being influential necessarily means to be using techniques and strategies for being Jesus' witness at workplace rather the gospel message can be communicated with common courteousness (Peel and Larimore, 2003).

To be an impact of Jesus witness it is important to speak less ...