Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire - Hardcover

Jim Cymbala; Dean Merrill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0310211883 ISBN 13: 9780310211884

Publisher: Zondervan, 1997

Synopsis

Pastor Jim Cymbala shares the lessons he learned when the Spirit ignited his heart and began to move through his people. This unforgettable story will set a fire burning in your heart to experience God's mercy, power, and love as though for the first time.

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Review:

As though blowing oxygen upon the dying embers of a fire, pastor Jim Cymbala revived a broken-down church in a rough-shod inner-city neighborhood through Christian faith. Twenty-five years ago, the Brooklyn Tabernacle could barely draw 26 people to a Sunday service. Nowadays the congregation is 6,000 strong--filled with converted prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, and homeless people, as well as yuppies and wholesome families. Although he's quick to give God credit for this miraculous success story, Cymbala admits that there may be a few human decisions that led to this Christian triumph. Most significantly, he made sure his church community embraced everyone, from all walks of life--no matter how distasteful or foreign. "Christians often hesitate to reach out to those who are different," according to Cymbala. "They want God to clean the fish before they catch them. If someone's gold ring is attached to an unusual body part, if the person doesn't smell the best or the skin color is not the same, Christians tend to hesitate." Thus, Cymbala encouraged his congregation to adopt the very same tolerant and accepting attitude as their God does. The results? Let's just say a church thrives in Brooklyn. Accomplished cowriter Dean Merrill helps this tender true story stay satisfying and highly readable. --Gail Hudson

From the Publisher:

The Brooklyn Tabernacle has become world-famous as a church of

miracles, a church that has flourished amidst the poverty and crime of one of Brooklyn's harshest, most unforgiving neighborhoods. A place where professional men and women, former prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, homeless people, and transvestites gather to worship their powerful and merciful God. Thid is a book that will lead you on a journey to spiritual awakening. In it, Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, shares the heartcry of God to renew and revive his people - to call us back from spiritual dead ends leading only to apathy and lukewarm religion. It's time to take great risks with God, to listen closely for his voice, and to pray as though everything depends on God. This is a book that will break your heart and restore your vision. It will lead you into a deeper experience of all that God intends for your life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0310211883
• ISBN 13: 9780310211884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192