I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus

How do people come to Jesus in today's postmodern culture? Not by a mechanical, linear process of cookie cutter conversions. Nor by a nebulous spiritual wandering that never culminates in decision and commitment. Over the last decade, Don Everts and Doug Schaupp have listened to the stories of two thousand postmodern people who have come to follow Jesus. While their stories are diverse and varied, certain common themes emerge. Postmodern evangelism is a mysterious and organic process that nevertheless goes through discernible phases, as people cross thresholds from distrust to trust, from complacency to curiosity and from meandering to seeking. Everts and Schaupp describe the factors that influence how people shift in their perspectives and become open to the Gospel. They provide practical tools to help people enter the kingdom, as well as guidelines for how new believers can live out their Christian faith.

Doug Schaupp is regional director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's campus ministries in Southern California. He is a frequent speaker on postmodern evangelism, racial issues and leadership development. He is the coauthor of Being White as well as a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary and lives in Los Angeles.

Don Everts is a poet, preacher and writer who has spent a lot of time on college campuses playing hacky sack and eating cheap pizza. His books include Jesus with Dirty Feet, God in the Flesh, Getting Your Feet Dirty and the One Guy's Head series of postmodern apologetics.