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Scot McKnight, on his blog Jesus Creed<\/a> just posted this about Scared<\/a>. Thanks to all of you, the book was the #2 book sold on Amazon<\/a> of all books sold by my publisher. Right behind Francis Chan's Crazy Love.<\/a> <\/div>\n

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If you could give someone one item to learn about poverty in Africa, what would it be? <\/em>What is the best way to teach about poverty and the global crises we face? What impacted you the most in learning about global poverty? I learned most about the Holocaust through visiting Mauthausen and reading Elie Wiesel's "Night." How do we teach about Africa's poverty and AIDS crises? One way is to write novels …<\/em><\/p>\n

A deep love for suffering children, especially those with AIDS and orphans … 
A deep commitment and plea for those who can help to see what life in Africa is like … 
And a realistic narrative of a photojournalist, whose own life crumbles, and a young African girl whose family is dying of AIDS and who herself suffers from starvation, atrocities … and these two come together, from such wildly contrasting worlds that one is driven to ponder the injustices of the world, into a message of realism and hope.<\/p>\n

\"TomDavis.jpg\"<\/span>There is no reason why the typical suburban, computer-reading Christian can't support a child or do something for the suffering orphans of this world. <\/p>\n

These are the central themes of Tom Davis' new novel, Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World<\/a>\"\" <\/strong><\/em>, and I recommend the book<\/strong> but only if you want to be disturbed, challenged, and awakened to action<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Facts — like 26,500 children dying daily in the world from preventable diseases — strike us with objective force.<\/p>\n

Stories, fictional accounts of utter, naked realities, strike us with emotive force. <\/p>\n

Tom Davis, on the basis of the facts, uses the second approach to put in our minds and hearts the needs of Africa. I've posted about Tom's ministry – HopeChest<\/a> – before, and I'm glad to post yet again about this novel. I can't think of Tom without thinking of the words of James … pure religion before God is to care for widows and orphans.<\/p>\n

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