{"id":467,"date":"2007-07-16T13:12:49","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T13:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2007\/07\/encouraging-res.html"},"modified":"2007-07-16T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2007-07-16T13:12:49","slug":"encouraging-res","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2007\/07\/encouraging-res.html","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Responses to Red Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought you might like to see what others are saying about the book from ICRS. This is very encouraging!<\/p>\n<p>&quot;My husband and I own Logos Bookstore in Kent, Ohio. Our former youth pastor<br \/>\nhas been going on missions trips to South Africa for several years now. I&#8217;ve<br \/>\nbeen interested in what he&#8217;s been doing, but never challenged to be a part of<br \/>\nit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Not until about 4 hours ago. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had your book for several days. Today I thought that I&#8217;d just &quot;crack it<br \/>\nopen and read the first chapter.&quot; Well, I could not stop reading it, except for<br \/>\nabout a half hour to put my kids to bed. &#8230;I found that I did their bedtime<br \/>\nroutine differently tonight&#8230;with great pause, you know?<\/p>\n<p>Tom, your book has changed my heart of complacency. I have been slowly<br \/>\nbecoming aware of more global situations- like the plight of the Dalit and the<br \/>\nAfrican AIDS crisis. But this book said- &quot;You know the love &amp; hope of<br \/>\nChrist. Here&#8217;s the reality of these crises. Now, what are you going to do about<br \/>\nit?&quot; <\/p>\n<p>I read the whole book essentially in one sitting. I will read it again and<br \/>\nstudy it. But, I just had to tell you what impact it had on me. I will be<br \/>\nhandselling this at my store ASAP. I&#8217;ll be directing the local pastors and<br \/>\ncampus ministers to this NOW- before September. We can do a lot in northeast<br \/>\nOhio!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>And a second&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>&quot;On the plane going home, I started reading <em>Red Letters<\/em>, and<br \/>\ncouldn&#8217;t stop until I finished it. You&#8217;ve put into words the wordless<br \/>\nfrustrations and longings I&#8217;ve had in my faith and in my understanding of the<br \/>\nBible. Since childhood, I had a strong and easily upset sense of justice. As an<br \/>\nadult, God allowed my sense of justice to be smashed by personal difficulties,<br \/>\nand He is only now rebuilding that desire for justice in the direction of those<br \/>\nwho have no one to speak for them. <\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m not sure what direction God has for me next, but I know that <em>Red<br \/>\nLetters<\/em> and meeting you is pivotal in some way. I know I&#8217;ll be re-reading<br \/>\nthe book, and getting your other one while I pray and see what to do.&quot;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought you might like to see what others are saying about the book from ICRS. This is very encouraging! &quot;My husband and I own Logos Bookstore in Kent, Ohio. Our former youth pastor has been going on missions trips to South Africa for several years now. 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