Eats with Sinners: Reaching Hungry People Like Jesus Did [Paperback]

Arron Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2009

In Jesus' day, eating with someone acknowledged that person as an equal. Religious leaders considered it unthinkable for a Jewish teacher to eat with common people. But Jesus cared more about saving souls than saving face.

So who are you eating with? Eats with Sinners introduces a biblical model for evangelism—building relationships like Jesus did, one meal (or cup of coffee) at a time.

• Each of 13 chapters concludes with a "Meal Plan," which contains questions and directives designed to give individual readers or small group members the opportunity for personal reflection and practical application of the principles outlined in each chapter.
• Fun sidebars scattered throughout the book feature recipes, meal traditions in Jesus' day, and case studies.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Arron Chambers is the lead minister of Journey Christian Church in Greeley, Colorado, author of four books (including Remember Who You Are [978-0-7847-2065-3] and Go! [978-0-7847-2282-4]), and contributing editor of Christian Standard. A competitive triathlete and popular speaker, Arron and his wife, Rhonda, are the parents of four children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Standard Publishing (November 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0784723184
• ISBN-13: 978-0784723180
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Arron Chambers, author of Running on Empty: Life Lessons to Refuel Your Life (Life Journey, 2005), Scripture to Live By (Adams Media, 2007), and Remember Who You Are! (Standard Publishing, July 2007), Yendo Con El Tanque Vacío (Spanish Translation of Running on Empty--Zondervan, November 2007), Go! (Standard Publishing, July 2009), and Eats With Sinners (Standard, November 2009) is the Lead Minister of Journey Christian Church in Greeley, Colorado. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Florida Christian College, Contributing Editor and Blogger for The Christian Standard, President & Founder of Tri Life, Inc., a triathlete, an inspirational speaker who speaks to thousands of people each year, husband of a lovely wife, and the father of 4 beautiful kids. Arron is also the Executive Producer and on-air host of the prime-time TV program, Enjoy the Journey with Arron Chambers.
For more information: www.arronchambers.com

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously inspiring method of evangelism, February 6, 2010

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Stacey (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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First of all, I would like to extend a heartfelt "Thank you" to Arron Chambers and his publisher for sending me a copy of "Eats With Sinners" to review for them. I have always been grateful for this generosity, and I am trying to improve at being consistent in taking the time to thank these wonderfully giving individuals in a public forum. I really appreciate your time, effort and expense in making a reviewer copy available to me.

"Eats With Sinners" by Arron Chambers is an engaging non-fiction work that infects the reader with the desire to be a more effective witness. Centered around a meal motif, this "study" on evangelism is divided into 13 chapters. Each showcases a different "ingredient" necessary for developing relationships with the lost for the purpose of evangelism. There is a different recipe in each chapter, challenges to share a meal with someone to introduce them to Christ and begin building a friendship. There are also suggestions for developing yourself and creative methods for bringing the Gospel message to those around you.

This is definitely a book I will refer to often, and not just because several of the recipes look yummy! I will be trying the Red Beans and Rice this week. There are some uber-imaginative techniques that can be used to establish a dialogue about Christ with just about anyone, anytime, anyplace. And when it comes to sharing Christ, I can use all of the help and encouragement I can get. These methods don't quite fit my personality and upbringing - meals were very intimate social occasions in my family. It will take a bit of practice to fully employ the practices suggested in this book, but I'm already laying the groundwork with a couple of co-workers with regard to Christ and dining together. I can't wait to see what Jesus does with these relationships!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great service. great thought provoking book, November 18, 2011

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Very thought provoking book. Worth reading if you're involved in a hunger ministry or just trying to reach out to someone who is very different from you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Way of Witnessing!, September 22, 2010

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Heather Nicole - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eats with Sinners: Reaching Hungry People Like Jesus Did (Paperback)

Eating with Sinners by Arron Chambers is a book that shows a different way of evangelizing to the lost people of this world. It inspires readers to be a more effective Christian and witness for Christ. In the 13 engaging chapters, each one has an ingredient that is key to building a relationship with those lost people. Each chapter challenges the reader to sit down and eat with sinners, just as Jesus did. Eating with Sinners is an insightful and wonderful tool for witnessing that can help Christians find new ways of sharing the gospel anytime, anywhere, with anyone they encounter.

Arron's purpose for writing this book is to show how Jesus ate with sinners and how we should follow his example. The book deeply describes different aspects of building a relationship with the lost and witnessing to them, just like Jesus did. Specifically Arron uses an illustration of an elder at his church that would attend a bar but not buy anything. He would come to the bar and sit at the table and have a bible study with those who were willing to listen. The bar workers knew why he was there and soon he became a regular and people knew him for what he did, he ate with sinners. This is a great example that he used, it really showed how we should be like Christ and go out of our comfort zones and witness to those who don't know him. The stories Arron uses in his book inspire and challenge, motivating readers to get out there and eat with the lost and share the Good News!

In this motivating book there are 13 chapters that help with building those relationships with the Non-Christians that we encounter. Integrity, Accessibility, Grace, Faith, Intimacy, Tolerance, Resolve, Urgency, Mercy, Humility, Joy and Vision are the themes of each challenging chapter. Each of these pieces are crucial ingredients to building those relationships that we need to have with those who don't know Jesus. In each chapter there is a different recipe, challenges to take time and sit and eat with someone to introduce them to Jesus Christ and begin building a relationship. He gives different creative ways of bringing Christ into your conversations and your daily life and using it to share the Word.

By having these crucial ingredients, it helps us understand how Jesus ministered to the lost. This book is a helpful guide that awakens the reader to see how people today need to be more like Jesus. Eating with Sinners is also a great tool for Bible Study, having questions at the end of the chapters and challenging the reader to go out and be where the lost people are, to not just sit in the church building and think unbelievers will come to it. Arron's book makes Christians realize that it is our job to witness, because after death, there is no way Christians can share the Good News. He explains that doing it now and going out into the world is how Christians are going to save those who are lost.

Eating with Sinners is an inspiring book that brings forth new and exciting ways for Christians to share the Gospel. Arron gives great points and examples for helping readers get started on this new adventure in witnessing. Tying everything together in 13 detailed chapters, he gives a new meaning to the word evangelizing. He challenges readers to step out of their comfort zones and go where the people are, to eat with sinners, just as Jesus did.