Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World [Paperback]

Robert Briner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

Bob Briner would have told you, 'Absolutely!' Roaring Lambs is Briner's manifesto of our proper stance regarding the 'culture-shaping arena.' Christians can and ought to be the movers and shakers of social change -- 'roaring lambs' who infiltrate and make an impact on their workplace and world with their faith. Roaring Lambs was written from Briner's personal experience as an Emmy Award-winning television producer. It takes you into the work world strategies anyone can use. There's also a useful discussion guide that will help you and your friends put shoe leather to your faith. Bob Briner's greatest legacy may well be the way in which, through his own courageous roam, he helped countless Christians discover theirs. John their ranks. Roar with conviction -- and change your world!

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Bob Briner is the president of ProServ Television and the author of The Management Methods of Jesus, Roaring Lambs and Lambs Among Wolves. He has won the coveted Emmy Award for his television work and is one of the leaders in sports marketing and television. Briner and his wife live in Greenville, Illinois. They are the parents of three adult children

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Bob Briner would have told you, "Absolutely!" Roaring Lambs is Briner's manifesto of our proper stance regarding the "culture-shaping arena." Christians can and ought to be the movers and shakers of social change -- "roaring lambs" who infiltrate and make an impact on their workplace and world with their faith. Roaring Lambs was written from Briner's personal experience as an Emmy Award-winning television producer. It takes you into the work world strategies anyone can use. There's also a useful discussion guide that will help you and your friends put shoe leather to your faith. Bob Briner's greatest legacy may well be the way in which, through his own courageous roam, he helped countless Christians discover theirs. John their ranks. Roar with conviction -- and change your world!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310591112
• ISBN-13: 978-0310591115
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous book on faith and the arts, July 18, 1999

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This review is from: Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World (Paperback)

Christians seem so often to create their own sub-culture of culture--Christian music, Christian books, etc. Briner exhorts people of faith to produce their very best work to the glory of God, but in the mainstream where everyone can be impacted. As a Christian and an artist who tries (sometimes with more success than others) to combine serving God and creating art, this book really inspired me to keep striving to do and be my best.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attention all musicians, actors, writers, artists, etc..., July 25, 2000

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This review is from: Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World (Paperback)

I have never found a more helpful book than Roaring Lambs in providing a purpose for a Christian who wants to impact the world for Christ. Briner writes to guide and encourage Christian artists who want to impact their contemporaries with God honoring music, theater, art, movies, etc. BUT, he emphasizes sharing your gifts with the world. Do not stay in the cozy, protective Christian sub-culture, but let your peers admire your skill. Venture into your cities and share your performances and creations. Offer an alternative to the world with the gifts God has given you.

If you want a book that adds fire to the protests, boycotts, and score keeping that some Christians partake in.... THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU! This book will show you were Christians have dropped the ball in areas of literature, movies, TV, journalism, etc. AND give you great ideas to change these mediums by asking you to get involved and provide God honoring alternatives.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fulfilling the Great Commission in contemporary America, July 14, 2001

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This review is from: Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World (Paperback)

"And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.''" (Matthew 28:18-20)

The late Bob Briner's "Roaring Lambs" is a book that should be necessary reading for any Christian seeking to fulfill the Great Commission in contemporary America.

"Roaring Lambs" focuses on our calling to fulfill the Lord's commission; specifically by being salt and light in our culture. Briner firmly but lovingly condemns the "ghetto" that many Christians have created for themselves by withdrawing into their own subculture. He states:

"We feel we are making a difference because we are so important to ourselves. We have created a phenomenal subculture with our own media, entertainment, educational system, and political hierarchy so that we have a sense that we're doing a lot. But what we've really done is create a ghetto that is easily dismissed by the rest of society."

Briner sums up the problem this way: "Culturally, we are lambs. Meek, lowly, easily dismissed cuddly creatures that are fun to watch but never a threat to the status quo."

Thankfully, Briner does not argue that we should mindlessly lob grenades at society from within the safety of the ghetto's walls--far too many do that already. Instead, Briner states that we must engage in the discourse of our culture. Christians must involve themselves in the culture shaping arenas of art, entertainment, the media and education. In short:

"It is time for the lambs to roar."

The rest of the book is composed of chapters examining each culture shaping field. Briner, who himself worked in the media as a producer, offers practical suggestions for people wishing to make an impact in these areas.

Having come to Christ as an adult, I personally was not raised in the ghetto Briner speaks of. Yet...I know a good deal of people who were; as well as a few who still live there. This book is a great wake up call for such people. It is liberating for them and inspiring for all who long to see God's Kingdom flourish.

Briner did all Christians a service by writing this book. It is a call to action from within the Church that leads us to go beyond the Church and into a world which is ripe for harvest.

I highly recommend "Roaring Lambs." If you finish reading "Roaring Lambs," and want more practical advice and insights on positive ways to shape culture, you can find them in Dick Staub's "Too Pagan, Too Christian." Both are excellent books and work hand in hand together.