If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat - Participants Guide [Paperback]

John Ortberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 2003

Small group Bible study will never be the same! With ZondervanGroupware Small Group Editions, leaders have interactive DVDs that feature bestselling authors Philip Yancey and John Ortberg to teach a small group Bible study in their own homes. The DVD and 32-page leader's guide provides ease of facilitation for the small group leader. The participant's guide, available separately, provides a book for small group members to follow along with the teaching and record responses to questions. If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat---Nearly 500,000 books sold John Ortberg serves as guide and interpretive leader of six DVD small group sessions designed to help people learn to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for 'water-walking' in faith with God.

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From the Back Cover

Small group Bible study will never be the same! With ZondervanGroupware Small Group Editions, leaders have interactive DVDs that feature bestselling authors Philip Yancey and John Ortberg to teach a small group Bible study in their own homes. The DVD and 32-page leader’s guide provides ease of facilitation for the small group leader. The participant’s guide, available separately, provides a book for small group members to follow along with the teaching and record responses to questions. If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat—Nearly 500,000 books sold John Ortberg serves as guide and interpretive leader of six DVD small group sessions designed to help people learn to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for "water-walking" in faith with God.

About the Author

John Ortberg is a pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California. He is the bestselling author of When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box; The Life You've Always Wanted; and If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat. He and his wife Nancy, have three children. SPANISH BIO: John Ortberg es pastor de la iglesia Presbiteriana de Menlo Park en la ciudad de Menlo Park, California. Es el autor de los exitos de venta: Dios esta mas cerca de lo que crees, La vida que siempre has querido, Todos son normales hasta que los conoces, Si quieres caminar sobre las aguas, tienes que salir de la barca, y Un amor mas alla de la razon. el y su esposa, Nancy, tienen tres hijos.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Student/Stdy Gde edition (July 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310250560
• ISBN-13: 978-0310250562
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Bible & Other Sacred Texts > General
  • #44 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian Living > General

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get Your Small Group Out of the Boat, March 14, 2005

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Banks Corl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat - Participants Guide (Paperback)

Ortberg's small group series are among the best, if used with his teaching DVD's (Zondervan, but you'll have to find that elsewhere, it appears).

This particular study appeals to a broad range of backgrounds, and experience levels. We all wrestle with "staying comfortable" vs. "stepping out in faith" when the situation calls for it. Through excellent groups discussion and Scripture investigation questions it is easy to guide a group to go beyond their current "comfort zone" and take steps of faith "outside the boat."

But purchasethe DVD for best results (use an Internet search engine and you should find it quickly). Ortberg is a master teacher, and his 25-30 minute teaching is a must.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Christian writer of our day, January 31, 2007

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J. Wesner "mwnjw" (Bloomington, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat - Participants Guide (Paperback)

It's funny -- I love James Taylor and I love John Ortberg. I think the commonality there is that they are such great wordsmiths. Very honest, plain-spoken, and yet so much is contained in so little said. Ortberg is not a poet, but he's able to see great truth in simple things.
If you avoid being confronted with truth, then avoid this book. But if you're ready to face it, then read it. He's the CS Lewis of our day.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faith, September 27, 2006

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Buble "Buble" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat - Participants Guide (Paperback)

This is one of the best book that I have which talk about faith. If you need encouragement or something to help you increase your faith, then this is the book for you.