What Would Jesus Do? - Couverture souple

Sheldon, Charles Monroe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0883685159 ISBN 13 : 9780883685150

Editeur : Whitaker House,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Book by Sheldon Charles Monroe

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The novel begins on a Friday morning when a man out of work appears at the front door of Henry Maxwell while the latter is preparing for that Sunday’s upcoming sermon. Maxwell listens to the man’s helpless plea briefly before brushing him away and closing the door. The same man appears in church at the end of the Sunday sermon, walks up to “the open space in front of the pulpit,” and faces the people. No one stops him. He quietly but frankly confronts the congregation—“I’m not complaining...” about their compassion, or apathetic lack thereof, for the jobless like him in Raymond. Upon finishing his address to the congregation, he collapses, and dies a few days later. That next Sunday, Henry Maxwell, deeply moved by the events of the past week, presents a challenge to his congregation: “Do not do anything without first asking, ‘What would Jesus do?’” This challenge is the theme of the novel and is the driving force of the plot. From this point on, the rest of the novel consists of certain episodes that focus on individual characters as their lives are transformed by the challenge. Other characters include Ed Norman, senior editor of the Raymond Daily Newspaper, Rachel Winslow, a talented singer, and Virginia Page, an heiress, among others.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Whitaker House,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0883685159
• ISBN 13: 9780883685150
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250