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  • Finding Common Ground: How to Communicate with those Outside the Christian Community...While We Still Can.

Finding Common Ground: How to Communicate with those Outside the Christian Community...While We Still Can.

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"In more than twenty-five years of ministry and communicating, I have never heard a more concise, graphic, and articulate communicator. Tim is a man of integrity and a man committed to making an impact for Christ in his world." — Stu Weber, pastor and author

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In a world that's growing more hostile to the gospel, what can Christians do? How can we communicate with our unbelieving friends and coworkers in a way that won't seem pushy, intolerant, or judgmental? In a world that's heard it all before and no longer seems to care, where do we begin?

By sowing.

In Finding Common Ground, Tim Downs reminds us of the forgotten biblical art of sowing and shows us practical and effective ways to:

  • Bring up spiritual subjects with busy and distracted people
  • Use secular movies and books to talk about biblical ideas
  • Overcome prejudice and stereotypes in our listeners
  • Keep open doors of communication with even hostile opponents
  • Move everyone we meet a step closer to the gospel

About the Author

Tim Downs
TIM DOWNS is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University in Graphic Design. After graduation in 1976 he created a comic strip, Downstown, which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. His cartooning has appeared in more than a hundred newspapers worldwide. In 1979 he joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, where he founded and directed the Communication Center, a communication training facility. He continues to serve as a speaker and writer. He and his wife, Joy, have spoken at FamilyLife Marriage and Parenting Conferences since 1985. He is author of First the Dead, Less Than Dead, Chop Shop, Head Game, Plague Maker, Shoo Fly Pie, and Finding Common Ground, which was awarded the Gold Medallion Award in 2000. He is also co-author of Fight Fair and The Seven Conflicts: Resolving the Most Common Disagreements in Marriage along with his wife Joy. Tim lives in Cary, North Carolina, with his wife and three children.

Endorsements

In more than twenty-five years of ministry and communicating, I have never heard a more concise, graphic, and articulate communicator.  Tim is a man of integrity and a man committed to making an impact for Christ in his world.
-Stu Weber, Pastor, Author

Tim Downs is a very effective communicator with a witty sense of humor.  He challenges me to holiness.  His passion for Christ and devotion to family are evident and contagious.
-Dennis Rainey, Executive Director, Family Life  

Tim Downs is to communication with Michael Jordan is to professional basketball: a high scoring team leader!  He is encouraging, bright and challenging. 
-Gary Rosberg, President, Family Legacy

Tim Downs knows how to write, he practices what he preaches, and he has addressed a crying need in a skillful, unique way.  If you want to gain insight or communicating the gospel effectively to contemporary culture, this is the first book you should read.
-J.P. Moreland, Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology 

In the pages of Finding Common Ground Tim uses his gift in pouring out his passion for clearly communicating the life changing message of the gospel and preparing the hearts of those to receive it who are still 'outside the camp'...be prepared to be stimulated and challenged. 
-Crawford W. Loritts, Jr., Author, Speaker, Associate US Director, Campus Crusade for Christ 

Product Details

ISBN: 978-0-8024-4096-9
Publish Date: August 1999
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Format: Paperback