Foreword
FOREWORD
Every once in a while, God gives to His people a man who is qualified to cut us open, give us a diagnosis and prescribe a remedy for our healing. K.P. Yohannan is such a man.
This is not a book about missions, although the author’s heartbeat for the evangelization of the world pulses on every page. This is a book about spiritual reality, about what it means to be a follower of Christ in the 21st century. It’s a book about the spiritual condition of the Western Church in light of the awesome needs in other parts of the world.
You will quickly discover that K.P. is a man of deep passion. He fervently loves the believers in the United States and Canada but is grieved over the spiritual insensitivity of the Church at large. With tears he admonishes us to leave our fascination with material prosperity and the enjoyment of personal pleasures to turn to Christ with all our heart. That, after all, is the path to true happiness and fulfillment. K.P. calls it reality.
Here is a book that cuts through the welter of pseudo-remedies for spiritual renewal and returns to the basics. The author is impatient with intellectual knowledge unless it translates into holy living and a single-minded determination to see the Church around the world grow for the glory of God. And he practices what he preaches.
Every believer who is concerned about the spiritual life of the Church in America ought to read this book. You may find, as I did, that at times his analysis made me feel defensive and uncomfortable, but in the end I knew he was right.
This book has the power to change anyone who is weary of halfhearted Christianity and is unafraid to take some giant steps with God. Through these pages, K.P. will come into your room, sit down and share his heart. If you listen carefully, you will leave with “eternity stamped on your heart.”
Erwin W. Lutzer
Senior Pastor, Moody Church
Chicago, Illinois