If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
First edition cover | |
Author | John Ortberg |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject |
Jesus walking on water Leaps of faith |
Genre | Christian devotional literature |
Published | 2001 (Zondervan) |
Pages | 224 |
ISBN | 9780310228639 |
OCLC | 673955 |
248.4 | |
LC Class | BV4637 .O78 2003 |
Preceded by | Grace |
Followed by | Love Beyond Reason |
Website | http://www.johnortberg.com/books/if-you-want-to-walk-on-water-youve-got-to-get-out-of-the-boat-participants-guide-with-dvd/ |
If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat (also simply referred to as If You Want To Walk on Water) is a 2001 book written by John Ortberg that uses the New Testament account of Jesus walking on water as a conceptual framework for discussing leaps of faith and encouraging readers to make them.[1] It became a bestseller.[2] In March 2003, If You Want to Walk on Water was the third-best-selling religious book in Britain and the fourth-best-selling religious book in Scotland.[3] In his book God Can't Sleep: Waiting for Daylight On Life's Dark Nights, Palmer Chinchen writes that If You Want to Walk on Water is an "excellent book on faith".[4] Religion News Service journalist Jonathan Merritt called the book a modern classic book.[5] In 2002, If You Want to Walk on Water received the Christianity Today Book Award in the Christian Living category.[6] Carol Rodman of The Commercial Appeal called the book "challenging".[7] Willow Creek Community Church placed the book on its Essential Reading List.[8] Mary Milla of St. Paul Pioneer Press said that If You Want to Walk on Water is "a must-read for anyone considering a career change ... It gives you the confidence you need to make a change, but without taking chances that wouldn't be the right fit for you".[9]
References
- ↑ Brown, Juliet (Spring 2014). "If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat". Nucleus. Christian Medical Fellowship. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ↑ Walker, Lewis J. "To the Class of 2015: What's Your Next Move?". The Providence Journal. p. E4. Retrieved August 28, 2015. (subscription required)
- ↑ Martin, Lorna; John Vincent (March 15, 2003). "Sales of Religious Books Soar as Readers Seek Refuge from War". The Herald. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2015. (subscription required)
- ↑ Chinchen 2011, p. 93.
- ↑ Merritt, Jonathan (May 29, 2014). "John Ortberg Shares What Every Soul Needs". Religion News Service. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ↑ "2002 Christianity Today Book Awards". Christianity Today. April 22, 2002. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ↑ Rodman, Carol (November 14, 2004). "St. Luke Lutheran Adds New Adult Sunday School Class". The Commercial Appeal. p. GM4. Retrieved August 28, 2015. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Essential Reading List". Willow Creek Community Church. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ↑ Milla, Mary (July 20, 2003). "Executive Reading List". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. D2. Retrieved August 28, 2015. (subscription required)
Bibliography
- Chinchen, Palmer (2011). God Can't Sleep: Waiting for Daylight On Life's Dark Nights. David C. Cook. ISBN 9781434704009.
- Ortberg, John (2001). If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat. Zondervan. ISBN 9780310228639.