Living Water - Finding Real Life In Jesus

LIVING WATER -
Finding real life in Jesus
By John Benton
Gwasg Bryntirion Press. 40 pages. £1.99

Before reading this booklet, written by the editor of EN , I did wonder what I would dare to write if I didn't like it!
Fortunately, I genuinely took to this evangelistic tool. John Benton has provided for us a book which can be passed on to thinking people. He succinctly argues that each person has an unsatisfied thirst for spiritual life which can only be fulfilled in Christ.
The cover is attractive and the text easy to read. There is a very clear and faithful explanation of the gospel, written in an appealing way, with a good smattering of illustrations, some of which are very graphic. I'm not sure that it was Aldous Huxley who coined the phrase 'a God-shaped blank' in each individual, but there is an unmistakable pointer to Christ who can fill it.
The booklet is much more than a tract, and will winsomely appeal to people who want quick explanations and answers. The author writes of some of the less popular aspects of the gospel, such as judgment and hell, in a compassionate way that keeps clear the character of God, but remains true to the Scripture.
I will use this booklet in my own evangelistic work and wholeheartedly commend it to others.

Roger Carswell

© Evangelicals Now - March 1999
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Main Articles

• Mother to the Prison
  How God is using one woman among Canada's convicts
• It's not over till it's over
  The surprising results of a visit to their MP about the age of homosexual consent
• The Good Shepherd in Transylvania
  God is reaching out to the socially-marginalised through the church in Transylvania
• You can't beat a good book
  The work of the Evangelical Library - now more than 50 years old
• Notes on dealing with depressive illness
  Information and advice about depression among Christians
• Nehemiah's renewal
  The message of Nehemiah with lessons for true spiritual renewal
• Doing the impossible
  Reflections of David Fletcher on a lifetime of Anglican ministry
• The narrow way
  A sermon extract on The Sermon On The Mount

Other articles

• Star Trek - Insurrection
• All In The Mind
• What Dreams May Come
• Making Sense of Living as a Christian - The story of Chris after changing churches - an extract from the book Making Sense of Living as a Christian
• Living Water - Finding Real Life In Jesus
• Peter - Eyewitness of His Majesty
• Griffith John - Apostle to Central China
• A Question of Love - Homosexuality - A Biblical Perspective
• The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo - The Star and Wiseman
• Hans Kung - Breaking Through
• Islam and The West - Conflict, Co-existence or Conversion?
• The Scroll - The Tabloid Bible
• To God's Glory - Romans 11
• Revealing Jesus as Messiah - Identifying Isaiah's Servant of the Lord
• When Love Prevails - A Sikh Woman Finds Christ
• Van Til's Apologetic, Readings and Analysis
• I Believe in Mission
• A Panorama of the Holy Land
• An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture
• The Essence of The Reformation