A Certain Sound: A Primer on Open Air Preaching

A good primer on the topic of Open Air Preaching. It is indeed a primer. No chapter goes into super detail on any of it's subjects, but that's ok; it's a primer. I thought the 2nd half of the book was much better than the first. As someone who open air preaches already, I didn't need arguments to co......more

I was impressed with this short book's concise defense of the need for open air evangelism in the contemporary culture. The authors do a great job bringing the reader back to the basics of biblical anthropology and man's inability to respond to the gospel apart from the intervention of the Holy Spir......more

"A Certain Sound" challenges some common assumptions of today's churches. First, the popular quote attributed to Francis of Assisi "Preach the gospel everywhere; use words if necessary" is wrong. There is no gospel preaching without spoken words. Second, a questionable assumption that only ordained......more

This was encouraging and convicting. It’s definitely a book for every Christian who agrees or disagrees with open-air preaching/ evangelism, or who knows someone who does. I think it would even be a helpful primer on evangelism in general. For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.......more

This was a challenging and convicting book arguing for the necessity of preaching to unbelievers outside the church. This was certainly a primer, and I would have liked for it to have been a bit longer and to have included some more anecdotes, but it has whet my appetite to read more on this subject......more