Palmer Chinchen

Across the Street and Around the World

Evangelism & Missions

“In a world divided by walls Across the Street and Around the World is a must-read. We live in an increasingly diverse society and Jeannie Marie shows us how we must live toward one another as followers of Christ. Sometimes Christians find it easier to travel far away to share the love of Christ than to love our immigrant neighbor two doors down. Sometimes it’s easier to give someone a meal than to sit down together and share a meal. Jeannie Marie reminds us that we live in a divided culture where the immigrants, foreigners, and minorities are even demonized at times. It’s time for us to change that narrative and be reminded that every person from every place is made in the image of God, and he waits for us to embrace them and recognize them as the good and beautiful people he made. When we cross the street, the walls come down.”

Nonviolence

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Preston Sprinkle’s Nonviolence is timely and compelling, in our culture where peace is the great lacking commodity. Sprinkle explains how Jesus Christ was deeply passionate about peace and ending violence. His solution was never weapons or war. His answer was always peace. Because His kingdom is a kingdom of peace. Sometimes Christians pursue inner personal peace and live ambivalent to a world that has no peace. Sprinkle is spot-on when he explains that the peace of God is not something we only experience on the inside, nor is His peace only for a kingdom after we die. The peace of God is for this world today. Sprinkle’s powerful challenge is for Christ-followers everywhere, to become promoters of peace, teach peace, model peace, and lead the way to peace on earth—as it is in heaven.”