Living Out Loud Book Review

When it comes to sharing your faith in Jesus, where do you start? How does living out loud really happen? We all want to engage friends, family, or even new acquaintances in spiritual conversations without being weird. But sometimes, the hardest part is getting started. 

Living Out Loud: Letting Your Love for God Flow into Your Everyday Language by Kevin King and Christine Daniels offers a unique and compelling perspective on evangelism. 

No matter where you are in your faith journey—a new believer just learning the first steps of sharing the Gospel or a mature believer desiring fresh inspiration—this book will give you the skills and encouragement you need to share Jesus in a natural way with others.

So let’s start by looking at the main points of the Living Out Loud book. 

Living Out Loud Book Summary

Sometimes, the most difficult part of evangelism is getting into the spiritual conversation. This book will help you feel more comfortable taking that first step.

Living Out Loud is the foundational method that we use at International Project to reach Unreached People Groups living outside their homelands. 

But here’s the secret: Anyone can use the principles to start spiritual conversations that lead to sharing the Gospel! 

When you read it, you’ll gain practical skills and real life examples of how to engage people in conversations about spirituality in a way that captures their imagination and piques their curiosity. You will read about ways that God empowered people to open their mouths and share their faith boldly—and be convinced that you can do it too! 

One of Kevin and Christine’s main points challenges other models of evangelism that assume the best way to share their faith with someone is to become friends with that person first, before any mention of spiritual topics. Instead of being authentic about their faith from the start, a Christian might feel they need to “wait for the right moment” to share. 

The authors call this a “bait and switch” that, while well intentioned, could actually be harmful, and make non believers feel as though their believing friend was not truly their friend at all. 

Living Out Loud reminds us that people are more open than we often think to talking about spiritual things, so we shouldn’t be afraid to share our love for Jesus naturally from the start.

“As Christians, we’re told that nobody wants to hear about Jesus. We’re sold the lie that the landscape is barren and there is no hope for a harvest,” Kevin and Christine say, “We feel pressured to give up and stop bothering people with our spirituality. 

The truth is, however, that we are surrounded by people waiting to be engaged with spiritual things.” Living Out Loud reminds us that what Jesus said in Luke 10:2 is true—the harvest really is plentiful and we will never know who is spiritually receptive or not unless we open our mouths to share.

Living Out Loud Book Review

Even if you find yourself a bit nervous to start on this new evangelism journey, the authors, Kevin and Christine, can relate—they don’t shame you or guilt trip you into sharing your faith. 

Instead, they offer relatable stories to help you feel like you too can “live out loud” in a fun and compelling way as a follower of Christ. 

In fact, one of the greatest strengths of this book is its incredible stories! Living Out Loud is full of true stories of what happens when followers of Jesus choose to boldly “live out loud” with their friends, neighbors, and even people they met for the first time. 

These stories are so powerful, you’ll want to put these principles into practice right away! 

Not only is Living Out Loud a great read for you, but it offers powerful tools and inspiration for churches. Imagine if your church community or small group were eagerly encouraging one another to engage in spiritual conversations in your everyday life. Together, you could see your local neighborhood transformed by the power of Christ, simply by being willing to open your mouth and share about the spiritual things that are at the core of your life.  

You can learn more about how to leverage the principles in Living Out Loud at your church here.

The only downside to this book is it primarily focuses on how to begin sharing your faith, the basics of intentionally expressing your love for God. It’s not an apologetic tool or a memorized script of the “right” things to say. 

Living Out Loud is exciting because it encourages you to live according to your unique personality, leaving room for God to move in powerful ways that are always different in every circumstance. 

There’s no “one size fits all” method of evangelism here! It’s a terrific starter guide for learning to “live out loud,” but it also compels you to go deeper in your walk with God. 

The authors remind us, “We weren’t intended to be surrounded by people who have forgotten what it’s like to encounter the living Jesus. We are meant to continually encounter people who are falling in love with him for the first time. And it’s exhilarating when we do.” 

This is just the first of hopefully many books from Kevin and Christine. We can’t wait to hear more stories about what happens when people embrace this exhilarating model for evangelism in everyday life!

Living Out Loud is the perfect next read for you if:

• You’ve tried “friendship evangelism” but it hasn’t seemed to go anywhere
• You wonder how you can bring up spiritual topics in everyday conversation (especially if you’re an introvert!)
• You don’t want to feel you are just “selling Jesus” to someone when you share your faith
• You want to experience the joy of being used by God to bring hope to others

Where to Buy Living Out Loud

So, what are you waiting for? It’s even available on Kindle! Check out Living Out Loud: Letting Your Love for God Flow into Your Everyday Language by Kevin King at https://amzn.to/45r5eLt! Thank you for using the International Project link so that we can earn a commission on your purchase. It doesn’t change your price but it supports our ministry!

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