Date Posted:22:45:36 03/29/05 Tue Author: Robert Subject: Re: Book by A.M. In reply to:
Just curious
's message, "Re: Book by A.M." on 18:44:00 03/29/05 Tue
Sorry about typo. The previous post should have Robert and not Just curious as the poster's name. sorry
Robert
>Hi everyone I was just wondering has anybody has read
>crossing the Red Sea, since bob first made this post.
>I'm curious because I know A.M. personally and would
>like to know what his book says, but I don't want to
>pump any money back into UBF. A few months ago when I
>visited A.M. he told me it was available at Tate and I
>even had my picture in it from an older conference,
>Yee Haww! but seriously, I've known him for several
>years and to the best of my knowledge he is not into
>the abuse/manipulation that is UBf, however UBF did
>"make" him, i.e got him off the streets, pushed for
>him to get a job, got him a wife, etc. So he is very
>pro UBF and believes in the sheparding/ 1:1 style
>movement. Just my 2 cents.
>
>In Christ,
>Robert
>
>
>>Sometime last August or September I posted a message
>>about Andrew Martin and the book he wrote. I saw him
>>at the 2004 confernece at MSU. He told me about his
>>book coming out, (Crossing the red sea). I found the
>>book at Barnes and Noble (I had to order it).
>>
>>I just wanted to let everyone know in case you are
>>interested in looking over it. Tate Publishing is the
>>publisher. I have not read it (probably will not read
>>it) but I have skimmed over it. It is a testimony
>>about Andrew's life. It starts when he was a young
>>child and speaks about how he "crossed the red sea"
>>and became a servant of God. After reading just one
>>page I found alot of "ubf lanuage", such as "many
>>tears" and "much learning". For this reason I don't
>>want to read the entire book.
>>
>>This book definatley leaves out the dark side of ubf.
>>There is commentary on the back by Sarah Berry, Ron
>>Ward, Anthony Y. Tsai, Gary Fensal, Andrew's sisiter,
>>and an elder of the church on Christ. I guess the New
>>York Times has'nt read it yet.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Bob
