Hello peeps,
Why did I write a book?
The answer is pretty simple: As a Christian communicator I am passionate about sharing the message of Jesus in a relevant way. Over the last ten years at Crown Jesus Ministries we have used a wide variety of tools to share the Christian message including, dance, drama, puppets, blogs, hip hop, worship, preaching, letters, power points, videos, magazine articles, testimonies, multimedia, summer camps, sports, art, family fundays, rap music, quiz shows, mime, story telling, illusions and much more so why not write a book!
The book is aimed primarily at blokes who are not-yet-Christians but not exclusively to this audience.
What is the book about?
This is a book about me. It’s also a book about God. These are the two most important personalities in my life and most of the time I come first- that may not seem like the right thing to say but it’s the honest one - and this is an honest book. It takes life stories and my experiences mixing them with Christianity.
I’m not the most educated bloke in the world so you will find it an easy read; no long sentences or fancy words. If you do find an impressive phrase it's probably copied from someone else or slotted in by my publisher/editor.
The Curry Tour?
From the 15th February to coincide with the book launch I will be running a curry tour over 28 venues in Ireland. This is an opportunity for lads to invite their non-Christian friends for a curry and afterwards I will share the message of Jesus in a relevant way. A full list of venues for the tour is available by visiting:
http://www.snatchedfromthefire.co.uk
Below are some comments from those who have read my new book Snatched from the Fire.
It is available from 18th February and you can order it from a number of online retailers including:
Amazon, Tesco, WH Smith, Waterstones and IVP books.
I am delighted to recommend this book to you for three reasons.
First of all, Mitch is quite simply a good friend and fellow evangelist whose work I value: from my experience anything he says is worth listening to.
Secondly, in this book Mitch interweaves Christian teaching and real life in a way that is both compelling and utterly biblical. It is not uncommon to hear speakers and preachers whose teaching, for all its merits, seems to be separated from reality. The result is a message that can sadly seem inauthentic or even irrelevant. The pattern in the Bible is of theory and practice shown together. We read not just of Moses’ teaching, but of Moses the man; we are told not just what Jesus taught, but we are shown Jesus himself. Even with Paul, that greatest of theologians, we see interspersed with his teachings accounts of a flesh-and-blood man wrestling with applying the message of the gospel to his own life. That invaluable pattern of God's Word and a human life interwoven is here in this book. In these pages you will read of a real gospel and a real life. Learn from both!
Finally and most importantly, this is in every sense a good read. It is a common rule of Christian books that the deep ones are dull and the entertaining ones shallow. Snatched from the Fire breaks that glum rule. It is at the same time entertaining and educational, compelling and challenging, interesting and instructive.
Read this book, be blessed by it and pass it on to someone else for them to be blessed too. Thank you, Mitch. You have put us in your debt.
J. John
They tell me that 80% of all Christian books are read by women. I predict that this trend is about to be wonderfully 'bucked' by this book. While believing its message will snatch from destructive fire, it will also powerfully start another cleansing one.
The late Derick Bingham, Adjunct Professor of English Literature at John Brown University
Disarming honesty, alarming reality, personal experiences and biblical bombshells all combine to make this book fascinating reading. In the midst of love and laughter, suffering and pain, bereavement and romance, a life story unfolds. Fire fighting as a job, and sin fighting as a life commitment, are just two of the strands in Mitch’s journey. This personal story of vulnerable humanity and amazing grace will inspire and instruct. Seeing God at work, in the life of someone I can identify with, has stimulated in me a hunger for God himself. Any book which does that is well worth reading. Prepare to be stirred to pray, aroused to action, and motivated to be real with God. This book will start some fires of faith which no fire fighter on earth will extinguish!
A great read, but more importantly, it bites where many of us need to be bitten!
The Right Reverend Ken Clarke, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
This book grabs your attention from the first sentence and will hold you through to the end. It is funny, well written and aimed to change lives. Buy it and then give it to a friend.
R. T. Kendall, author and speaker
Engaging and eloquent, this book is a story of real life written by an ordinary man, but it is also the story of sin and the need for grace. Mitch has beautifully articulated that the answers to the needs of this broken world can be found only in Jesus Christ.
Gavin Peacock, former Chelsea FC and Queens Park Rangers Captain
For firefighter Mitch there is nothing more rewarding than a successful life-saving attempt. He himself has been rescued and lives to tell others how they too can be saved forever through Jesus Christ. Mitch is one of my heroes of the faith. You'll grasp his heart for God as you read Snatched from the Fire.
John White, President and Chaplain to Firefighters For Christ International
