Released: June 27, 2005

New Book Re-Examines Jesus' Agricultural View of the Spiritual Harvest

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Western culture is increasingly dominated by technology. A new book, titled Paradigm Lost: Rediscovering God's Plan for Spiritual Harvest, asks an important question: since we are so far removed from the agricultural viewpoint that dominates Scripture, have we lost the ability to grasp what Jesus meant when He used words like sowing, reaping, and harvesting in relation to evangelism and missions?

Written by Dr. Howard Foltz, Founder and President of Accelerating International Mission Strategies (AIMS) and Professor of Global Evangelization at Regent University, along with Ruth Ford, this book proposes that Jesus did not use these words only because He spoke to a primarily agrarian culture. Paradigm Lost suggests that Jesus used this imagery because it best illustrates the organic nature of growing Godís Kingdom.

In Paradigm Lost, the authors look at Scripture through the eyes of a farmer. They explain how technology has reshaped our worldview. Then, they go back through agricultural processes, finding spiritual applications for the task of evangelism and missions. This book is a call to local fellowships everywhere and to individual Christians as well, to restore the harvest mentality evident in Jesus' words. The book also gives step-by-step examples of how to implement this farming paradigm for more effective evangelism in our neighborhoods, in our country, and throughout the world.

Paradigm Lost: Rediscovering God's Plan for Spiritual Harvest was published by Authentic Media of Waynesboro, GA. For more information, contact AIMS at 757-495-5850.

For reprint information, please call the AIMS publication office at (757) 495-5850 or email the editor at aims@aims.org.

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