We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work. Jerry B. Jenkins More Quotes by Jerry B. Jenkins More Quotes From Jerry B. Jenkins I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal. Jerry B. Jenkins obedience goal In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree. Jerry B. Jenkins hate believe jesus Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable. Jerry B. Jenkins successful today fiction Writers write. Dreamers talk about it. Jerry B. Jenkins fidgeting dream writing The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like. Jerry B. Jenkins mind character ideas I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point. Jerry B. Jenkins raised christian made As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase. Jerry B. Jenkins cutting moving thinking Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message. Jerry B. Jenkins special writing fiction You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been. Jerry B. Jenkins Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable. Jerry B. Jenkins biblical play people I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. Jerry B. Jenkins real book people Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too. Jerry B. Jenkins faith-community bad-marriage community Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God through Christ. Jerry B. Jenkins relationship-with-god christianity christ Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes. Jerry B. Jenkins smashing done book While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area. Jerry B. Jenkins stars sports book Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more. Jerry B. Jenkins left-behind less-is-more believe I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster. Jerry B. Jenkins christian mother home Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Jerry B. Jenkins poetry-is writing book My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas. Jerry B. Jenkins competition dream ideas I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios. Jerry B. Jenkins inventing character world
