Scattering Seeds of Hope

by Jeremy Marshall, Mary Davis

Nearly all of us are discouraged when it comes to evangelism. We love the Lord, and we want others to become Christians, but we are afraid and have many reasons and excuses for why we don’t or can’t share the gospel. After being diagnosed with incurable cancer in 2013, until his death in 2023, Jeremy told countless people the gospel. Scattering Seeds of Hope explains the method Jeremy found so simply sharing Bible stories, being a good friend and asking questions. There are no long gospel outline to learn, no special techniques to rehearse and absolutely no guilt trips. What if the secret to effective evangelism is to simply scatter seed abundantly and indiscriminately and watch while God does the rest?

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, Christian Non Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

Published November 6, 2023

Reviews

[Jamie Dyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insomnia is a great thing for my Goodreads yearly goals. This book is really quite helpful though, a big challenge about how and how often we evangelise and also some really helpful advice on how to make talking about Jesus every day with others normal.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read several books on the topic of evangelism over the years and have gone through a step by step teaching on how to better share Christ with others. But I have never read a book like this…that discusses the reality of feeling ineffective, ill-equipped, and ultimately discouraged in the desire to help others find Christ. It is the first book I’ve ever read that takes away the personal guilt one might feel of being ineffective and places the action upon God to save. It is a short book but one that you could revisit time and time again.

[Matty Lavelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple but helpful book for helping thinking about sharing Jesus!

[Jonathan Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book on evangelism I have longed to be written.

This is encouraging and equipping for people like me… Who struggle to share the gospel.

Easy to read, with clear, biblical commonsense teaching, and a Winsome application. This is a lovely one-stop shop book for normal Christians, wanting to reach out with a supernatural power of the Spirit.

[Tim Goldsmith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by Jeremy Marshall, an English bank CEO who, having been diagnosed with incurable cancer, decided that the best thing to do with his remaining time would be doubling down on sharing the certain hope he had in Jesus.
This is a great starter book for someone who feels like sharing the gospel is completely beyond them. I'd still say the gold standard book is Sam Chan's How to talk about Jesus without being "that guy", partly because Sam spends more time thinking about building real relationships and the broader structure of evangelism. That said, this is a great book with heaps of helpful suggestions on good questions to ask, but also lots of great resources for how one might be praying, reading and preparing in such a way to make oneself a more effective sharer of the good news.
Feeling discouraged or ineffective in your bible sharing efforts? This could be a great book for you.

[Kim P · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read, and a book in evangelism that didn’t leave me feeling that there was no chance of me doing any of these things. In fact I’ve tried a few of Jeremy’s suggestions and they have resulted in some really interesting discussions with work colleagues. It’s an easy read and enormously practical.

Everyone who wants to share their faith and doesn’t know where to start should read this book. It’s an easy read and full of so many good ideas.

[Karen Soole · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really helpful and inspiring read. Jeremy loved to share his faith and, before he died, shared how he did it without being intimidating or complicated. The gospel of Jesus is the most wonderful news, but we struggle so often to tell others. This book is realistic and down-to-earth. It is a short read, but the lessons it teaches could impact eternity.

[Julie Reynolds · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick dive into evangelism. The book is good. However, the premise of questions to an atheist or indeed telling a Bible story off the bat seems a bit optimistic to say the least. The book is good but the ideas in it have given me pause for thought.

[Beverley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good explanation of why sowing gospel seed matters and a great confidence booster. Busting myths that it's all up to us, but rather focusing on our job to sow and resting in God's job to draw in. An excellent book!

[Rosalind Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book I plan to re read regularly

[James Brixey]

This is a decent book about how we should approach evangelism.

[Cat Caird · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful and helpful book on how to scatter seeds of hope.