Original Introduction to Jesus Calling
- Feb 12, 2024
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Jesus Calling by Sarah Young was first published in 2004 by Thomas Nelson Publishing, which was subsequently purchased by HarperCollins. To date, these books have sold 45 million units.
After the first edition, and prior to the book's meteoric rise, the original Introduction by Sarah Young was revised. In 2017, Ruth Graham did a story about the book at The Daily Beast. That article documents criticism of the book and the revision of the original Introduction. Sarah Young's early account of the book's genesis may not be useful for marketing, but it is significant for assessing the book.
As the original Introduction is difficult to obtain, I am making available here a copy for those interested. I scanned it from my own copy of the 2004 first edition.
So you’re gonna rely on Ruth Graham in her opinion of a devotional that has been around for 13 years. You’re gonna listen to someone who believes in false doctrine. That’s right she and her family are all Baptist who don’t believe that God is still pouring out of his spirit upon all flesh as Peter tells us he is doing in these last days giving people the ability to have dreams and visions and to prophesy. Who denied the gifts of the spirit. Who only want to accept that there’s only one gift from God that’s available to us today and that’s a gift the feeling. But God doesn’t use any of the other eight gifts of the Holy…