Monday, January 25, 2021

About the Book

Book: Mending the Net

Author: Dr. J. Doug Stringer

Genre: RELIGION / Christian Ministry/General

Release Date: February 9, 2021

In 1981, Doug Stringer was a fitness instructor with his own exercise studio. He knew there was a God, but he lived as if God didn’t exist. Tired of his own hypocrisy, disgusted with his life, he sat down in the back room of his studio one night, put his head in his hands, and prayed: “Lord, if You can use someone like me after all I have done to wound Your heart, I make myself available to You.”

What happened soon afterward started a ministry that reaches out to thousands of lost and hurting people around the world.

Mending the Net: Bringing Hope in a Hurting World is the story of Doug’s ministry from its humble beginnings until today. Obviously, much else has changed in the world since then. Doug himself has changed, having gone through a battle with stage four cancer. Doug’s wife, Lisa, wrote the book God Did Not Do This to Me to share their trials and triumphs through that cancer journey.

But what hasn’t changed is Doug’s undefeatable spirit and love for others, which shine through in his books, his ministry, and everything he touches.

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About the Author

Dr. J. Doug Stringer is founder and president of Turning Point Ministries International and Somebody Cares America/International (SCA/SCI). Doug’s years of ministry have taken him to numerous communities and nations—from urban to foreign missions, from garbage dumps to the palaces and halls of government leaders.

As an Asian-American, Doug is considered a bridge-builder of reconciliation among various ethnic and religious groups. A sought-after international conference and crusade speaker, he addresses thousands of people each year throughout the U.S. and abroad on topics such as persevering leadership and community transformation.

Over the years, Somebody Cares has become a model for connecting needs with resources during natural calamities. Through the expansion of the disaster preparedness and relief collaborations, the ministry has established a Global Compassion Response Network.

Doug is the author of Leadership Awakening, In Search of a Father’s Blessing, It’s Time to Cross the Jordan, The Fatherless Generation, Somebody Cares, Born to Die, Hope for the Fatherless Generation, and Living Life Well.

I have no text on this. The author is suddenly rewriting large chunks of the text. All I have is a note from him:

This book (Mending the Net) will be available February 2021, but the message is so needed today. Regardless of how the elections turn out, we, the church, must Spread the Net, Wash the Net, MEND the NET, and Cast the Net together…if we are to bring healing and hope, and see a mighty harvest…

Doug resides in the greater Houston area with his wife, Lisa, and daughter, Ashley.

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MY REVIEW

I have read several of the author’s books and heard him speak a few times. I have always been impressed by his compassion to get the Word out about Jesus. He encourages me with his thirst to go out and preach to every nation. I liked the analogy about fishing. If we are going to go fish, let’s bring two poles. We as a church need to be working together and not be standing alone. God wants us to minister to others as a team spreading out further to reach others.

With everything going on in the world today , it’s time to mend racial tension, stand together to fight off the enemy and seek freedom for everyone. “We become intimate with the One to whom we pray, the One with whom we pray and the One for whom we pray.” I loved that statement because as we pray we grow closer to God and have a deeper relationship with Him. Prayer is essential to every person and ministry. We must pray for guidance, wisdom and compassion as we go out and minister His Word.

I liked the different illustrations the author uses to show us how God calls His people to go all over the World. The net is wide, but God wants us to gather that net and close the gap that keeps His people distant from each other. We never know where we may be called, but God will prepare us and be there wherever He sends us. “The only thing that can satisfy the longing in our hearts and souls is to do the will of God and to finish His work. To do so, we need to get our eyes off of our own two feet and look up. Look up and see the fields, ripe and ready!”

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.