Dinner with a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth Considering

by David Gregory

Book Overview

You are Invited to a Dinner with Jesus of Nazareth The mysterious envelope arrives on Nick Cominsky's desk amid a stack of credit card applications and business-related junk mail. Although his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578569052
• ISBN13: 9781578569052
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Waterbrook Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Food for Thought

I had gotten this book from a friend. It is such an amazing book, so thought provoking. The main character is basically all of us. So busy with our own lives that we do not have time for anything meaningful. I love how it is a story told from one perspective and with really no subplots to speak of. It is very engaging and it kept me turning the pages. I recommend this book to everyone as a life changing book. It really is!

I love this book!

I found this book at a local retailer and gave it to myself as a stocking stuffer. It is December 26. I read the book in one night! It had me in tears on a couple of occasions because of the truths that are in the book that I needed to hear. It really is a great read for believers and no-believers alike. There is so much information in this book that has been historically and scientifically documented... Mr. Gregory really did his homework! I already have a couple of people in mind that I am going to loan the book to! Highly recommended!

Great presentation of the Gospal

I picked up this book becuase of two things (1) it sounded interesting and (2) having been a little out of sorts with my faith I was hoping it would help awaken my desires for Christ. well it didn't fail on both levels, this book is maybe the best way to present the Gospal story to anyone who is curious about Jesus, or God and that is dabbling in what is called "Vending Machine Spirituality" which is being spiritual when it best fits a personal agenda. David Gregorie's story of Nick meeting Jesus for dinner and having a dinner conversation and getting to ask and test Jesus about the hard questions is brilliant and is in line with true Christian and Biblical Doctrine, unlike the best selling Conversations with God series by new age Author Neal Donald Walsch.(be afraid very afraid) This book also serves as a return to the truth book for someone who maybe has lost their way (as I was!) in the sense that it reintroduces the main fact of christianity that god loves and never leaves us and has our best at heart in all things ( even those that we can't seem to understand) This is an easy read as i was able to put finish in just over an hour but it will serve as a book that you will refer to again and again. makes a great gift for that someone in your life that either needs to know God for the first time or needs to be re-introduced to him in a whole new way.

I'm a Skeptic

I'm a skeptic when it comes to little books that are supposed to pack a big punch. They seem shallow, glib, and over-simplified. Usually. I read "Dinner with a Perfect Stranger" in one sitting. Yes, it's short; yes, it's simple; but it's also profoundly moving. There are no big surprises--a few little ones--and no hit-you-in-the-gut emotional twists. Instead, the author moves us through this meal with Jesus in such a way that I wanted to kick back and have coffee and dessert too. I wanted to meet Jesus face to face and ask some of my own questions. The author handles many subjects within his dinner conversation, and he does so with grace and wisdom. Nick Cominsky, our main character, deals with Jesus in sarcastic tones, and Jesus responds in ways that seem downright believable, wise, and funny. I liked this realistic tone of the dialogue. Sure, the author could've gone much deeper into certain issues, but he leads us to the bottom line of Christianity: a personal relationship with Jesus based on faith instead of good works. If you believe the Bible, this book is a breath of fresh air; if you don't believe, this book may cause you to reconsider things. Either way, it's well done and well worth an hour of your time.

Enlightening

A coworker loaned me the book. The book presents Jesus in a non-threatening way. Jesus cares for the protagonist in a personal way as he explains who he is and why he is the most important person in history. Jesus rebuts a few attacks related to other religions and not forcing himself on us. All this through a dinner conversation. In the end, the book is a good evangelistic tool that presents Jesus in his fullness, but more of a loving warm fuzzy than a judgmental hammer. I liked it so much that I ordered five copies to give away to searching friends. Basically, a lite read as well. And the author has much the same gift that Rick Warren shows in "Purpose Driven Life", in that he takes complicated principles and simplifies them down to easy-to-understand truths without any dilution of meaning. You'll love it, whether you are a Christian (any denomination) or not.

Dinner with a perfect stranger: an invitation worth considering

This book is absolutely incredible. It is about a dinner invitation, which takes place now in time, from Christ himself to a man he chose. In that dinner they discuss Himself and compare other religions to Him. What comes in place is fantastic. I encourage Christians and non Christians to read this for reenforcement and to clear doubts. God has superblessed the author.