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Pastor Charles M. Sheldon tramped
the streets of Topeka, Kansas, disguised as an unemployed
printer to research the help and concern of Christians and
Christian churches.
Shocked at how
little he received, he wrote a series of stories asking the
question, “What would Jesus do?” The stories were about what
happened when a handful of Christians began to answer that
question honestly, and then do what they believed He would
do—regardless of the results.
He read the stories from his
pulpit on Sunday evenings. Within a few weeks, he was reading to
standing-room only crowds of mostly young people.
It was from Sheldon's book that the
popular expression of a few year's ago, "What Would Jesus Do?", was
taken. What would He do? Read In His Steps and decided for
yourself.
The revised and expanded Pure Gold
Classic version of In His Steps contains:
- Names of Sheldon's fictional characters in the town of
Raymond, Illinois.
- Names of his fictional characters in the city of
Chicago, Illinois.
- Pictures used for many of his fictional characters,
buildings, and locations in Raymond and in Chicago.
- A map of the town of Raymond showing the location of the
buildings and streets in the story.
- Story events and characters woven into the social and
historical context of the 1890s, the time-period in which
Sheldon set his story.
- Large, easy-to-read print.
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