Make a Difference: Responding to God's Call to Love the World

By Melvin L. Cheatham

Book Overview

At the Age of 50, Dr. Melvin Cheatham was tired of just talking about his faith. Despite having all the signs of a fruitful life -- a loving wife, beautiful children, a thriving medical practice, and material comfort -- a desire stirred inside him to make a greater difference in the world. Within weeks of hearing Franklin Graham discuss the need for overseas mission doctors, Dr. Cheatham found himself on a mission trip to South Korea. And then to Kenya, Honduras, the former Soviet Union, Somalia, and Rwanda. Then Bosnia, Kosovo, the Congo, Vietnam, Iraq, and North Korea. And the trips haven't stopped. For the past twenty years, this heralded neurosurgeon has opted for a life of continual risk, using his God-given skills to bring aid to areas of the world where people feel abandoned and forgotten. But Dr. Cheatham isn't the only one risking his life for the unloved. In Make a Difference, he shares the powerful testimonies of others who have abandoned their security for the sake of loving through action. From a German-born Christian who gave her kidney to a Jewish neighbor she hardly knew, to a North Carolina well digger with little formal education who used his skills to bring clean water to thousands of people in war-torn Ethiopia, these are people who desire to be the hands and feet of Christ. These are the ones -- old, young, men, women, educated, simple -- who reached the same breaking point as Dr. Cheatham and decided to risk all to demonstrate God's love. Read their moving stories and discover the life-changing principles that caused them to respond to God's call to love unconditionally. The truth is, whoever or wherever you are, whatever your current or past situation, you can make an impact on the world around you -- you too can make a difference. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849918243
• ISBN13: 9780849918247
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: W Publishing Group
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"