McKenzie’s Companion – a Unique Christian Discipleship Course – ON SALE NOW!
McKenzie’s Companion provides illuminating and life-changing insight into the word of God; nuggets of short, succinct, easy to apply principles into what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
McKenzie’s Companion, comes packaged with Who is McKenzie? Read together, this unique devotional course will give you a deeper insight into how scripture is applied in an everyday context.
McKenzie’s Companion will enrich and nourish your life by the power of God’s word and the Holy Spirit working together to lead you into a closer walk with Jesus….
McKenzie’s Companion (A Life Changing Journey with Jesus) is a collection of short, easy to read devotionals that can be read by Christians for personal edification or by curious non-Christians as an exploration of selected scriptures from the bible. Read together, the reader will discover the scriptural context of McKenzie’s scenarios and, hopefully, through that, will see how Jesus Christ can be relevant, if not essential, in their own lives.
Group or Individual Study
The chapters of both McKenzie books relate to each other; chapter one lines up with chapter one, chapter two with chapter two….and so on, in each book.
I have placed the three questions on a fresh page after each short devotional in McKenzie’s Companion (A Life Changing Journey with Jesus) leaving about one-third of the page blank under each question for the answers. In this way, the book will also become the workbook for group or individual study. There are some blank pages around the middle of the book for personal notes.
With fifty chapters, at one per week, the ‘course’ will take a year to complete (allowing for two weeks off).
What others are saying….
Amazon Review of ‘McKenzie’s Companion’:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Part James Bond – Part St. Augustine 27 Oct 2012
By international77
“This is a fantastic book but I must correct something that the author wrote. In the foreword he states that, with 50 chapters, you can read one a week for a year. I don’t see how. I couldn’t put it down and read it in one go! It’s part James Bond and part The Confessions of St. Augustine and part the travels of the Apostle Paul. Thanks Peter for such a riveting read. Still thinking about it and pondering the lessons and stories in it.
I think the book is a classic! So well written and strategically done.”
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I am hopeful that some readers will progress onto the full online *GlobalTFL course. Currently we are praying that the Lord will raise up 50 Mentors who will oversee 1,000 online GlobalTFL students. Please add your prayers to ours.
McKenzie’s Companion – Synopsis
McKenzie’s Companion provides illuminating and life-changing insight into the word of God…. nuggets of short, succinct, easy to apply principles into what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
McKenzie’s Companion, comes packaged with Who is McKenzie? Read together, this unique devotional course will give you a deeper insight into how scripture is applied in an everyday context.
McKenzie’s Companion will enrich and nourish your life by the power of God’s word and the Holy Spirit working together to lead you into a closer walk with Jesus….
Read excerpts from McKenzie’s Companion and compare them with the same excerpt # from Who is McKenzie? above
McKenzie’s Companion….Excerpt #1
Lost, alone and gripped by fear, we all need to know that there is someone we can call out to for help. Who do you cry out to when fear overcomes you?
Jeremiah 33:3 tells us what God says in the bible, ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
When we are disorientated and perplexed, we need to hear a strong reassuring voice that takes control of our situation, makes sense of our confusion and encourages us with the promise of great things to come.
McKenzie’s Companion….Excerpt #2
Romans 8:26 tells us there are times when we do not know how to pray. Instead of waiting for the Holy Spirit to lead us, we often pray what we think we should.
We get lost in a forest of shifting shadows where we cannot see the wood for the trees. We miss the point.
If we stop and wait for the Holy Spirit, not only will we begin to pray effectively, but He will lead us deeper into prayer that words cannot express.
He prays through us, no longer in our words but His; in our language, in God’s language, sometimes beyond words.
We enter into the throne room of God, where His sovereign will for earth is revealed and declared through us. God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven.
Lord Jesus, thank you for teaching us to pray the way you do. Amen.
McKenzie’s Companion….Excerpt #3
Luke 5:4…..When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
After a hard night’s fruitless fishing, tired and weary, Simon and his crew returned home. Jesus, to make a space between Himself and the swelling crowd, climbed into Simon’s boat. When He had finished, Jesus asked Simon to go back out to deeper water to fish again.
The catch was so huge that their nets began to break. Even after sharing the fish with their partners, the weight of the fish caused their boats to begin to sink. Simon, recognising the power of Jesus, bowed before him in repentance. Jesus told him that from now on he would fish for people.
This graphic story clearly illustrates that obedience to Jesus, regardless of our feelings or our circumstances, will generate miracles for the glory of God.
Lord Jesus, thank you for abundance. Amen.
Who is McKenzie? – on sale NOW!
Who is McKenzie? is a non-religious, de-jargonised outreach tool to give to your non-Christian friends and family……
In this introduction to the McKenzie series, we travel the globe and enter into the fascinating world of McKenzie.
Peter has written this book to reach those who are not Christians. In an intriguing and breath-taking diversity of adventures, the central character, McKenzie, goes through all kinds of spiritual and emotional experiences; some amazingly good, others frighteningly bad.
Page by page we are captivated and left feeling hungry for more. Not only are we questioning what will happen to McKenzie but we are faced with the same life-changing questions that we ourselves must answer……
The compelling and mysterious McKenzie stories will appeal to a wide range of people (Christians and non-Christians) from diverse cultures and countries.
Everyone will identify in some way with him, but just who is McKenzie?
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Who is McKenzie? – Synopsis
This first book in the ‘McKenzie’ series serves to introduce us to this remarkable character; we travel the globe and enter into the fascinating world of McKenzie. It gives us an overview of his enthralling life. McKenzie is intriguing, upright, fearful but hopeful……The truth is that there is a bit of McKenzie in all of us and a bit of all of us in McKenzie.
As his story unfolds, the pieces fit together like a jig-saw and a picture builds as we get to know McKenzie. In an intriguing and breath-taking diversity of adventures McKenzie dodges in and out of a world that’s full of evil, he goes through a plethora of deeply spiritual experiences; some amazingly good and others frighteningly bad.
Championing the cause for C.A.N.T. (Campaign Against Nuclear Terror) leads McKenzie into many dangerous and clandestine meetings all over the world. The characters he meets weave in and out of his fascinating life but, ultimately, where will it all lead?
Page by page we are captivated and left feeling hungry for more. Not only are we questioning what will happen to McKenzie but we are faced with the same life-changing questions that we ourselves must answer……
The absorbing and mysterious McKenzie stories will appeal to a wide range of people from diverse cultures and countries. Everyone will identify in some way with the central character, but just who is McKenzie?
The Wordsmith Journal
Read this fascinating interview with Peter Stanway in the current issue of The Wordsmith Journal
Comments
‘Pure Genius!’ Robert Bruce Chief Petty Officer Royal Navy Submariner – Scotland
‘Am I McKenzie?’ Pamela Taylor Beauty Therapist – Scotland
‘The vision of Jesus is brilliant, praying in tongues brilliant and I loved the chapter about McKenzie’s den in Kenya.’ Katharine Baumanis palliative care nurse – Australia
‘Excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed it all. Vivid descriptions and memorable locations from all around the globe.’ Thomas Thomson Student – Scotland
‘McKenzie is profound! I am moved to tears at several points, not because the action is emotional, but rather the content and questions and his wonderings resound in all of us. This is from God, I am so sure of it. For those that want to know Him and bypass the doctrinal sludge that tends to weigh us down, McKenzie is perfect.’ Mary Nichelson Blogger and Reviewer – USA
Review for Who is McKenzie?
Several years ago, I made a conscious decision to wipe the invisible religious slate clean and start from scratch. As the daughter of a minister, I began questioning some of the doctrines associated with our church. I had religious answers burned into my mind, but I didn’t want that kind of experience. I was searching for an experience that was authentic and came from within. I didn’t want to act and react due to head knowledge, but out of a driving passion from my heart.
As a book reviewer and editor, I was privileged to have the best in written philosophies at my disposal. I became immersed and consumed with finding out who this mysterious Heavenly Father truly is. Interviewing a diverse group of individuals and hearing their personal stories for my radio broadcast has also helped to unwrap the great mystery. And, on occasion, my path would intersect with flesh and blood mirror images of who I longed to be-that individual who totally understood who God was apart from legislated rules.
Late one Sunday afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia at the World Congress Center, Peter Stanway and I crossed paths. Nothing about his appearance or our initial conversation screamed that our meeting was destiny, but it would prove to be. After getting to know Peter over the course of several days during The International Christian Retail Show, it was obvious that just by knowing him, any faith crisis that remained, would soon become nonexistent. He beamed with a passion that was bigger than any room he stepped into. He has a palpable compassion for people that are lost in a maze of questions that never seem to get resolved. Although a gifted minister, I believe him to be a 21st century healer.
When Jesus performed miracles, opening deaf ears and blind eyes was only part of his ministry. There was always a deeper meaning of reconciliation with society and with God our Father at work. Peter’s ministry is much the same. He is driven to remove the errors in religious thinking and restore our relationship with God.
As you read of McKenzie’s adventures, don’t be surprised if some of his wonderings and emotional struggles look familiar. That is because McKenzie is each of us, wrapped in a different outer shell, but tormented by the same spiritual issues we all deal with. Without having to dress in your Sunday best, fight traffic, race for your favorite pew in your own synagogue, it is possible to hear the truth in a non-confrontational but personal way. It is conceivable to settle our own questions by voyeuristically shadowing McKenzie and learning as he learns. It is probable that you will wipe a tear or two from your cheek as the realization of the depth, yet simplicity of His love, finally comes to rest within you. There is no greater sermon or more profound message to be shared except that He is real and always obtainable. No religious doctrine necessary.
Several years ago, a military drama premiered on silver screens across the world in which one line has become notorious for making the movie. In the famous courtroom scene, a lawyer slams his fist on the table while yelling at the defendant, “I want the truth.” In much the same way, I see believers around the world slamming their spiritual fist on a table demanding to know the truth. I know because I was one of them. I grew up in church but failed to know, really know, God. It is my prayer that as you read Who Is McKenzie?, your eyes will be opened, the truth revealed, and for the impact of that truth to reach forward into generations to come. Whether you need to wipe your slate clean as I did, or to hear the message for the first time, I believe Peter will profoundly affect the way you view God. For those that want to know Him and bypass the doctrinal sludge that tends to weigh us down, McKenzie is perfect.
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Mary Nichelson
Editor, journalist, talk show host
marysworld411.blogspot.com
Read excerpts from Who is McKenzie?……
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #1
The air was so humid that McKenzie’s cheap off-the-shelf spectacles slid down the greasy slope of his aristocratic aquiline nose. Almost habitually and certainly
without thinking, he pushed them back up to the bridge where beads of sweat
formed between his furrowing eyebrows.
At any cost, McKenzie was determined to finish his paper that he would present
before the scientific intelligentsia at the World Summit for Unilateral Disarmament
in Sao Paulo, Brazil that afternoon.
For a moment he was distracted, was that a creak he heard on the well-worn
stairway outside of his shabby hotel room or was his fertile mind playing
tricks on him…..?
Who is McKenzie?.…Excerpt #2
The sound of a car back-firing instinctively made McKenzie spin around. There were no cars to be seen. At once, his eyes were drawn to the crumpled shape of his contact, Helga, lying just ten metres away, face-down in yesterday’s snow. A crimson pool of blood oozed from underneath her, melting a sinister path towards him……
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #3
McKenzie scrutinised every inch of her as she made her way towards him. Her jet-black hair tightly pulled back from her pale sculptured face. Her dark eyes like mysterious deep pools and her ever-so-slightly pouting red lips perfectly complimenting her crimson-red shawl meticulously draped from her pushed-back shoulders like a proud matador’s cape after the kill. She exuded confidence…..
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #4
He strained his ears to hear, although the swelling crowd was hushed and hanging on every word, he still found it challenging to follow the strong Tamazight accent. Suddenly, like the sound of a finger-flick on a pure crystal glass, her name hung in the air resonating above the dusty crowd. It was as he had feared, Kahina was pregnant….
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #5
What was happening was real but it was also supernatural. As if McKenzie was experiencing it in another dimension, a fourth dimension. For as long as this time lasted McKenzie was with Jesus; locked in an intimate encounter.
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #6
To his surprise, it was Maria who entered unaccompanied. McKenzie looked her up and down. As usual, she was impeccably dressed with not even a hair out of place. Her dark eyes locked onto McKenzie’s upturned face. He could detect no obvious signs of emotion other than absolute self confidence. She glided over to McKenzie and asked herself out loud, “What are we going to do with you?”….
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #7
To McKenzie they looked like giant claymore-wielding warriors to others they were wind turbines that revolved majestically in lines across the undulating hills of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
In a bygone era, ferocious warriors would have lined these same hills; tartan-clad armies that fought face-to-face with every invader. The Scots were fearless, even wild, and they were feared by every adversary who came against them. Throughout history, from the Picts until now, Scottish soldiers were infamous in battle.
Who is McKenzie?….Excerpt #8
Like a body blow from a prize fighter, the shock of instant recognition took his breath away. It was her, it was Sarah. Amazingly beautiful, her teeth flashed pearly white behind her warm, charismatic smile. She was engaged in animated conversation with a group of young adults. One of them, a pretty twenty something elegant lady, caught McKenzie’s eye and came striding over to him.