Since the earlier edition of the small volume was so well received, the basic content of this revised edition will remain the same. The new text is stylistically reworked and necessary corrections were made by Fr. Patrick Connor, SVD to whom I owe a special word of thanks. A number of new stories have been added or replaced, and the questions for reflection were partly reworded. Two new conferences were added: Conversion of St. Paul and Poverty: Option for the Poor. Special thanks goes to Sister Christel Daun, S.Sp.S. for her help in selecting the stories, and for her assistance in so many ways with the new edition. We had some difficulty in selecting a suitable title. Although the book was originally meant for religious and priests, surprisingly it reached many lay people as well who wanted to follow the Lord more dedicatedly. We, therefore, decided to leave the title as it was worded in the second printing of the first edition. ..

Fr John Fuellenbach is a Divine Word Missionary. He reaches Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University, at the Beda College both in Rome and at the School of Theology in St. Augustine, Germany. He holds a doctorate from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. For seven years he taught at the Divine Word Seminary School of Theology in Tagaytay, Philippines and for shorter periods in a variety of places. He wrote several books. The most recent are: Proclaiming His Kingdom (Manila: Logos Publications, 4th ed., 1994); the kingdom of God Jesus Central Message (Orbis, New York, 1995) and Throw Fire (Manila: Logos Publications, 2nd ed., 1998). Integrating missiology and ecclesiology in a vision of a church in mission made up of all the world’s peoples. Fuellenbach explores the church’s life as worshiping community, as communion, as Body Christ working to make the world reflect Kingdom values. “With his guiding image of the Church in service of the Kingdom, Fuellenbach has..

Fr. John Fuellenbach, SVD is presently professor of Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University, at the Regina Mundi Institute and at the Beda College in Rome. He holds a doctorate from the Catholic University of Washington D.C. For seven years he taught in the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay, for two semesters in Melbourne,and in a variety of places for shorter periods. For twelve years he was the director of the Renewal Center of the SVD in Nemi near Rome. He wrote a couple of books among them The Kingdom of God Jesus Central Message (Orbis, New York, 1995); Proclaiming His Kingdom (Manila: Logos Publication, 4th ed., 1994). The present book Throw Fire 1st ed., 1997) is a sequence of the two mentioned. It is intended for seminars, workshops and renewal programs. Besides his teaching career he conducts seminars, workshops and retreats for different groups over the 25 years. His range of activities is worldwide extending to places like the EAPI in Manila; the Euntes Institute..