Most of us would agree that discipleship is a central part of our calling, but we don’t all think about it in the same way. One common difference is whether discipleship is about bringing new people to Christ or helping existing Christians become like Christ. Some also think of discipleship mostly as something they should beContinue reading “The Senses of Making Disciples”
Author Archives: Marvin Bryant
Authentic Gospel
How You Can Tell God’s Good News. If you were following this blog, you know that I have been on an extended break so that I could work on a book. That project has proved to be longer and more difficult than I expected, but I’m happy to say that I have now completed aContinue reading “Authentic Gospel”
I’m Still on Break
I took a break from writing blog posts this summer (2023) so I could concentrate on some other writing. I made good progress on that writing but did not finish my project, so I am going to continue to break from this blog so that I can work on that other writing. Hopefully I canContinue reading “I’m Still on Break”
Break in Blog Posts
This summer (2023) I will be taking a break from writing new posts for my blog. I intend to focus on other writing that I have neglected. My hope is to resume the blog in the Fall of 2023. If you want to continue to read posts from me, there are well over 100 previousContinue reading “Break in Blog Posts”
Faithfully Communicating the Message
1 Corinthians 1:18-25. I am both thankful for and concerned about all the talk about relevance today. On the one hand, there is a real danger that Christians may lose touch with society. We don’t want to become like the Amish who seem quaint and irrelevant to the real world. There is value in observingContinue reading “Faithfully Communicating the Message”
Thinking Through the Matter of Results—5
Conclusions. I have noticed that anytime people talk about a method or approach to telling the good news, someone inevitably asks what results that approach has gotten, and I have done the same. But the more I have thought about results, the more questions it has raised. Why do we ask? What are we thinkingContinue reading “Thinking Through the Matter of Results—5”
Thinking through the Matter of Results—4
Rejection. In this series of posts we are considering what we might learn about approaches and methods to sharing the good news from the results that come from them. So far we have noticed that, in the New Testament, sometimes the results to the gospel message have been overwhelmingly favorable (conversions) and sometimes mixed. InContinue reading “Thinking through the Matter of Results—4”
Thinking Through the Matter of Results—3
Mixed. We are exploring the question of what we can learn about a method or approach to evangelism by the ways people respond to it. Our common practice of asking about results indicates we think this will tell us something. Currently we are focusing on the various responses we see in the New Testament, andContinue reading “Thinking Through the Matter of Results—3”
Thinking Through the Matter of Results—2
Conversion. In this series of posts, we are thinking through what we learn from the results achieved by a particular method of reaching out or actually teaching the gospel. Any method for reaching out will yield some kind of results, even if it is no result. The fact that American Christians so often ask aboutContinue reading “Thinking Through the Matter of Results—2”
Thinking Through the Matter of Results-1
The Phenomenon. If you are interested in reaching out to others with the good news about Jesus, you have probably been in classes or discussions about how we might do so. In those settings people usually share various approaches to outreach or methods of actually teaching people that they have used or heard about. ItContinue reading “Thinking Through the Matter of Results-1”
Empowering Subjects 