About four months ago I wrote a post entitled, Does it Seem Like No One is Interested? (here). I explored some key phrases from John including, “my Father is working until now, and I am working,” “no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,” “they will all be taughtContinue reading “God is Doing Just What Jesus Said!”
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Testifying Today
In the previous post I mentioned that a more complete and in depth article would be coming soon on the whole matter of testifying to Christ. If you are interested, that article has been completed and is now available on the Resource page of the Empowering Subjects website here. You can click on the linkContinue reading “Testifying Today”
Is Witnessing a Biblical Idea?
When I was a teenager I heard some of my Baptist friends talking about witnessing. I didn’t know what that was at first, but eventually I figured out it meant talking to others about Jesus. Then I heard them talking about people giving their testimony at church. I learned that this had to do withContinue reading “Is Witnessing a Biblical Idea?”
The Senses of Making Disciples
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”
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—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 of the King to Change the World-13
Variety. We’ve been exploring various aspects of the mission God has called us to and how Empowering Subjects seeks to incorporate those matters. Today we will consider variety. In the New Testament we see a variety of approaches to carrying out God’s mission and to equipping others for it. There is no one, single wayContinue reading “Empowering Subjects of the King to Change the World-13”
Empowering Subjects of the King to Change the World-12
Communal and Individual. Like a tightly knit military unit, Christians stand alone together. Our godliness, service and mission have both an individual and a communal aspect. The entire community of Christ-followers needs teaching and exhortation about submitting our lives to the King and living lives worthy of the gospel. Gifted teachers and godly shepherds provideContinue reading “Empowering Subjects of the King to Change the World-12”
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