I Don’t Know What to Tell Them. In this series of posts, we’ve been exploring the barriers that hinder us from telling others about Christ (begins here). Last time we talked about how to bring up spiritual matters to begin with, noting that it is helpful to keep in mind what we ultimately want toContinue reading “Examining Our Barriers to Speaking about Christ – 7”
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The Good News Told in Acts – 8
Short Summaries of the Message. In this series we have explored seven passages in Acts that give us long or medium length summaries of the message the apostles spoke to non-Christians. These Spirit-inspired summaries give us divine guidance about the good news we should speak to non-Christians. Before summarizing these summaries and drawing some conclusions,Continue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 8”
The Good News Told in Acts – 4
Acts 5:29-32 Speaker: Peter and the apostles (v. 29) Audience: The Jewish high priest, council, and senate (vv. 21, 27) Occasion: The high priest and Sadducees were jealous of the power and popularity of the apostles, so they arrested them. During the night an angel released them from prison and told them to go toContinue reading “The Good News Told in Acts – 4”
The Story of God’s Kingdom 2
What is the Essence of Jesus’ Message? How would you summarize the message of Jesus? Take a minute right now and challenge yourself to state it out loud in a single sentence. The specifics of his teachings matter too, of course, but we definitely want to grasp the essence of his message. Doing so willContinue reading “The Story of God’s Kingdom 2”
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