Jesus is the Word of God
In our series of "hot topics" we talk about God's judgement. In particular, how can a loving God send people to hell? We see how 321 helps answer the question:
THREE: Judgement is not original to God - love is.
TWO: In Adam, we're already in the pit - hell is this disconnected life.
ONE: Eternal life is a connection to Christ.
Armed with these truths we see how hell is not opposed to a God of love. Madly, we are opposed to a God of love - hence hell!
I've nearly finished writing 321 - the evangelistic book. At the end I'm briefly addressing 10 common objections to Christianity. Can you help me with some quotes of people who have put these objections famously or powerfully?
Ok, but is it true?
Can we trust the Bible?
I'm not religious, why bother with God?
How can anyone join the church with all its hate and hypocrisy?
How does a Good God fit with evil and suffering?
Isn’t religion one of the world’s great problems?
Why not other faiths?
How does a loving God fit with judgement?
Why are Christians so weird about sex and sexuality?
Aren’t believers anti-science?
In this episode, among other things we respond to a listener question: What's the difference between preaching and evangelistic preaching?
A few thoughts... In evangelistic preaching you're especially concerned about the following:
In this podcast I talk about some examples of my evangelistic preaching.
Here's my sermon on Luke 14,
This week Andy and I talk about delivering an evangelistic talk.
We discuss my (tongue-in-cheek) 10 commandments for evangelistic preaching (below):
And how can you tell if you’ve done a good job? Ask yourself these questions:
Have I communicated JESUS - has He been the centre of it all?
Have I used or abused the passage?
Have I encouraged confidence in the flesh or faith in Christ?
Have I taken people on a journey from Adam to Christ?
Have I offered promises or simply stated truths? (In other words, Have I offered Christ?)
We've been thinking about the nature of preaching and the tone of it. Here we get more practical with ten steps to preparing a talk...
STEP ONE: Read, Read and Read again.
STEP TWO: Write an initial SUMMARY
STEP THREE: Make NOTES on each and every verse.
STEP FOUR: Consult the WISDOM of others.
STEP FIVE: Return to the SUMMARY
STEP SIX: SHAPE it for your audience
STEP SEVEN: Make an OUTLINE
STEP EIGHT: WRITE it
STEP NINE: Add COLOUR.
STEP TEN: Final FORM.
Three Talks on Down to Earth Mission (for Student Leaders in Wales)
Down to Earth Saviour (including Matthew 3)
Down to Earth People (1 Peter)
Down to Earth Living (Philippians 2:5-18)
Three Talks on Colossians (for Student Leaders in the South West of England)
What do you picture when you picture God? (Colossians 1:15-23)
What do you picture when you picture Jesus? (Colossians 2:6-19)
What does God picture when He pictures you? (Colossians 2:20-3:11)
Giving an evangelistic talk is more than sharing a few thoughts about a Bible passage!
Evangelistic speaking is a spiritual event – God himself is speaking.
Does that mean preachers can say "Thus sayith the LORD" with impunity?
Listen in as we begin our new series about evangelistic speaking, based in 2 Corinthians.
Crossing London is a city wide mission happening this year. Hear about the many opportunities to get involved. Also listen to an interview with one of the organisers, Martin Durham head of Kerygma 180. We speak about Crossing London, the work of K180 and the way God is working through street outreach.
As mentioned in this episode, check out
Kerygma180, and
This year UCCF reckon there'll be 100 university missions reaching over 30 000 students.
Andy and I talk over a day in the life of a university mission.
We discuss the use of the UNCOVER Luke’s gospels and shamelessly rip off Michael Ots’ website, and in particular his Definitive_Mission_
