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Category Archives: evangelism
first look at a second chance
Genesis 8:1-19. The imagery and wording of this section echoes Genesis 1. God is making a new heavens and a new earth. The Hebrew verb in 8:10 suggests that Noah anxiously longed for this, like a woman in childbirth. Noah … Continue reading
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Jesus is alive!
John 20. Jesus was raised from the dead and lives today. The Scripture predicted it, but even those who experienced his resurrection did not understand it (9). We cannot see him today, because he has gone back to his Father … Continue reading
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Jesus and the desperate men
John 4:43-5:18. All around us there are people leading quiet lives of desperation. Jesus met with two such men in today’s passage. He made a difference in their lives. An official in Capernaum was desperate to save his son’s life … Continue reading
Jesus: what people said
John 1:19-51. You cannot always trust what people are saying about someone, but sometimes you can. Listen to what people are saying about Jesus in today’s text. He is… the Lord (23). the Lamb of God (29). someone younger, but … Continue reading
evangelism: ministry and fellowship
Romans 15:14-33. We have seen that the whole of Romans has to do with evangelism. As Paul begins to conclude his letter, he describes that work using two metaphors. Paul’s work of bringing the gospel to the Gentiles … Continue reading
evangelism: perspective on edification
Romans 15:1-13. How we get along with other believers has a definite impact on our evangelism. When the watching world sees us biting and devouring each other over our differences, they think less of the gospel that we preach. When … Continue reading
evangelism: perspective on differences
Romans 14. Paul encourages believers in Rome to get along with each other by refusing to let differences be a cause for division. There will be differences among believers, but we dishonor our mutual Lord when we use those differences … Continue reading
evangelism: perspective on the state
Romans 13. Paul encourages believers to submit to the authority of the state here. He argues that: God will punish law breakers (1-7). Obeying the law is a way of loving your neighbor (8-10). The time is short, so believers … Continue reading
evangelism: perspective on Israel
Romans 11. Here Paul seeks to explain why so many of his own countrymen have rejected the gospel, while so many Gentiles are accepting it and getting saved. He states: God is still sovereign over the salvation process … Continue reading
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evangelism: perspective on success
Romans 9:30-10:21. The children’s story of the tortoise and the hare teaches that success does not always come to the ones who are best equipped. The same is true of spiritual success: finding salvation. Paul was a Jew. He knew … Continue reading
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