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Many people say they are unable to believe what the Bible says about God because they are unable to believe that miracles happened. They are at least clearly able to see what some liberal theologians can't - that belief in the God of the Bible implies belief in the miraculous....
'It is a central heresy of our culture to say that all truth is relative; that one thing may be true for me and quite another may be true for you. This absurdity destroys the very notion of truth.... and is the result of muddled thinking. No one can seriously...
It is one thing to know what the Gospel is. But it is quite another to present it clearly and succinctly in a way that others can understand. A good Gospel outline needs to be simple to remember, and free of jargon terms while covering the central issues of the...
Evangelism Know and Tell the Gospel - John C Chapman - Hodder & Stoughton Evangelism - Now and Then - Michael Green - IVP How To Give Away Your Faith - Paul Little - IVP Explaining Your Faith without losing your friends - Alister McGrath - IVP Evangelism and the Sovereignty...
Starting in the Right Place. Some outlines start with the fact of sin, and blindly assume both the existence of God and the fact that his character is morally pure. Other outlines start with a statement about the love of God, also making assumptions about his existence and character. While...
In answering we need to ask why and when our friends think the Bible has been changed? There are four separate questions here: Did the events really happen in the way the eyewitnesses claimed they did? (Are there errors of fact?) If the eyewitnesses did not relate the events as they...
In short, we do not know! 'The secret things belong to the Lord our God' (Dt 29:29). Certainly we cannot speak for any individual. However, the Bible does not leave us totally in the dark and various approaches towards an answer can be made. We are not here considering the...
Three Valid Approaches Beauty and design in the natural order eg Ps 19:1, Rom 1:19-20 Inner awareness eg Acts 17:27, Rom 2:15 God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ eg Col 1:13-15 Three Different Sets of Objections Creation Genesis v Evolution The problems of suffering and evil Experience The world's religions Isn't...
Introduction To maintain our sanity we need to understand clearly who is responsible for what in sharing the Good News. In particular we need to address the questions, 'What is God's part and what does he expect of me?' Get the answers to those questions wrong and you will find that...
One of the most effective methods of engaging in evangelism is to invite your friends round for a meal with the explicit purpose of having an after-supper discussion about Christianity. Ideally one or two Christians need to invite about a dozen of their uncommitted friends. An attractive and enjoyable meal...
