Month: October 2011

  • Speech and salvation 7: Insiders and outsiders

    From The Briefing: This is the seventh post in a series about gospel speech. Read parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. “I’m more comfortable speaking the gospel to insiders rather than outsiders.” Maybe you think that you’re not the kind of person to speak the gospel to outsiders because you’re more comfortable speaking to insiders.…

  • Speech and salvation 6: Speech is in your DNA

    From The Briefing: This is the sixth post in a series about gospel speech. Read parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. “I’m not the mouth in Christ’s body.” Paul talks about the church as Christ’s body. The body is made up of many members (e.g. 1 Cor 12:12). All of these members are equally important,…

  • Speech and salvation 5: Do you feel the need for speech?

    From The Briefing: This is the fifth post in a series about gospel speech. Read parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. “I can promote the gospel better by my good works.” Maybe you think that you’re not the kind of person to speak the gospel to others because your particular role in gospel proclamation is to…

  • Hebrew Verbs and the Sovereignty of God

    Great insights here by George Athas on God, Jonah, and the Benefit of Hebrew. George looks carefully at the Hebrew verbs in Jonah and finds: It seems that the narrator wants us to understand that Yahweh is in complete control of the situation. Although Jonah is on the run, trying to avoid his divine commission,…

  • Speech and salvation 4: Saved by the mouth

    From The Briefing: This is the fourth post in a series about gospel speech. Read parts 1, 2, and 3. “I’m not really a ‘speaking’ Christian.” Maybe you think that you’re not the kind of person to speak the gospel to others because you’re not really the kind of Christian who talks about the gospel.…

  • Creatures of habit

    From The Briefing: “I really should be more disciplined…” How often do you experience that gaping chasm between ‘should be’ and ‘is’ in your regular daily habits? Most of us can think of good habits we’d really like to develop, but somehow have never got around to it. If you’re a Christian, some of those…

  • Speech and salvation 3: God puts the words right in your mouth

    From The Briefing: This is the third post in a series about gospel speech. Read parts 1 and 2. “I’m not gifted enough!” Maybe you think that you’re not qualified to speak the gospel to people because you’re not gifted enough. But if you’re a Christian, you already have the greatest gift in the world. It’s a…