Tag: Evangelism
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The risen Lord of life and ministry: A sermon on John 21
Trying to catch fish? Jesus has it sorted. Feeling a failure? Jesus has just the job for you. Suffering and out of control? Jesus knows all about it.
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Course: Talking with Catholics about Jesus
An opportunity to understand Catholics and have great conversations together about Christ. A new resource by Certainty4Eternity, distributed by Matthias Media. A course to consider for your church or small group 2024!
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The easiest conspiracy theory to debunk this Christmas
The conspiracy theory that Jesus Christ wasn’t a real historical person is surprisingly widespread in our community, and very easy to debunk.
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How I came to know Jesus
I grew up in the rural-urban fringe of Sydney, in an atheist family. But I had the great privilege to hear about God through SRE Scripture teachers.
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God’s heart for all humanity (1 Timothy 2:1–7)
Tensions are very high in our community at the moment. Take the illegal anti-lockdown protest on 23 July 2021 in Sydney. The protesters were expressing a fear and anger that’s clearly present amongst many. They were wrong to express it in this way. But you can feel it, can’t you? I know right now many…
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Review: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
I need to understand the people around me, so I can live for the gospel among them and speak the gospel to them. To do that, I need to understand the people around me. That’s where Carl Trueman’s book is so incredibly valuable.
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Is “Church Online” Church? (Lionel Windsor, Mikey Lynch, Andrew Heard)
In this discussion for the Reach Australia network‘s podcast, I join Mikey Lynch (leader of Tasmania’s Vision 100) and Andrew Heard (lead pastor of EV Church on the Central Coast of NSW) to think theologically about the current realities of church life, church approximation and online church. The discussion is available in both Audio (Podcast)…
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The “New Normal” and the Same Old Story: Evangelism in a Virtual World
There are amazing opportunities in online evangelism. And with the “new normal” under COVID-19, people really are listening.
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Christian: speak the gospel… online
As so many people are isolated, alone, and frightened, Christians can still share our living hope online. Here’s some resources (book + video) to help you.
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Prayer: the heart of evangelism (Ephesians 6:17–20)
One of the best things we can pray for is that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will go out to the world, both through us and through others.
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The importance of being a struggling Christian (Ephesians 6:14–16)
Do you ever feel like the Christian life is a struggle? Struggling is normal for Christians. In fact, it’s not just normal. Christians should be struggling!
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Christ the missionary (Ephesians 2:17–18)
Christ is a missionary. Christ does stranger evangelism. Christ preaches to the choir. Christ crosses cultures. Christ brings peace. So says the Apostle Paul. What does he mean?
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The message is the mission (Ephesians 1:13)
What is God’s mission? What means is God using to bring about his purposes in Christ? What does that mean for our own mission as Christians and churches?
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Sharing gospel truth in a biblically illiterate world
Increasingly, people in our world have very little idea of what the Bible says. How can we commend and proclaim biblical truth in these circumstances?
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As I See It (by Leigh Windsor)
Leigh Windsor’s explanation of the biblical message about Jesus, why it matters and how to respond.
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How to get a copy of Gospel Speech Online
This year’s Men Meeting the Challenge conference theme was about opportunities and challenges for sharing the good news of Jesus Christ online. Since my book Gospel Speech Online is all about this topic, I’ve provided a link to purchase the book here.
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Truthing in love
When it appears in the Bible, “speaking the truth in love” (literally “truthing in love”) means far more than just “saying true things in a charitable way”.
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Gospel Speech Online
I’ve written this brief book to help Christians to speak the gospel of truth in love in the online world, drawing on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
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Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World (article)
The paradoxes of social media can make speaking Christianly online quite a challenge. What’s the way forward?
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Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
Ephesians helps us come to grips with what Christian speech is all about, and how that affects our speech in the online world.
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Gospel speech: now available as an ebook
A brief biblical exploration of the way the gospel shapes the speech of every Christian as they confess Jesus Christ with their mouth. Now available as an ebook.
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Event: Learning to speak Christian in an online world (17 March)
Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World. Lionel Windsor & Tony Payne. Thursday 17 March, 7.30pm. Moore College, 15 King St Newtown
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Gospel speech: a fresh look at the relationship between every Christian and evangelism
A brief biblical exploration of the way the gospel shapes the speech of every Christian as they confess Jesus Christ with their mouth.
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Review: Antoine X. J. Fritz, To the Jew First or to the Jew at Last? Romans 1:16c and Jewish Missional Priority in Dialogue with Jews for Jesus
This book is a critique of a missiological principle that the church today must “prioritize evangelizing Jews over Gentiles”.
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“How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelise” – it’s about Paul’s Gentile mission after all (Romans 10:14-18)
I used to think that Romans 10:14-18 was about the (mostly failed) Christian mission to Jews. I was wrong. After closely reading this text, I now think it’s about Paul’s mission to Gentiles.