Evangelism and Outreach

The Great Commission of Matthew 28.18-20 is for all believers. Plus, reproducing the image of God in others is part of being God's image bearer ourselves.

Life Focus Sermon [7 pages]
Can we reorient our lives to God's priorities?

Sharing the Gospel Sermon [7 pages]
Creative and provocative thoughts about what and how to share with non-believers.

Gospel Content [3 pages]
What John and Paul emphasized as necessary information for faith

Gospel Bridge Presentation [2 pages]
A presentation of the gospel with the bridge illustration

6 Questions We All Should Answer [1 page]
Six questions helping explain the gospel

Gospel for Children [1 page]
A basic version of the gospel with illustrations for children

Evangelism Questions [2 pages]
A presentation of the gospel using survey questions

NT Repentance in light of OT Covenants [5 pages]
An argument that repentance in the context of salvation is about repenting of lack of faith

Interaction with Chafer's True Evangelism [2 pages]
A summary of important points from this book

This is the hippodrome at Caesarea. Caesarea is where Peter verified that God was bringing salvation to the Gentiles too.

Acts 10.42-43 NET: "He [Christ] commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Textual Accuracy Summary [1 page]
A summary of Daniel Wallace's comments on the accuracy of the New Testament text we have today

Textual Accuracy Debate [2 pages]
A summary of the debate between Daniel Wallace and Bart Ehrman about whether the New Testament text we have today is an accurate representation of the original; you can get a DVD of the debate at www.csntm.org

Christ's claim to exclusivity [8 pages]
An exploration of whether Jews should be offended at Christ's claim to exclusivity