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Seven Ways We Can Improve Our Proclamation Of The Gospel, Part III: Proclaim Salvation As A Lifelong Process, Not A Spiritual Orgasm

When we evangelize, we sometimes do big events where music functions as foreplay, preaching gets everybody revved up, and the decision to accept Jesus becomes the climax—after which time everyone heads home, tired but feeling pretty good. But Scripture never … Continue reading

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Seven Ways We Can Improve Our Proclamation Of The Gospel, Part II: Proclaim The Victory of Jesus

The Holy Spirit persuades, not us. The Holy Spirit prompts a response, not us. So what’s our part in the work? Proclaim the victory of Jesus. C.H. Dodd wrote up a summary of the earliest Christian preaching as reported in … Continue reading

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Seven Ways We Can Improve Our Proclamation Of The Gospel, Introduction: This Is Not Exactly The Great Age of Discipleship

Call me crazy, but something tells me that—should Jesus tarry—our Christian era won’t exactly be remembered as “The Great Age of Discipleship.” There’s a new documentary out called “Divided”—you can check it out at http://dividedthemovie.com/. It talks about the percentage … Continue reading

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