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Proclaiming the Gospel, Part II: A Gospel Is Not A Testimony, Not A Bible Story, Not A Sermon, Not Even An Offer Of Salvation

In contrast to the Roman Road understanding of proclaiming the gospel that we talked about in our previous post, consider the definition of gospel which comes from Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8. Paul describes what he shares as “of first … Continue reading

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Proclaiming the Gospel, Part I: Merging from the Roman Road onto the Interstate Highway System of Full-Octane Gospel Proclamation

On the one hand, it seems like the depths of the topic of proclaiming the gospel ought to be fully plumbed now that we’re 2,000 years into this enterprise called Christianity. On the other hand, of all of the Works … Continue reading

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Before Leaving for the Field, Should Missionaries Do Support Raising…or Support Emptying?

David Fitch just did a post that has me thinking. The post, entitled STOP FUNDING CHURCH PLANTS and Start Funding Missionaries: A Plea to Denominations, is fairly self-explanatory and certainly worth a read in its own right. But one particular … Continue reading

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