Why a Public Faith?
Scripture Text: John 4:27-42
New series entitled: Public Faith - Joining Jesus on His Mission. Six week series on how to share our faith in authentic and respectful ways that treat people as we would want them to treat us.
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Seven Spiritual Conversation Killers
Scripture Text: John 4:4-26
Week two of our new series "Public Faith - Joining Jesus on His Mission". This week we take a closer look at how Jesus did "evangelism" by looking at the conversation he has with the woman at the well in John 4. We also warn against seven "spiritual conversation killers"!
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Five Ways to Engage in Spiritual Conversations
Scripture Text: Luke 19:1-10; John 4:27-30, 39-42
This is week three of our summer series "Public Faith: Joining Jesus on His Mission." In this message we look at how to grow in having spiritual conversations by doing three things Jesus did and two that the woman at the well did.
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Three Things Core to the Gospel
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
What is the gospel and how would you explain it to someone who doesn't have much of a church background? That's our focus in this message as we continue our summer series called, "Public Faith: Joining Jesus On His Mission".
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Doing the Work of Pre-Evangelism
Scripture Text: Romans 1:18-20; 2:12-16
Last weeks message was about What IS the Gospel? This message is both about how to share the gospel and also how to do the work of "pre-evangelism" by helping people wrestle with the questions of... "how can you know that God exists?" and... for the person with a worldview that says all truth is relative, how can you help them see that there ARE absolute moral laws and that they actually believe that there is, even if they don't think they do.
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Adopting Jesus' View of the Bible
Scripture Text: John 5:31-40
When it comes to the Bible, how should we view it? Is it authorative? Good advice? Inspiring stories? Outdated? Irrelevant? Well, for the Christian there really is only one answer. And that is how did Jesus view the Bible. As Jesus followers we will want to see the Bible as Jesus did. That's the focus for this message which can also aid us in sharing with others what we believe the Bible is and why.
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