Bart Ehrman is probably the most influential skeptical New Testament scholar in North America. He teaches at UNC (Chapel Hill). In September 2008 Mike Licona, Apologetics Coordinator for NAMB, spoke at the NC student evangelism conference. After a breakout, a student approached him and said that one of her professors was having them read one of Ehrman’s books, and it was killing her faith. She looked somewhat desperate and asked if there was anything out there that answered Ehrman. Licona was fortunate to have a DVD of his debate with Ehrman and gave it to her. He spoke with her BCM director this past spring, and the student is once again strong in her faith thanks to help from the DVD.
Here is a new resource for you to use: www.4truth.net/ehrman
This is a professionally produced interview with Mike Licona on Ehrman. There are four short video segments that can be streamed or downloaded in high-definition. Also included are discussion questions for each segment which can be downloaded. Please check it out
Mike Licona
Apologetics Coordinator
North American Mission Board
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Evangelism Sermon Review of Harold Bullock's "Evangelism-the Process"
By: Eddy Pearson, Christian Challenge/ Baptist Collegiate Minister and Jedi-Master
Evangelistic fruit grows on a relationship tree. What we see through programs like EE and CWT is that a prior relationship has been built and people have been prepared for the gospel.
Major problems in Evangelism: Efficiency and effectiveness
Bullock’s evangelism strategy or steps to bring people to Christ that he has found effective:
1] You meet new people who do not know Jesus [work, health club, clubs on campus, etc.]
Set appointments. Remember that you are not paid to be an evangelist at work on in class. Schedule a lunch or study time. Identify yourself with Christ from the beginning and be honest about who you are as a person. You come from a Christ oriented world view. The seed that goes in the ground is the word of God. You plow and plant the seed.
2] Invite people to a time [dinner, lunch, golf, shopping …] with other Christians or people pressing on to know the Lord.
3] Get them to an informal group event [sporting games like intramurals, Agape meals, game nights, etc.]
4] Get them to a formal group event [a spiritual event with a group identity. [I.E. bible study, large group meetings, retreats] The threat level is high threat because they happen inside buildings with a door. Imagine that you attend a Hari Krishna meeting with 200-400 other Hari Krishna’s would be a high threat to you.
Six and Sevens
Harold found that people who came to Christ after 1-2 contacts typically fall away. Yet, 6-7 gospel sharing times see people come to faith in Christ and they stick.
You can see a flow occurring with these steps. We like to see the gospel shared 6-7 times btw. steps one through four. You want individuals to see 6 or 7 people’s perspective on the gospel and how they live the gospel out.
Luke. 14: 25-27
Investigative Bible Study by Jim Peterson’s book has a good IBS/IEG
The gospel is more like agriculture than it is Industry. The more you plant and tend, the more you harvest.
Peter Drucker says, “Efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing the right things.”
Christians approach evangelism like “sorties”, where we meet and go to the enemy territory and make a few strikes and go back to the castle. Jesus was gladly received by sinners. We need to be involved in non-Christian turf areas.
Evangelism takes effort. Personal inconvenience is a part of the process and you will have to rework your schedule.
We can invite every one to an emphasis event or night, for example, and you will see that most do not attend.
Where are you at in steps 1-4? What is your range within steps 1-4?
Questions:
An intriguing talk to listen to and I recommend it peers across the nation in collegiate ministry. A question I have is where do we see the process of evangelism in scripture?
How do you know whether it is the 4th-5th or 6th time that the gospel is being shared?
Please give any feedback and I have some ideas, but let’s see what others believe about the process.
If you'd like to listen to the sermon click the link:
Go to: http://discipleshiplibrary.com, Click topics, Click evangelism , Click Harold Bullock’s “Evangelism - the Process”
Evangelistic fruit grows on a relationship tree. What we see through programs like EE and CWT is that a prior relationship has been built and people have been prepared for the gospel.
Major problems in Evangelism: Efficiency and effectiveness
Bullock’s evangelism strategy or steps to bring people to Christ that he has found effective:
1] You meet new people who do not know Jesus [work, health club, clubs on campus, etc.]
Set appointments. Remember that you are not paid to be an evangelist at work on in class. Schedule a lunch or study time. Identify yourself with Christ from the beginning and be honest about who you are as a person. You come from a Christ oriented world view. The seed that goes in the ground is the word of God. You plow and plant the seed.
2] Invite people to a time [dinner, lunch, golf, shopping …] with other Christians or people pressing on to know the Lord.
3] Get them to an informal group event [sporting games like intramurals, Agape meals, game nights, etc.]
4] Get them to a formal group event [a spiritual event with a group identity. [I.E. bible study, large group meetings, retreats] The threat level is high threat because they happen inside buildings with a door. Imagine that you attend a Hari Krishna meeting with 200-400 other Hari Krishna’s would be a high threat to you.
Six and Sevens
Harold found that people who came to Christ after 1-2 contacts typically fall away. Yet, 6-7 gospel sharing times see people come to faith in Christ and they stick.
You can see a flow occurring with these steps. We like to see the gospel shared 6-7 times btw. steps one through four. You want individuals to see 6 or 7 people’s perspective on the gospel and how they live the gospel out.
Luke. 14: 25-27
Investigative Bible Study by Jim Peterson’s book has a good IBS/IEG
The gospel is more like agriculture than it is Industry. The more you plant and tend, the more you harvest.
Peter Drucker says, “Efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing the right things.”
Christians approach evangelism like “sorties”, where we meet and go to the enemy territory and make a few strikes and go back to the castle. Jesus was gladly received by sinners. We need to be involved in non-Christian turf areas.
Evangelism takes effort. Personal inconvenience is a part of the process and you will have to rework your schedule.
We can invite every one to an emphasis event or night, for example, and you will see that most do not attend.
Where are you at in steps 1-4? What is your range within steps 1-4?
Questions:
An intriguing talk to listen to and I recommend it peers across the nation in collegiate ministry. A question I have is where do we see the process of evangelism in scripture?
How do you know whether it is the 4th-5th or 6th time that the gospel is being shared?
Please give any feedback and I have some ideas, but let’s see what others believe about the process.
If you'd like to listen to the sermon click the link:
Go to: http://discipleshiplibrary.com, Click topics, Click evangelism , Click Harold Bullock’s “Evangelism - the Process”
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