Importance of the Bible’s Story Line in Evangelism with Pluralists
It is crucial that we present the gospel to informal pluralists within the framework of the Bible's story line. →
Repentance and Faith = Two Sides of Turning
It is necessary to turn from in order to turn to. Repentance and faith are different sides of the same turning. Neither repentance nor faith are meritorious: repentance is the fulfillment of a negative duty, faith is the fulfillment of positive duty; the merit is in Jesus Christ and His death, burial, and resurrection. →
Confronting Pluralism with the Bible’s Story
Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was a Church of Scotland missionary to South India from 1936 to 1974. Although he was a leading figure in the World Council of Churches, he certainly did not succumb to the error of pluralism, as have many in the ecumenical movement. Upon returning to Britain from missionary life India, Newbigin dedicated himself to confronting secularism in the post-Christian West. He viewed Western secularism not as atheistic, but as pagan, embracing its own forms of false gods. Newbigin is known most for his numerous books on this subject, one of which is this one. →
Worldview Transformation in Conversion
This book is not necessarily an easy read. But chapter 11 (pages 307-333), which bears the same name as the book's title, is worth reading by anyone interested in evangelism in non-Christian religious worldview contexts. →
End-Focus for The Story of Hope
Evangelistic chronological Bible teaching resources all begin with the creation account in Genesis. They continue through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the gospels, but many of them stop there. Our Good Soil E&D resources (The Story of Hope and The Roots of Faith, for example) cover key events in the Bible’s redemptive story from the creation account in Genesis 1 & 2 through the establishment of the eternal state in Revelation 21 & 22. Why did we choose to include key events that go beyond the resurrection of Christ? →
Selection Criteria for TSOH Events
How many unique events or stories are there in the Bible? That's really impossible to answer for sure, since it's often difficult to determine where one event or story begins and another one starts. But any way you look at it, there are hundreds of events or stories in the Bible. So how does a person determine which Bible stories or events should be selected to best summarize God's Big Story if the limit is 40 stories or events? →
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