As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Markos teaches by example as he presents a dialogue based on a lively conversation he experienced over Thanksgiving dinner with guests of various faiths. Through stories and conversations, he helped people wrestle with their objections to Christianity. More significantly, he shows us how we can do that too.” - TGC
“Perhaps you’re in a similar position. You see the need to share the gospel. You want to share the gospel. But your days and weeks are spent with people who already trust in Jesus.” - TGC
“I do not want to manipulate people into a false profession of faith. However, I also want to be as direct as the Bible is regarding the desperate consequences of sin, the reality of eternal punishment, the urgency of the gospel, and God’s command for people to place their dependence on the finished work of Christ for forgiveness of their sin and restoration to God.” - P&D
“But what might be surprising in all of this, if we are paying close attention, is that there were Pharisees who were followers of Jesus! …. With this in mind, I want us to go back to the gospels and look carefully at Jesus’ interaction with the Pharisees.” - P&D
“Nathan didn’t say to David, ‘Repeat this prayer after me.’ No, he left it to David’s conviction to get before the Lord and say, ‘O, have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness.’” - C.Leaders
Although I have lived most of my life in the state of Wisconsin—and have lived less than 30 miles from the Wisconsin State Capitol for nearly 25 years—I had never visited Madison’s most iconic building.
That changed on Feb. 4, when, as an individual member of IFCA International, I participated in an event sponsored by the Wisconsin Family Council’s Church Ambassador Network. It was the IFCA Pastors’ Day at the Capitol.
“Around 2 in 5 say they have agnostic (44 percent), Jewish (41 percent) or atheist friends (39 percent). More than a quarter (28 percent) have Muslim friends.” - Baptist Press
“We’re no longer trying to argue with ardent atheists but to compel impressionable spiritualists.” - TGC
“Such are the times in which we live. And we are tempted to believe that these cultural circumstances make us strangers and exiles in a world that once embraced our values. But that’s not the whole story.” - Rosaria Butterfield
Also… Hospitality in the Bible: Following Jesus’s Hospitality of the Cross - Word by Word
“They are, of course, free to believe in whatever values they like; the problem is those values don’t make sense when disconnected from the Christian faith that underpins them.” - TGC
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