Is Our Preaching Christian Analysis

In their book, The Great Commission to Worship, Vernon Whaley and David Wheeler takes an in depth look at commandment from Jesus for His followers to go out and spread the Good News of salvation. Today’s Christian seems to have a misconception about their role in evangelism. As the authors stated, “many times in Scripture it appears

In their book The Great Commission to Worship: Biblical Principles for Worship-Based Evangelism, authors David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley contribute their respective expertise in evangelism and worship in an attempt to synthesize the two categories by showing each fundamental imperative of the Christian disciple to be integral to and an outflow of the other. The impetus for evangelism par excellence is the “great commission”

Street preaching, or preaching openly in a public area, has been a method used throughout the history of Christianity for the purpose of evangelizing people who would not typically enter a church. Ever since the apostle Peter preached in the streets of Jerusalem in Acts 2, Christians have used this method to lead many to faith in Christ.

Being a Christian is great. You have God; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. You have all three behind you and there for you no matter what. You can always count on God, no matter what you do as God forgives you and your sins. God is good. God gives Christians life after death; eternal life. (Kingsley, Charles, 2004) All you have to do is believe, have faith, trust, and love god. God is love. According to the Christian worldview, one gains eternal life by believing that Jesus died for our sins. We have to believe in God and trust and ask for forgiveness for our sins. We have to let God in our lives, talk to God every day. I have to use John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life," as bible verse that supports this because I remember this verse perfectly from going to Sunday School and Bible School as a child. The thing that could be confusing or troublesome is not actually seeing God as a person, as a physically human being. We are supposed to believe that God is there for us, but we never see him. This may be confusing to some. Also we are never told about Jesus’s childhood. He is just there, born to an unmarried mother and father from a rather backwater town in Palestine and an embarrassment to his family. (Diffey, 2015, Ch. 5) Yet we are supposed to be married before children and so on. I can see where this would be confusing to some Christians. You teach and preach it one way, but Jesus’s life was not that way? Also according to the textbook, when did Satan exactly become evil? (Diffey, 2015, Ch. 4) Christianity could influence one’s thinking and behavior because if they live a Godly life, they will be more forgiving, faithful, and loving. When I think of “Church People” or Christian’s, I think friendly and always there for you. As you become a Christian you put yourself out there for people, you become more personable

* Evangelism- the spreading of the Christian gospel by preaching or personal witness; commanded in Matthew 28:19-20

Gospel in English derives from godspel, meaning "good news." Similarly, in the Greek in which Mark wrote, evangelion means "good tidings."

Nothing could be further from the truth! But for those who need a more contemporary word other than lukewarm, how about "relevant". There I said it. Churches trying to "relevant" are losing sound doctrine and the power of God. Why is that, the Holy Spirit is grieved and has left the room. If we as a church want revival, we need to be desperate enough, hungry enough to repent of letting the culture transform us. We need to stop demonizing those who don't cave to the culture as "Legalistic", "Pharisaical" and other nasty epithets that are hurled. Its one thing to have a disagreement over non salvific doctrine, its quite another to demonize those with whom you disagree. As a conservative Evangelical millennial, my dream for the church is as follows.

In C.S Lewis’ novel, Mere Christianity, he dives into the differences that can be within a moral code, while also proving that they are all the same that the base. Lewis also tries to answer a question that does not have a simple and clear-cut answer: why do we feel bad when we misbehave, if everyone misbehaves?

Preaching the word comes next. Chandler calls it essential that all of scripture be preached across the world. He goes on to say that by preaching and sharing in a knowledge of the word we help to create the Jesus-culture that was discussed in the previous chapter. Continuing on that thought, in the next chapter, Chandler points out the necessity of teaching the children of the church to be avid followers of the word and the gospel instead of merely teaching them how to modify their behavior. This is important because it lays a scriptural foundation for the child’s maturation from child to adult who can understand and abide by the

I agree that we are to be salt and light as Christians, however I knew there had to be a deeper meaning to one’s passion and occupation than just entering militantly for the sole purpose of converting people and Christianizing everything. This was the main message in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and church camp: the main purpose of our existence is to share the Gospel with everyone. My church group implied that what it means to be a Christian is sharing the Gospel and make sure everyone looks like one too (by conforming to conservative American lifestyle). After these observations as a seventeen-year-old, I wandered if this is what it really means to be a Christian after

We give thanks to the Lord for making this community so strong and unified. We are gracious that you are so peaceful and that you spread the word of God.

What to be preached is Christ whom they crucified; the Incarnated Word (John 1: 14 NKJV), He is the only foundation that is required for building our faith. Once it is laid it never needs to be repeated (1 Corinth. 3:11 NKJV).

Critique Questioning Evangelism, a book by Randy Newman about evangelism, was well written to present another way of sharing the gospel that can rejuvenate the witnessing process. The point of the book is to evaluate the way Christians are thinking and present them with new ways to think. Newman presented his material in a well and convincing way by providing examples and insights into sharing the gospel by questioning non-Christians. Multiple insights that Newman presented spiked my own interest and challenged me to apply these ideas to my own evangelistic journey.

Jesus says, “Open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest” (John 4:35). As a disciple of Jesus, I am to imitate his example. Therefore when He says, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15) it is my duty to go and proclaim to all of the world just as He did. Van Rheenen agrees and says that the basic message for a Christian should be the unashamed declaration of Jesus Christ. Paul reminds us of this truth when he said, “I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor.

In 1:15, why is Paul eager to preach the gospel to a church that has presumably already received the gospel?