Questioning Evangelism, By Randy Newman

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”

The Art of Personal Evangelism: Sharing Jesus in a changing culture By Will McRaney, Jr. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Academic, 2003, 268 pp., $19.99 paper.

As Father Flynn opens his first sermon with a question that insinuates doubt, by asking “What do you do when you’re not sure?” (p. 1939) I believe he is also asking the congregation to open their minds up to the fearful thoughts of someone who is isolated and doesn’t know where to turn for the right answer, because

The poem, “Gospel” by Philip Levine gives a vivid description of what the narrator sees around them. The narrator focuses their description on nature. They make many references to types of plants like lupine and thistles. Throughout the poem, nature can be seen as and abstract creature. Nature is giving and lively. The conflict in the poem is between the speaker and nature. The narrator tries to show how nature can give nice outdoor views and how the earth gives people a place to walk on while people give nothing back to nature. Levine’s speaker uses repetition and comparisons to show how nature is constantly pleading for the narrators attention yet they cannot offer anything to the relationship they have with nature. The poem slowly evolves

Begging the question is using the conclusion as a premise to verify the conclusion. This makes the statement unconvincing. In his letter he states, “Lastly, if God would lead you to pray for me, the Scripture he has impressed upon me this past year or two is 1 Corinthians 4:15…As I get older, I am seeking to increasingly love our people as I do my own children in order for our church to be a great family, because of the gospel of Jesus Christ,”(Driscoll 4). He starts by using God and ends with God to reestablish and imply that if it does not lead people to pray for him then the people are not good Christians and will be reprimanded by

The approach of this article with today evangelism deals with the counterfeit faith of some people proclaiming Jesus as their savior. However, if this faith does not show evidence by transforming their lives, then does not deserved to be called saving faith. Such transformation has to show a change on their behaviors. This does not stop there. A true Christian need to perform daily “self-examination” of its own testimony. Another false gospel is to separate incarnational from informational apologetic. They go hand in hand as an absolute truth of Jesus Christ in evangelism. Some would have us believe that incarnational apologetic is not necessary in our society. But, they stand very far from the truth. Both “incarnational and informational” apologetic are interlaced and important tools for our daily life.

In the book, “Announcing the Reign of God,” Bishop Mortimer Arias’, provides illustrations for Christian evangelism based on the teachings of Jesus. Which is grounded in the ministry of Christ and affirmed by evidence and experiences contributed from a diverse group of witnesses. Arias’, main point of view, analyzes the Kingdom of God as the governing authority for the proclamation of the gospel in word and deed. He explores biblical sources, particularly the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke with the intent to examine Jesus ' evangelization. The titles for the readings appraises the Kingdom of God’s: Good News, Presence, Imminence, In-Breaking, Eclipse, Announcing as Gift, Announcing as Hope, and Announcing as Challenge End of the Eclipse? Most importantly, Aries probes how we should answer the questions of: “What it means to be evangelical?” Also, “What would ‘kingdom evangelization’ look like?”

All questions are taken from Evangelism Is… by Earley and Wheeler. You do not need to memorize these passages. Only be familiar with the content.

Likewise, members of the Church are encouraged to keep asking questions and seeking for answers. Jesus said, “Ask of God; ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened.”

Throughout history, both theology and religion have been topics that have sparked global curiosity. I have always wondered, what is so special about theology and what does it actually have to do with our society? Reading deeper into J.J Mueller SJ’s Theological Foundations, I took in a clear understanding that religion plays a role in all aspects of our lives in many different ways, and there is no simple answer. The first critical point that I identified with was the simple fact that it is okay to ask questions about religion. On page 9, Mueller SJ compares asking questions about religion to asking questions about a friend. He explains that asking questions is healthy and vital to understanding any situation from religion, to friendships, and especially intimate relationships. Growing up in a

The method of choice for my first face-to-face evangelism experience was to follow the questions presented in Bill Fay’s book, “Share Jesus without Fear, ” as listed in “Evangelism is … : How to share Jesus with passion and confidence” (254). I wrote the questions on a piece of paper and put them in my Bible, along with the verses of The Romans Road (Earley, Wheeler 2010, 331), for quite reference. I do not do well in face-to-face encounters. I felt by using this method I could pray and practice before hand, and I my nervousness would not show when I witnessed. I am more accustomed to servant evangelism; where the one being served begins to ask the questions. In this case, I was going to use the confrontational method of evangelism. I needed the Holy Spirit to bring the scripture to my remembrance, and lead me in the direction the Lord would have me go. I waited for my neighbor JJ to be in his yard, and stopped by to chit-chat for a minute. He and his family are a little standoff-ish and rough around the edges. So I needed the questions to set the direction of the conversation quickly. Standing in his front yard, I told him I had a school assignment that I would appreciate help with. That I only needed to ask him some questions. He told me that he did not much like Bible study, but he agreed to help me.

Most church members have a misperception of what blended worship truly is. Because of the “worship wars” of the past two decades, the typical church member thinks blended worship is a service that uses both “contemporary” and “traditional” worship music. While this may be one aspect of blended worship, it fails to capture its full meaning. Robert Webber states that the distinguishing features of blended worship “can be arranged under three headings – content, structure, and style.”1

This course has had a great impact on my walk with Christ as well as my witness for Christ. I pastor a church and teach two classes and for me I thought that I was doing plenty. However this course has helped rekindle my passion for sharing Jesus Christ with people through personal evangelism. This paper will demonstrate what I have learned throughout this course.

Evangelism is a wide field of ministry that is captivating many, many ministers have been called into the field. It is one of the many fields we as believers are called into. We all have been given assignment before the beginning of time God knew what he would have us to do. Evangelist’s work in many different environments in their local community, nation, and abroad. We are being the hands and feet of Jesus. we should treat it as each and every person’s salvation is important to you.

Sometimes God asks me to talk about a subject that He is still teaching me Himself. Usually it’s an area of my life that I know needs correction and talking about it will cause me to put myself in a place of vulnerability.