Sermon Title: Missional Conversations
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-16
“I thought of a rather cruel trick I once played on a wasp. He was sucking jam on my plate and I cut him in half. He paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam trickled out of his esophagus. Only when the tried to fly away did he grasp the dreadful thing that had happened to him. It is the same with modern man. The thing that has been cut away is his soul.” “Notes on the Way” - George Orwell
“We desire to gather together the scattered moments of meaning into some sort of coherent whole.” “The Secular Age” - Charles Taylor
A framework for sharing the gospel in a hostile culture:
Set apart Christ as Lord in your heart.
Be ready to give an answer when people ask for the reason for the hope that you have.
Moments when people are open to the gospel:
Moments of personal crisis.
Moments of Cultural Crisis
Engel Scale of Evangelism:
Living Missionally
- Making other disciples
- Practices and Transformation
- Growth in knowledge of Scripture
- Becomes a part of the church
- Repentance & Faith in Christ
- Recognizes the problem of personal sin
- Awareness of Jesus and the Gospel
- Belief in a Creator God
- Belief in spiritual reality
No Knowledge of God
Let your conversation be always full of grace,seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6
Paul always prayed for 2 things: an open door and clarity in his message. This should be a regular part of our prayer strategy.
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