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Athens Revisted - Study of Acts 17
Filed Under: Worldview Relevant E&D—General
Tags: d.a. carson, biblical issues, worldview noise, theology of evangelismA pdf document containing the classic exposition of Acts 17 by D.A. Carson. It provides valuable insight into Paul's evangelistic ministry with pluralist philosophers in Athens on Mars Hill.
ChronoBridge Cards Leader’s Guide
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Tags: chronbridge cards, chronobridgeThis three-page document will help you as you begin to use the ChronoBridge cards in presenting the gospel. It provides a suggested summary for each step in the process.
Deconstructing Defeater Beliefs
Filed Under: Worldview Relevant E&D—General
Tags: peeling worldview onions, worldview noise, world view, apologeticsAuthor: Tim Keller. The subtitle is "Leading the Secular to Christ." Every culture hostile to Christianity holds to a set of "common sense" beliefs that automatically make Christianity seem implausible to people. These are what philosophers call "defeater beliefs." Keller explains how to deconstruct non-Christian beliefs that must be overcome before an unbeliever will accept core beliefs of the Christian faith.
Entry Level Conversation Openers
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Tags: peeling worldview onions, initiate conversationsThis document contains more than 100 ideas for initiating entry level conversations in order to begin the worldview onion peeling process.
Faith Story Examples
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Tags: training activities, training aids, faith storyThis document contains multiple samples of faith stories (evangelistic testimonies). We don’t present them as perfect examples, but perhaps they will be helpful examples for you as you develop your own faith story.
Genesis 3:15 - Is the Seed Singular or Plural?
Filed Under: Bible Topics
Tags: biblical issuesThis article addresses the question whether the woman’s ‘seed’ in Genesis 3:15 is an individual (as LXX interprets) or her posterity, by an empirical study of how Biblical Hebrew used its pronouns and verb inflections when they are associated with zera‘, ‘seed’, when it has the nuance ‘offspring’. Syntactically Genesis 3:15 exhibits the pattern found when zera‘ refers to an individual. The article concludes with some suggestions for following the exegetical consequences of this syntactical result.
God the Father & Jesus Discoveries in TSOH Events
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Tags: the story of hope, theology of evangelism, bible events, theological issuesThis four-page document gives a summary of the “God (the Father) attributes” that can be discovered in the 20 Old Testament events in The Story of Hope, as well as the “Jesus attributes” that can be discovered in the 20 New Testament events.
Good Soil Disclaimers & Affirmations
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Tags: leading a seminar, answering questionsThis document was written to clarify some misconceptions that a person might have regarding Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship in general, and concerning some of the concepts taught in the Good Soil seminar in particular.
Good Soil E&D Scale
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Tags: training activities, good soil scale, training aidsThis is a .pdf file of the Good Soil E&D scale that appears on page 2 of the Good Soil seminar workbook. This scale is the “heart” of the Good Soil training material.
Good Soil Seminar Promotional Flyer
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Tags: promoting good soil e&d, seminar preparationThis is a one-page, full-color, high resolution flyer that is designed to use in promoting Good Soil E&D seminars.
Leader’s Guide for The Story of Hope
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Tags: the story of hope, leader's guideThis is 130+ page Leader’s Guide for the The Story of Hope. This edition reflects the changes that appear in the 2nd edition of TSOH, published in January 2009.
Leader’s Guide for TWTJ - 2008 Edition
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Tags: the way to joy, leader's guideThis is a 50+ page Leader’s Guide for the 2008 edition of The Way to Joy.
Leader’s Guide for The Story of Hope - Spanish
Filed Under: The Story of Hope
Tags: the story of hope, spanishA step by step guide for leading people through The Story of Hope studies. Translated into Spanish in Lima, Peru.
Persuasion—A Biblical Study
Filed Under: Bible Topics
Tags:Associating the word "persuasion" with evangelism causes concern on the part of many believers. Perhaps the abusive type of persuasion that many of us have experienced or observed is the reason for that concern. But what does the New Testament have to say on this topic? That's the purpose of this article--to investigate the concept of "persuasion" in the New Testament.
Quantity Pricing Index for TSOH & TWTJ
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Tags: the story of hope, the way to joy, purchase of productsThis document contains the quantity pricing index for TSOH and TWTJ, both for ABWE personnel and for people outside of ABWE.
Selecting Scripture Portions
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Tags: chronological bible teaching, the story of hope, biblical issues, translationsThis article by missionary-missiologist Rick Brown focuses on some important Bible translation issues. Since it is impossible to translate the entire Bible quickly, which Bible portions are most important to translate initially? The article also emphasizes the need to keep oral learners in mind, when doing pioneer evangelism. Much of the emphasis of this 16 page article is valuable to missionaries using The Story of Hope, especially those who need to adapt The Story of Hope for the worldview group with which they are ministering.
Some Observations from the Good Soil E&D Scale
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Tags: training activities, good soil scaleThis document contains approximately 30 observations that can be made from the Good Soil E&D scale.
Systematic and Biblical Theology Compared
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Tags: biblical theology, theological issues, systematic theologyThis is a one-page visual overview to help explain the differences between systematic and Biblical theology.
Teaching-Learning Facilitation Model
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Tags: training good soil trainers, interactive trainingThis is visual model, illustrating the processes of teaching and learning in an interactive training environment. The focus of the model is to help facilitators understand their roles in boosting the effectiveness of both the teaching side, as well as the learning side of training experiences.
The Grand Narrative of Scripture
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Tags: chronological bible teaching, biblical issues, narrativeDr. Jim Grier gives an excellent overview of the story of Scripture—the Bible’s metanarrative.