Haven't read this yet, but want to... So I'll share it first, trusting my instinct that it will be valuable.
Lewis has, of course, been a profound influence on evangelism and apologetics for the last 60 years. NT Wright speaks with profound influence today. So this should be good.
http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=20-02-028-f
Friday, April 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Outreach Resource Awards
Outreach Magazine's latest edition features their annual "awards" for Outreach resources.
http://outreachmagazine.com/Library/features/MJ07ftrYBOR.asp
Lots of resources highlighted there. Good place to see the latest available.
In the area of personal evangelism, Hybels & Wiersma's Just Walk Across the Room received top honors. It is, of course, a fully developed package (book, training, audio, dvd, etc.). Well done and very useful.
Two friends' books received finalist status - Rick Richardson's ReImaging Evangelism, a book I used in the two classes I taught this term; Randy Newman's Corner Conversations. I haven't read Randy's latest yet, but used his previous book, Questioning Evangelism, in one of the courses on conversational evangelism & apologetics. Great job, men!
http://outreachmagazine.com/Library/features/MJ07ftrYBOR.asp
Lots of resources highlighted there. Good place to see the latest available.
In the area of personal evangelism, Hybels & Wiersma's Just Walk Across the Room received top honors. It is, of course, a fully developed package (book, training, audio, dvd, etc.). Well done and very useful.
Two friends' books received finalist status - Rick Richardson's ReImaging Evangelism, a book I used in the two classes I taught this term; Randy Newman's Corner Conversations. I haven't read Randy's latest yet, but used his previous book, Questioning Evangelism, in one of the courses on conversational evangelism & apologetics. Great job, men!
Campus Evangelism - Decisions Rising
Here's a quick update on "reported decisions for Christ" from the local campus ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ.
The numbers are up 75% for the first three-quarters of this school year.
There could be many factors influencing this, all of which would suggest encouraging progress. But it will be a little while till someone has the time to get to the bottom of what is leading to this significant increase -- the first such increase in many years!
The numbers are up 75% for the first three-quarters of this school year.
There could be many factors influencing this, all of which would suggest encouraging progress. But it will be a little while till someone has the time to get to the bottom of what is leading to this significant increase -- the first such increase in many years!
Impact - Growing Ministry among African-American Students
Just read this on an Impact anouncement. Encouraging progress...
Impact now has 60 fully certified campus chapters and a presence on over 100 campuses. Student involvement has grown over the last two years from more than 1200 students to over 2100 at the present time.
God's hand is upon those who labor and serve to build the body of Christ among African-American students! Congratulations and commendations are in order!
Impact now has 60 fully certified campus chapters and a presence on over 100 campuses. Student involvement has grown over the last two years from more than 1200 students to over 2100 at the present time.
God's hand is upon those who labor and serve to build the body of Christ among African-American students! Congratulations and commendations are in order!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Campus Crusade for Christ & VA Tech Shootings
Here is a summary about how CCC was touched by the VA Tech shootings:
http://howardandlaura.blogspot.com/2007/04/campus-crusade-at-virginia-tech.html
Notes from our VA Tech staff and related resources:
http://www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/virginiatech/
http://howardandlaura.blogspot.com/2007/04/campus-crusade-at-virginia-tech.html
Notes from our VA Tech staff and related resources:
http://www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/virginiatech/
Call for Prayer for VA Tech
This is an excerpt from CCC's National Campus Director...
The staff at Virginia Tech have asked us to specifically pray for the following things:
1. The families of the students who were killed
2. The students who were injured and still in the hospital
3. 4 students that were involved with Campus Crusade were killed. Please pray for their families and friends.
4. Survivors of the shootings who witnessed the horrors of that day. Pray for God¹s grace and comfort
5. Pray for wisdom for the CCC Staff and other campus ministers and pastors as they seek to counsel and love the hurting students
I have so appreciated hearing from each of you. We've also created another way for you to express your love and commitment to pray through messages. We believe that more people than we can even imagine will join with us on Thursday as this opportunity is made available through Facebook. We've created a Facebook group called "Call to Prayer Thursday!" Probably several of you have already received an invitation to join this group.
If you have not yet joined the "Call to Prayer Thursday!" group and God is leading you to join us in praying, please click this
link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2343330557 to join the group.
If you've not yet joined Facebook, you will need to fill out a very brief form to join Facebook. Once you've completed their process, just do a search for "Call to Prayer Thursday!" and join the group. You can also go to http://www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/ and visit the Call to Prayer page to read messages from around the world.
The staff at Virginia Tech have asked us to specifically pray for the following things:
1. The families of the students who were killed
2. The students who were injured and still in the hospital
3. 4 students that were involved with Campus Crusade were killed. Please pray for their families and friends.
4. Survivors of the shootings who witnessed the horrors of that day. Pray for God¹s grace and comfort
5. Pray for wisdom for the CCC Staff and other campus ministers and pastors as they seek to counsel and love the hurting students
I have so appreciated hearing from each of you. We've also created another way for you to express your love and commitment to pray through messages. We believe that more people than we can even imagine will join with us on Thursday as this opportunity is made available through Facebook. We've created a Facebook group called "Call to Prayer Thursday!" Probably several of you have already received an invitation to join this group.
If you have not yet joined the "Call to Prayer Thursday!" group and God is leading you to join us in praying, please click this
link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2343330557 to join the group.
If you've not yet joined Facebook, you will need to fill out a very brief form to join Facebook. Once you've completed their process, just do a search for "Call to Prayer Thursday!" and join the group. You can also go to http://www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/ and visit the Call to Prayer page to read messages from around the world.
Creation's Witness
Ask students what image they would choose to represent their view of God. That is one of the interview questions with Soularium, the "dialogue in images" utilizing 50 different photographs. Most commonly chosen are two of the nature scenes -- either a majestic mountain scene or a beach sunset shot. http://www.mysoularium.com/?view=q&id=3
Ever wonder why people feel close to God when enjoying creation? Psalm 19:1 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." Hmm... Perhaps its because people really do hear the voice of God through creation. They should.
Augustine said,
Ever wonder why people feel close to God when enjoying creation? Psalm 19:1 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." Hmm... Perhaps its because people really do hear the voice of God through creation. They should.
Augustine said,
“Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?”Luther wrote,
“God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.”Calvin penned,
“The creation is quite like a spacious and splendid house, provided and filled with the most exquisite and the most abundant furnishings. Everything in it tells us of God.”
What a powerful witness to call to the stand as we engage in spiritual conversations today!
More quotes at: http://www.revision.org/content.asp?pl=482&sl=531&contentid=533
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