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Why Christmas?
This booklet is a concise and easy-to-read study of the questions surrounding Jesus that your guests might be thinking when first attending your church or Alpha: "Who is Jesus?", "Why do we need him?", "Why did he have to die?", "Why is he relevant to my life today?" These booklets are an effective evangelistic tool to pass out to guests at your services or at Alpha, sharing the gospel in a warm and relevant way. This booklet is specially designed to be used during the Christmas season.Alpha creates an environment of hospitality where people can bring their friends, family and work colleagues to explore the Christian faith, ask questions and share their point of view. Alpha makes it easy to invite friends to have spiritual conversations which explore life's biggest questions in a safe and respectful way.Alpha's approach to hospitality, faith and discussion is designed to welcome everyone, especially those who might not describe themselves as Christians or church-goers. Each session includes time for a large group meal, short teaching, and small group discussion. This resource is written in Vietnamese.
28 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1995
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Nicky Gumbel
180 books87 followersNicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel, known as Nicky Gumbel, is an English Anglican priest and author in the evangelical and charismatic traditions. He is known as the developer of the Alpha Course, a basic introduction to Christianity supported by churches of many Christian traditions.
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January 14, 2025
I am an atheist. I found this book lying in the University cafeteria, and got curious. I don't mean any disrespect to any faith. So, please take my words below with that in mind.
Initially it had a mature, realistic humour. As it became more literal, it became funnier for me, but in a different way. Then it became more like sermonising and my reading slowed down.
Overall, interesting. I agree with many of the morals, rather most of the morals of all religions, just not the complete reality of the stories. But it is good to read something like this once in a while so different from your own views.
The purpose of this book was to preach, and preach it did. I knew what I was getting into, so no complaints there. 2 stars.
Happy reading! :)
Initially it had a mature, realistic humour. As it became more literal, it became funnier for me, but in a different way. Then it became more like sermonising and my reading slowed down.
Overall, interesting. I agree with many of the morals, rather most of the morals of all religions, just not the complete reality of the stories. But it is good to read something like this once in a while so different from your own views.
The purpose of this book was to preach, and preach it did. I knew what I was getting into, so no complaints there. 2 stars.
Happy reading! :)
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