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“Intro What the problem is; our contemporary cultural context: Here’s what we face. Early points What the Bible says; the original readers’ cultural context: Here’s what we must do. Middle points What prevents us; current listeners’ inward heart context: Why we can’t do it. Late points How Jesus fulfills the biblical theme and solves the heart issue: How Jesus did it. Application How through faith in Jesus you should live now.”
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
“To have any kind of livable society some choices have to be restricted, some authorities have to be respected, and some individual responsibility has to be assumed.”
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
“We are to hold that we are products of an impersonal universe yet be committed to human rights. Taylor”
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
“The modern process of identity formation, however, tells you to go out and create a self from scratch. You must identify your dreams, especially the most vivid ones, and fulfill them—or feel like a failure. That prospect crushes those in many segments of our society where money, looks, power, success, sophistication, and romantic love all become not just good things but necessary identity factors.”
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.”4”
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
― Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
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