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An animal-rights group that hopes to change American’s meat-eating ways scheduled a meeting here today at the Black Angus Steakhouse. The relationship between the two dormitory roommates had soured recently when the murder victim, stabbed 45 times,
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An animal-rights group that hopes to change American’s meat-eating ways scheduled a meeting here today at the Black Angus Steakhouse.
The relationship between the two dormitory roommates had soured recently when the murder victim, stabbed 45 times, declared she would room with someone else next year.
A young girl, who was blown out to sea on a set of inflatable teeth, was rescued by a man on an inflatable lobster. A Coast Guard spokesman commented, “This sort of thing is all too common these days.”
The Chico, California, city council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
Some 40 percent of female gas station employees in Metro Detroit are women, up from almost 9 a year ago.
Lettuce won’t turn brown if you put your head in a plastic bag before placing it in the refrigerator.
Engaging the World for Christ Elements of Engagement
Engaging the World for Christ With whom? Audience With what? Content How? Methods
Engaging the World for Christ With whom? Audience
Engaging the World for Christ With what? Content God’s story ~Acts 13 ~Acts 17 ~All of Scripture
Louis Agassiz 1807-1873 Science reveals “… the great plan of creation.” “Facts are stupid things until brought into conjunction with some general law.”
Engaging the World for Christ How? Methods
Engaging the World for Christ Acts 13:5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. Acts 14:21 Theypreached the good newsin that city and won a large number of disciples.
Engaging the World for Christ How? Methods 1. Proclaim
Engaging the World for Christ Acts 17:2-3 As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead.
Engaging the World for Christ How? Methods 1. Proclaim 2. Reason
Engaging the World for Christ Acts 26:15-18 " 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied. 'Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light.”
Engaging the World for Christ How? Methods 1. Proclaim 2. Reason 3. Testify
Engaging the World for Christ “Jesus' message of redemption is simple. People are imperfect, and there are consequences for our actions. He gave His life for our sin so that we wouldn't have to bear the penalty of the law; so we could see love. The problem is me; the solution is God's love: Jesus on the cross, for us.” -Noah Briner Student Body President Dartmouth College
Engaging the World for Christ “I wish people would wrestle more with the issues raised in my speech rather than with the propriety of the speech.”
Engaging the World for Christ 1. Proclaim 2. Reason 3. Testify