This week on the podcast we go deeper into how evangelism and the Gospel of Jesus, flows out of the stories of the Old Testament. Dan Steele, Brian Krug and I all share suggestions and encouragement to find Jesus all over the books of the Old Testament, even though Jesus wasn't born yet! It might just be one of the familiar stories of the Old Testaments that is the connection point you can use to point a friend, family member, neighbor, co-worker or classmate to God's mercy, love and unchanging character!
This is Steele on evangelism, part 2! This week we hear from Dan about how his Dad, his work at River Valley Ranch and his regular life have all developed his heart for evangelism. He shares some great stories!
This week I'm excited to have Dan and Hope Steele on the podcast. They are relatively new at LHC, 2 years attending. But they have jumped in and gotten connected quickly. They both have a BIG heart to share the gospel, and this week Hope shares the story of how God has developed her, as an introvert, to love the lost and share Jesus with specific people in her life.
This week we wanted to re-share the 30 second testimonies from Easter. Based on the question, How has Christ changed your life?, they are a great way to boil down your testimony and have it ready to share with a FFNCC when the Lord opens a door. (We even have special guests who discuss what it was like preparing their testimonies for the Easter service.) Finally, we would love for you to prepare your own short answer to the question and either record it on your phone or find me at church and i will help you record it. Send it to me, chris@findlivinghope.com, and we will put it on a future podcast!
Hello Living Hope. This is the final week of our 4 part series, Living Hope Elders on Evangelism. This week Mike Santoro, our elder for Missions, shares a powerful call for all of us to go on mission with God. It's a great ending to this series. IF you have any more questions, our elders would be happy to discuss them with you.
Hello Living Hope. This is week three of our 4 part series Living Hope Elders on Evangelism. This week George Rebstad shares his heart for the intersection of worship and evangelism. It's powerful, enjoy!
Hello Living Hope. This is week one of our 4 part series Living Hope Elders on Evangelism. We will kick off the series, hearing primarily from Tim Dance, our founding pastor. First, he explains what makes us an Elder led church. Then he talks about how he sees evangelism impacting his life and his role in leading the church into Jesus' great commission. It's very inspiring and insightful.
Hi Living Hope, this is the trailer for a series that will take the next 4 week. We are having a round table discussion amongst our 5 elders. They will both share their personal heart for evangelism, and discuss how they think evangelism relates to their specific area of ministry. Its a great encouragement to do evangelism AND a great way to get to know your church leadership team better too. Hope you enjoy and are inspired to share Jesus!
We work really hard on SteppingStones to help build trust and relationship with people. Which is good and loving. But it's not enough if we don't ever actually get to share the gospel message. So once you have permission and connection with someone, what do you say? Keith then Brian then Chris each give a concrete way to share the good news. Hope it helps you share the gospel with someone. Please let us know if you do chris@findlivinghope.com
In this episode, Keith shares another evangelism story, this time from the workplace (which for him was a green bean field) He boldly shared the gospel and only saw its impact a year later!
This episode is our first discussion with 5 people, and was a lot of fun! Crystal and Eddie and Mark and Lyndsey tell how signing up for T-ball changed their family and their lives. A great example of living on mission for Christ as a normal part of every day life.
In this episode, I mention 6 benefits I have experienced from doing evangelism. While evangelism is first about bringing Glory to God and loving others, it also benefits us too! In fact, I think God has designed evangelism to bless us as we go on mission, bringing His love to the world. I'd love to know any benefits you have experienced too. Email me chris@findlivinghope.com
This is our final In-Dept episode going back through the 8 stepping stones to evangelism. This one is Perseverance part 2. I would like us to pray and imagine what it would be like if a friend/family member/neighbor or co-worker accepts Jesus and is baptized. It can really help us to persevere, if God gives us faith to believe He will save them.. I discuss Romans 10:9-12 and Acts 2:38-41 so we can consider together, what God might do as we persevere in sharing Jesus with others.
This week is a devotional episode going more in-depth on the 7th stepping stone, Perseverance. Often, even after we share the gospel with someone, they will not understand or even react negatively. Especially with friends, family, neigbors and co-workers, it can take months or even years of faithful witness, before they are saved. That is OK! God is patient with us, and we should be patient with the people we love too. Gal. 6:9-10, 2 Peter 3:9 and 2 Tim 4:2 all show us how to love patiently and wait prayerfully until God brings a harvest!
During worship in December, Mike introduced a new song to us: Sing We the Song of Emmanuel. As he shared the lyrics, he both encouraged us to remember someone shared Jesus with us, and challenged us that now "It's our turn" to tell the world about Jesus. It hit me powerfully when he first shared it and i believe it's a word God wants Living Hope to hear again, and take to heart.
This week is another short devotional episode going back through the stepping stones. Today we discuss Gospel Confidence part 2. How do we, in a relational way, share the full and faithful gospel message. Why is it so important? The Roman road is a set of scriptures many have used to lay out the gospel for an unbeliever. The verses are Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9-10,13. We will read them and give practical tips to sharing the gospel, and look at why it is so important to share the message fully and faithfully in love for our family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and classmates.
This week is another short devotional episode going back through the stepping stones. Today we discuss Gospel Confidence part 1. How do we go from friendly 'regular' conversations to deeper spiritual ones? We spend some time with Paul in Acts 17 looking at how he makes a general spiritual connection with the Greeks at Mars Hill in Athens. Then he tells them about Jesus.
This week is a short devotional episode in the series going back through the 8 original stepping stone steps. The step discussed is Gospel awareness part 2. We look at 1 Cor 2:1-5, John 4: 6-9 and Luke 10: 34-37 What is the role of the Spirit in our evangelism? And how do Jesus and the Good Samaritan, by simply paying attention, find gospel opportunities?
This week Chris interviews a life-long friend, Eric Fetters. Eric is a construction project manager. He tells a powerful story about how God used him to comfort a co-worker with empathy and the love of God. He did a great job of using the stepping stones path to build relationship and then when God opened a door of minstry, Eric showed the empathy he build through his own tragedy, to show the co-worker God's love.