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Understand how the gospel of Jesus Christ is lived out in our contemporary world.
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Alasdair MacPherson talks with Ian Jackson about the doctrine of church discipline.
Alasdair MacPherson talks with Ian Jackson about the doctrine of headship and the role of women in the church.
Alasdair MacPherson talks with Ian Jackson about Church Leadership.
Alasdair MacPherson talks with Ian Jackson about Bible Teaching.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- the centrality of bible teaching in the local church
- the rules for bible study
- the role of the teacher
- how to teach the bible
- the impact of bible teaching
- being under bible teaching
- home groups & bible classes
- false teachers and spotting error
- the bible teaching programme in a local church
- the good and bad of bible readings
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Alasdair MacPherson talks with Ian Jackson about the Lord's Supper, an important doctrine that has been a source of disagreement among Christians.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- the significance of the Lord's Supper
- the presence of Christ at the Supper
- the blood and body of Christ
- remembering the Lord on the first day of the week
- self-examination before the Lord's Supper
- frequency of the Lord's Supper
- format of the Lord's Supper
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In the first of a new series, Alasdair MacPherson talks with Ian Jackson about baptism, an important doctrine that has been a source of much disagreement among Christians.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- do we need to be baptised to be saved?
- when should we be thinking about baptism?
- infant baptism
- the method of baptism: sprinkling vs submersion
- what baptism says & symbolises
- the practical significance of baptism
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In this roundtable discussion we talk about the question: 'When does life begin?'
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In this roundtable discussion we talk about the question: 'Is encouragement necessary?'
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In this episode, we talk about another big question: should a Christian engage in politics.
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In this episode, we talk about another big question: is belief in the resurrection essential for a Christian?
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We're looking at big questions that Christians face today. In this episode, we consider the question: can women lead in the church?
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The Christian life can often be defined as what it doesn't involve. Does becoming a Christians mean becoming Boring?
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This is the second of a series of discussions about big questions relating to Christianity.
In this episode, we respond to a common critique of Christianity: the church is ultimately all about control.
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This is the first of a series of discussions about big questions relating to Christianity.
In this episode, we respond to one of the biggest objections to the gospel: 'if there is a God who is all powerful and all loving, then why is there suffering in the world?'
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In this episode Keith Palmer discusses how to connect the problems that people experience in life to the gospel. Keith explains how his assembly has a ministry in their community to help people with life problems including family issues, addiction or mental health struggles. It is an encouragement to hear how God has blessed this work and how more than half of their assembly have been saved as a result of this ministry.
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The Church as a Culture of Care by T Dale Johnson Jnr
Counsel One Another: A Theology of Personal Discipleship by Paul Tautges
Counseling the Hard Cases: True Stories Illustrating the Sufficiency of God's Resources in Scripture by Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert
www.sharinghope.co.uk
In this episode Joel Hawthorne discusses how to be effective in our evangelism. It's easy to be busy presenting truth, which is good and helpful, but does not actually address the need of the person, who we are speaking or preaching to. Joel discusses the importance of good questions and an openness to find out where people are at so we can effectively present truth relevant to where they are at.
“The most important thing about evangelism is that we do it. The best way to learn how to evangelise is to do it.”
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Preaching, Communicating Faith in an Age of Scepticism by Timothy Keller
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl
Everyday Evangelism by Paul McCauley & David Williamson
In this episode Andy Mullan discusses how to reach Muslims. However, these same principles apply to evangelism amongst any religious community. The common feature is their zeal for God, which is not according to knowledge, but which does present an opportunity, to speak of the real hope and peace found only in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
“Many people complain about immigration but God allows it. As a believer we ought not get caught up in the politics of it, but I think we can see it as an opportunity. Christ has commanded us to go into all the world and preach the gospel and here he is bringing the world to our doorstep.”
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In this episode Gareth Edwards explains the importance of building trust and relationship in evangelism. Following the example of the Lord Jesus who sought to minister to people’s physical need so that he could speak to them about their spiritual need.
“Put yourself in the shoes of someone from your community and ask how would they feel coming to activities we run? It is often an alien environment, arranged at a time, format, and place that suits us.”
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In this episode Stephen Mullan discusses how to reach Gen Z. Young people growing up in today’s postmodern approach to truth, face many unique challenges, but the emptiness of the cultural narrative provide many opportunities as well.
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Some related books and articles:
The Book of Acts
The Quest for Reality and Significance series by David Gooding and John Lennox
The Gospel Comes With a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
Study: Gen Z Wants to Know More About Jesus
In this episode David Williamson discusses the subject of personal evangelism, focusing on how we can we make our personal witnessing more effective.
Notes
The way of the master by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl
Everyday Evangelism by Paul McCauley & David Williamson
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“Historically, a lot of groundwork was done in people’s lives through school assemblies and packed Sunday Schools. We live in a different era, so we need to recognise that more background work is required.”
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