The TMZ - The World’s Most Influential Mission Field
Apologetics
Review verses:
John 5:24 & John 14:6
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." John 5:24
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"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
Memorize
Romans 5:8 & John 14:6
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."Romans 5:8
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. Revelation 3:20
Learn The Rest of the Bonus Verses
Hebrews 13:5 - "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
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John 10:27 & 28 - "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand."
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1 John 5:13 - "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."
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John 10:30 "I and the Father are one."
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John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
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1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
Telling His Story
Review Chapter 11 & Conclusion of Book
Smokescreens & Roadblocks
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Reliability of the scriptures
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Liar, Lunatic or Lord
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The Problem with Pain
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Evolution vs. Creation
Quotables
If we find ourselves with a desire nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. CS Lewis
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I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I miss make it the main object of life to press onto to that other country and to help others do the same. CS Lewis
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The gospel is the true myth… The great fairy story. In the gospel of Christ all the elements of truth in the pagan myths find their fulfillment. J.R.R. Tolkien
Listen to the Story of the Inklings here:
Apologetics
Young Sheldon
Reasons.org & Youtube Page
Telling His Story Through Science
Science may solve the problem of how the universe began, but cannot answer the question: Why does the universe bother to exist? Stephen Hawking
Romans 1:19-20
That which is known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Romans 1:19-20
Group Discussion:
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• Look through your Spiritual Barometer Questions and discuss what has changed since you first filled them out.
• What is your most immediate spiritual goal after leaving this class?
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• How has this class changed your outlook on sharing your faith?
For This Next Season In Your Life:
• Answer Your Spiritual Barometer Questions
• Email your Elevator Pitch To Karen
• Memorize your bonus verses
• Change the world
God Of This City