The Heart of Evangelism
November 24, 2009
Guest: Dr. Alvin Reid
After the ascension of Jesus Christ from the grave, Holy Scripture states that he gathered the disciples on a mountain and said these words – “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and makes disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Termed the Great Commission by the church, various means and methods have been used since that time centuries ago when Jesus departed the earth. In the modern day, evangelism is debated as to its most effective means for taking the gospel to the nations. The gospel itself seems clouded and is often expanded to include ideas and statements which, when examined Biblically, seem strange and even out of place from the words preached and taught by Jesus and the Apostles.
Guest for this podcast:
Dr. Alvin Reid, Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry occupying the Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC has written a new book, The Evangelism Handbook: Biblical, Spiritual, Intentional, Missional.
Part I
Churches with a “southern” culture; The SBC – In decline?; The SBC by the numbers: Research and Baptist Press; What is Biblical Evangelism?; The “missional” reading of Scripture – what it is and how to do it; The missional hermeneutic – between the indicative and the imperative; Preaching – expositional and evangelistic; Acts 1:8 – the last words of Jesus; The missional matrix.
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Part II
The Apostle Paul’s missionary methods – Acts 17 & 19; Revival – what is it?; Revival as a meeting?; Charles Grandison Finney and the new measures; Large evangelism programs – do they work?; Denominational imperialism; The Christian world is flat; The theology of evangelism – what is the gospel?; The gospel invitation, the invitation system, and its use in modern evangelism; Contextualization – what is it?; J.D. Greear – good and bad parachurch ministry; The future of the SBC, the NAMB, and state conventions.
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Messenger Insight Vidcast with Jon Elliff
November 19, 2009
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Messenger Insight Vidcast with Nathan Finn
November 7, 2009
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Messenger Insight Vidcast with IAmSecond.com’s Chris Plekenpol
November 7, 2009
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Messenger Insight Vidcast with OBU President David Whitlock
November 7, 2009
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Darwin’s Dilemma
November 6, 2009
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The Faith: What It Is and Is Not
November 5, 2009
Guests: Chuck Colson and Timothy George
Evangelicals are Christians closely associated with the Christian evangel – or the gospel. Of late, the very word “gospel” has become somewhat vogue in various discussions by such diverse groups as the Emergent Village, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the Gospel Coalition. What is meant by the term gospel, however, seems to be unclear. For some, it is an activist word void of doctrinal moorings which only cause divisions among Christians. Others understand the gospel as a series of propositions gleaned from the pages of the Bible and presented as truth to the world. What is the gospel and what is the faith of Christians as found in the Bible?
For a nation such as the United States with such monetary wealth and resources there seems to be a dearth of Christian doctrine – what Jude termed in Holy Scripture as “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.”
Guests for this podcast:
Chuck Colson – a name synonymous with evangelicals for over thirty years is the founder of Prison Fellowship and other evangelical organizations such as Justice Fellowship and the Wilberforce Forum. He has worked to advance the gospel and the local church in ways which call the church toward a sound doctrinal footing and an outreach that seeks to impact the culture in ways which adorn the gospel with deeds done in the name of Christ.
Timothy George – another name familiar to evangelicals serves as the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL and Senior Editor of Christianity Today. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Prison Fellowship occupying a place where the late Carl F.H. Henry served with distinction for many years. He is the author of numerous books and is perhaps most widely known for what has become a modern Christian classic – The Theology of the Reformers.
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‘Emerging’ Southern Baptists: The ECM comes to Nashville
November 5, 2009
Guests: Gregory Thornbury, Mark Devine, Micah Fries, Justin Wainscott
Modern church life can be downright confusing. Just when one movement or fad has peaked in evangelical life, another comes to take its place and often leads in an entirely different direction. These days differences are pronounced and becoming more so with each passing year.
Terms such as Emergent and Emerging; Modern and Post-Modern; Missional and Attractional; are converging on local congregations not seen since the days of the Reformation when Christian doctrine is being re-examined.
What exactly is the Emerging Church Movement? What is the Emergent Village? Who are some of the key leaders influencing evangelicals today? Is the Southern Baptist Convention feeling the effect of emerging winds which are blowing through SBC churches? Are those who identify with the Emerging Church Movement heretics intent only on corrupting Christian doctrine and creating havoc in local churches?
Guests for this podcast:
Dr. Mark Devine serves as the Associate Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL. He has performed extensive research on the Emergent Village and the Emerging Church Movement.
Dr. Gregory Thornbury, Dean of the School of Christian Studies at Union University has studied the philosophical roots of the trends impacting the modern church and the culture.
Micah Fries serves as the Senior Pastor of the Frederick Blvd. Baptist Church in St. Joseph, MO. He is an influential blogger in and beyond the Southern Baptist Convention.
Justin Wainscott – Teaching pastor at the First Baptist Church of Paducah, KY – a more traditional congregation with a changing demographic of members.
Part I
Emergent or Emerging – What is the Difference?; Don Carson on the Emergent Left; Two Streams in the Emerging Church Movement; Contextualization – What is it?; Epistemology – What is it?; Pre-modern, Modern, Post-Modern: Does it Matter?; Missional – What is it?; Missional and Attractional Ministry; Mark Driscoll – Friend or Foe?; The Enlightenment – Does it Matter?
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Part II
The Bible – Inerrancy and Authority; Relevants,Reconstructionists, Revisionists – Three Visions, Three Goals?; Christian Preaching – Its Emerging Future; An Emerging Idolatry?; Neo-Orthodoxy in New Garb; Modern Idolatry and Emergent; Emerging and
the Southern Baptist Future.
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