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An Ocean of Goodness

16 April 2023 By David Trounce

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Have you ever been to one of those church meetings where you are encouraged to say a prayer and invite Jesus into your heart? And, provided you were sincere - congratu-well-done! You are now born again. Born from above! This kind of modern evangelism has all kinds of problems. … [Read more...] about An Ocean of Goodness

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Evangelism, God, Goodness

Jesus, Table Manners

19 April 2020 By David Trounce

#45 Jesus, Table Manners - The Life and Times of Jesus

Our table manners are a good indicator of what we think is going on when we gather to eat. Humility here translates to humility everywhere else. Charity for the person eating next to us here spills over into charity everywhere else. The direction of this world got underway in … [Read more...] about Jesus, Table Manners

Filed Under: The Life and Times of Jesus Tagged With: Dinner, Evangelism, Food

Jesus, Light of the World

8 March 2020 By David Trounce

#39 Jesus, Light of the World - The Life and Times of Jesus

In Matthew 12 we learn that the Pharisees and those responsible for guiding Israel had become faithless teachers. Their candle was going out. They were demanding a sign (Luke 11:29) but they should have been looking for the a light switch. No one after lighting a lamp puts it … [Read more...] about Jesus, Light of the World

Filed Under: The Life and Times of Jesus Tagged With: Evangelism, Life, Light

The Onlookers

20 February 2020 By David Trounce

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The Gospels are full of accounts of Jesus teaching, healing and giving the Pharisees a drubbing. And one of the interesting things about those incidents was the place of the onlooker. We tend to think of evangelism as direct communication to a person or crowd. But quite often … [Read more...] about The Onlookers

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Apologetics, Evangelism, Onlookers

Sheep Spotting

16 January 2020 By David Trounce

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"How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (John 10:1-24). Here, we have the universal excuse of all who are perishing: “Why wasn’t I told?” The question may be sincere, and most believers want to give a sincere answer, but there is a trap … [Read more...] about Sheep Spotting

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Assurance, Evangelism, Sheep

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.