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Mission and the Point of Contact

Why Cities Matter to God – The Importance of Cities

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  • Stephen T. Um, Justin Buzzard

Why are cities important to Christian mission today? This question, together with issue of the history of and projections about cities, is considered in Chapter 1. The author also provides some basic categories for identifying a city.

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Having an Eye for the Harvest

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  • William E. Viss

This article discusses church hospitality and identifies several ways to make visitors feel welcomed in the church.

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"Especially the Preaching"

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  • Alan D. Strange

This article discusses preaching and church mission. There can be the temptation to evangelize in a way which appeals to our current culture, using ways other than preaching to interest people in the gospel. However, powerful spiritual gospel preaching is the essence of evangelism.

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A Bible for Muslims

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  • Samuel Green

How would someone like Paul share the gospel with Muslims? This article shows the importance of speaking to Muslims in terms they understand. Thus, instead of using the word "Bible," it may be more beneficial to use the titles that the Qur'an uses for our Scripture: Torah, Prophets, Psalms, and Gospel. The article explains why this is beneficial.

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Advice for a Seeking Soul

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  • Thomas Brooks

This article gives advice to the sinner on how to lay hold of Christ, and shows how Christ lays hold of the sinner. It shows that salvation is only in Christ and that Christ is the sufficient Saviour.

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Missions: Understanding Our Times

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  • Eric Moerdyk

It has been said that the church is faced with the giants of postmodernism, relativism, hedonism, and consumerism. How can you speak about Christ as Lord in times as ours? This article offers some ways of speaking about Christ as Lord with a sense of understanding the times we live in. Contextualization is not out of the picture if used with caution in missions.

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He Became Humble

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  • K. Van Bekkum

This articles shows how in Jesus Christ the Bible presents a story that is able to combine the realities of life with a story that must be believed by all, which makes the Christian faith relevant to all people.

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Gospel Hearing

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  • Boon-Sing Poh

Believing comes through hearing. Therefore, there are two necessary actions of the church: seeking out unbelievers through evangelism, and continual return to these people until there is conversion or rejection of the gospel.

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Francis Schaeffer: Leaping Across the Chasm

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  • A. H. Moes

This article is about the work of Francis Schaeffer—his defense of the gospel and his point of contact with unbelievers.

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Televangelism and Media Literacy

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article looks at television and evangelism. Can the essence of a worship service really be caught on television? The article also looks at the power and influence of television, and the electronic church.

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Coming to Faith in the Gospel of John

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  • John P. Bowen

Bowen explores the way in which John's Gospel describes the process of coming to faith. He considers the cases of the woman at the well, the crowd, the first disciples, Nicodemus and the blind man. Bowen argues that this gospel offers vital insights into people's journey to faith. This sheds light on contemporary understandings of evangelism and apologetics.

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