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Let’s talk about sex… at church |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on July 8th, 2008 under Church, Evangelism. [ Comments: 4 ]
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In the spring of 2006, a church in Indiana named Granger Community Church, in an effort to reach out to their community and promote a sermon series they were calling “PureSex,” had four billboards put up around its community with the image of entwined male and female feet dangling off of a bed with the words mylamesexlife.com below it. Upon visiting the website, one would watch a brief flash video asking questions surrounding the topic of sex (e.g. “You know that ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ thing? Well, was it?”). At the end of the video, visitors were re-directed to the church website, where they learned more about the upcoming 5-week series, with sermons entitled: “The Greatest Sex You’ll Ever Have” , “The Language of Lust” , “Straight Talk for Men and Women” , “What Happens in Vegas WON’T Stay in Vegas” and “Porn: What’s the Big Deal?” Along with the billboards, postcards were mailed out to the community and people in the church were encouraged to invite people as well.
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The Reason for God |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on February 19th, 2008 under Atheism, Evangelism. [ Comments: 3 ]
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As I sit here typing, I find myself listening closely for the mailman, because he should be delivering a just-released book that I have been eagerly awaiting since I first heard of it a few months ago. The book is by a pastor who has shaped my preaching style more than anyone else and has deepened my understanding of how central the gospel of Jesus is to everything in the Bible and in life. His name is Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, and the book is The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
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Jesus among other gods pt. 1 |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on May 22nd, 2007 under Evangelism, Other religions. [ Comments: 9 ]
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What would you say to a crowd of teenagers if you were given five minutes to explain what Christianity is all about? If you were one of nine panelists representing different world religions, how would you make the Christian story stand out in its beauty and truth?
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 FINALLY, a church you can attend in your underwear |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on April 10th, 2007 under Evangelism, Internet. [ Comments: 17 ]
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There are some churches that are still arguing over whether or not drums and guitars should be allowed in the church. There are other churches that still think it’s a sin to wear jeans to Sunday service. And then there are churches that are ready to send someone to the moon or hire Bible-quoting androids if it means bringing more people to Jesus.
You might want to sit down for this one…
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Scaring People into the Kingdom pt. II |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on February 13th, 2007 under Evangelicals, Evangelism. [ Comments: 3 ]
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(The following passage is taken out of the MERV – Modern Evangelism Revised Version:)
Matthew 5:1-3 – Now when he saw the crowds, Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
“If you died tonight, do you know where you’d go?”
What’s that? You mean Jesus never used the threat of hell to pigeonhole people into making a decision to follow Him? That’s not what my MERV says! (FYI – before you go running out to your nearest Christian bookstore looking for you very own MERV, relax – it’s not real)
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