Christian counseling is not quote in a Bible verse after you've used all the secular methods.

Dr Tony Evans says the Bible should be the first source for answers, not just an afterthought.

God is at the center,

sin is the problem, the Bible is the source

and transformation is the goal.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oakcliffe Bible

Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.

People dismiss the things they find unimportant, but will connect with the things that are relevant to their lives.

Today, Dr Evans explores the importance of connecting the history and context of the to demonstrate the contemporary nature of the Bible.

It is important to be relevant so that the people know God is relevant.

He's not a yesteryear God to speak to the contemporary needs of the audience.

Because once you demonstrate that God is contemporary, Now going to God becomes the end thing to do. A lot of

people don't believe going to God is the end thing to do because they don't

believe God is irrelevant because they don't understand the Bible.

Your job is to demonstrate he speaks in the 21st century.

God is relevant. The biblical case for relevancy.

Each book was a message given to a particular audience

by a particular author at a particular time

for a particular purpose.

In other words, the Bible was written with needs in mind, because God is

relevant. The incarnation demonstrates the relevancy of God. God speaks in human terms, he became a man. What is the need for this thing of

relevance? As I stated, people are going to decide where they focus their attention.

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