Not Beyond Reach - Connecting Their Story to the Gospel, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had a chance to share Jesus with someone but got too nervous or scared in the moment to do it? In this program, our guest teacher Aaron Pierce assures us that we've all been there. As he continues his series Not Beyond Reach, he’ll teach us some easy steps to boldly talk about Jesus, even with those with whom we disagree.

Main Points

Principles for sharing the Gospel:

Rely on the Holy Spirit, not scripts or tracts
People need to experience the power and presence of God
Introducing people to the person of Jesus
No cross, No power

Contextualizing the Gospel for your audience:

Contextualization is about communicating in a language they can understand.
It’s not about popularity or compromise, it’s about clarity.
Avoid using Christian language that is foreign and strange to secular culture.
Jesus used words and imagery that was very relevant to the audience He spoke to.

Don’t use the Bible as an argumentative authority:

“The Bible says,” is not a compelling or effective approach for post-Christian people.
Leverage the truth, that is experientially verifiable, taught in the Bible, not the authority of the Bible itself.

Communicating the Gospel effectively in the context that God has called you to:

There is power in your story
Take a risk and invite a response. Give people an opportunity to say yes or no to Jesus

Discipleship relationships:

Doesn’t start the day someone commits to a local church, but the moment they meet a follower of Christ.
It’s about doing life together, not a weekly event.
Doesn’t have to happen in a classroom or a church hall, it can happen in the context and environment people come from.
It’s intentional: we guide the relationship purposefully to see spiritual growth, making the most of every opportunity.
Should lead to multiplication.

Broadcast Resource

Additional Resource Mentions

Tom Holland - "Domnion"

About Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

About Living on the Edge

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0:00.0	Have you ever had a clear opportunity to talk about Jesus but got too nervous or scared
0:07.2	in the moment to follow through?
0:09.0	Well let me tell you, we've all been there, I certainly have.
0:12.6	Well stay with me as we learn some easy steps to boldly talk about Jesus to others, even
0:18.9	those who totally disagree with where you're coming from.
0:26.8	Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chippengrim.
0:30.6	The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the Bible
0:35.0	teaching of Chippengrim, where the middle of our newest series, Not Beyond Reach, taught
0:39.5	by our new friend, Aaron Pierce, Aaron is the head of an international missions organization
0:44.5	called Steiger, which focuses on sharing Jesus with the next generation.
0:49.5	Today he'll continue unpacking the process he and his team use to reach these young people
0:54.0	who would never walk into a church.
0:56.4	There's a lot of helpful insight to get to, so here now is Aaron with his message, connecting
1:01.0	their story to the gospel.
1:03.0	Last session we talked about how to bridge the gap from friendship to the gospel by having
1:08.1	spiritual conversations.
1:10.2	And this session we're going to be talking about how do we introduce Jesus and the message
1:14.0	of the cross to non-religious people and then start a discipleship relationship.
1:18.6	The first point in all of this is that we need to remember that our only hope for this
1:25.6	world is Jesus and the message of the cross.
1:29.5	There are no other answers to the pain and suffering and brokenness of this world than
1:34.7	Jesus and the message of the cross.
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