What you believe about the beginning shapes what your hope is for the end in significant ways.

The Bible ties the two together remarkably.

Dr. Tom Eger making the case for the biblical account of creation at the 2025 issues, etc. making the case conference.

The Bible confesses the God of Israel and confesses Jesus Christ as the first and the last,

the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.

And what we believe about how he brought about the beginning, I think ultimately

shapes or impacts our confidence and proclamation of what to expect about the beginning. I think ultimately shapes or impacts our confidence and proclamation

of what to expect about the end. For an online contribution of $300 by Holy Cross Day, September 14th,

we'll send you a link to video and audio recordings of Dr. Eggers' teaching and all of this

year's conference presentations.

Find out more at Issuesetc.org or by calling 618223-83-85. Thank you. Sometimes starting a conversation, especially when you hope that this conversation will lead to an opportunity to bear witness to Christ is difficult.

Just the first steps are difficult. and maybe if we break them down,

it might be a little easier to do. Welcome back to issues, et cetera. It's time for part two of

our four-part series on Witnessing Tips. Dr. Ken Sherb joins us. He has a Ph.D. in Church

history from Ohio State University. He's evangelism executive for the Central Illinois District

of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, formerly served as a theology professor at Concordia

University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and as an assistant to the president of the Lutheran Church

Missouri Synod. Ken, welcome back. Hey, thrilled to talk with you today, Todd. How do the

biblical themes of light and darkness relate to evangelism?

Well, I suppose everybody has heard and sung that little ditty, this little gospel light

of mine.

I'm going to let it shine.

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