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By Lars Dahle In his ground-breaking essay Art & the Bible (1973), influental 20th century evangelical author Francis A. Schaeffer (1913-1984) proposedfour key criteria for enjoying and evaluating art and media messages. This is still a highly relevant and signficant resource for practicing appropriate media awareness and media critique – even in today’s “postmodern” media world. Schaeffer’s four criteria are technical excellence (how well the elements of a specific medium are employed), validity (“whether an artist is honest to himself and his world view or … Continue reading
The church is facing a crisis.
It’s a crisis in evangelism and it’s getting deeper. The problem isn’t the amount of evangelism; there’s plenty going on (though there’s scope for a great deal more). The problem is with how effective it is…
From the book Tony Watkins co-author: «Beyond the Fringe» Continue reading
Jesus’s last command before returning to the Father was to ‘go and make disciples of all nations’ (Matthew 28:19–20). This is our Great Commission. It should be our consuming passion. But Jesus didn’t tell us to simply preach the gospel. Our task is to turn unbelievers into fully committed followers of Jesus Christ. How do we do this in practice? The Bible must be our guide…
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How do we engage with people in practice? By Tony Watkins
Have you ever had one of those conversations when you know you ought to be able to bring in a Christian perspective? The only problem is how. As the conversation goes on you become more and more anxious. You know you should say something but you just can’t think what. Probably all of us have been there at some time or other… From the book Tony Watkins co-author: «Beyond the Fringe» Continue reading
