Meet Jesus: A Mid-Year Progress Update
A student from a Buddhist background had been reading Uncover John with one of the AFES staff on his Gold Coast campus for several months. He turned to Christ after hearing a sermon from John 11.
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A student from a Buddhist background had been reading Uncover John with one of the AFES staff on his Gold Coast campus for several months. He turned to Christ after hearing a sermon from John 11.
For Edwards, music is pleasant because there’s a harmony of sounds that creates harmony with our ears. Edwards sees this harmony in music as “a shadow of love”. In the harmony of music Christians can see the harmony that’s supposed to exist among themselves.
Welcoming but not affirming is indeed a legitimate, biblical, God-honouring, and even people-loving approach to the most pastorally difficult and sensitive issue of the day.
I generally don’t do much preparation for these groups. I want to model that sometimes we read parts of the Bible and it’s very hard to understand, and I also don’t know all the answers.
Someone said to me recently, “Only work for someone you want to become more like.” I think that’s so true! You spend a lot of time together; their leadership will shape who you are for better or worse.
