The presentation of the gospel shifted last century from the proclamation of the gospel to a personal invitation. The gospel presentation became Jesus and the believer sitting in a salvific silo, with the asker leading the conversation.
It’s analogous to walking up to your fast-food counter and the person standing behind the register asking you what you would like today. You choose according to your current craving. “I will take one Jesus to go, please.”
The New Testament never presents the gospel this way. Believers proclaim the gospel, and unbelievers repent (Acts 3:19). Rather than an inverted gospel, the analogy should be like a person walking up to the cash register, and the person behind the counter proclaims,
“Marvel not that I said to you that you must be born again” (John 3:7). And the power of the gospel sweeps over you, and you’re compelled to repent and believe (2 Timothy 2:24-25). https://lifeovercoffee.com/danger-asking-jesus-heart/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
