Communicating Christ to different faith groups

Being prepared to witness to different faith groups about the diety of Christ

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Here are some some tips, principles, practical advise and quick look resources how to prepare to witness for Jesus to JW’s

witnessing to JW’s

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Youth with a mission! YWAM

A message worthwhile to communicate!

This week I was with the SOKE* students of YWAM (youth with a mission).

Our topic was about communicating the message of Jesus to those outside of the Christian faith.

One of the students made the drawing you see in this post.

She expressed in this way part of the training which was about discovering God with our friends in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. 

It is easy to be with young people who are open to learning. Ten young people took the time to invest in their relationship with God and missions. It was inspiring to both have class sessions and a short mini-outreach at one of the campuses nearby.

We went to one campus and had good conversations about the meaning of life and God with many students. We even had some students who were willing to meet again and talk further.

Topics we talked about included

• Why make the effort and speak about our faith with others?
• How do we communicate in a way that is open, friendly, respectful, and clear?
• Trusting God to use our small efforts to speak to people.
• How to handle difficult questions and much more.

Notes

*SOKE stands for School of Kingdom Empowerment

Training day for students

Spirit lifted, community rooted

Join the StudentLife Lift-Off on Saturday the 28^th of October. A day full of inspiration, meeting each other and sharing testimonies. All meant to help you develop a lifestyle of sharing the gospel.

The theme of this day is Lifted by the Spirit, rooted in community. The book of Acts tells us how the church was born through Christians sharing the gospel of Jesus. This would be impossible if it wasn’t for the Holy Spirit being poured out over them: the Christians let the Spirit lead them in everything they do.

The Spirit creates a loving community for the people to be able to keep sharing the gospel. It is this community, where people share everything with each other and live abundantly, that is so incredibly attractive to people.

The Lift-Off will take place in Delft and it starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.15pm

A rough outline of the day:

• Welcome and opening game
• Service
• Workshops (round 1)
• Lunch
• Workshops (round 2)
• Closing remarks + “borrel”
• (for those who want to: eating together at your own expense)

From Agnosticism to Atheism

Moving from “I don’t know if there is a God” to “There is no God”

Two students we met some weeks ago came both from Iran. The one was a Ph.D. student. He identified himself as an agnostic who became a convinced atheist.

We asked him, ‘How did you become an atheist? What convinced you to make the change?’

He said that there is no evidence for belief in God.

‘Someone who helped me was the atheist Richard Dawkins,’ he said.

I asked him, ‘So what kind of evidence helped you become an atheist?’

He stopped and thought for a while. Then he realized that there was no evidence for his position. He said, ‘It is the theist, the believer, who has to bring evidence for God’s existence.’

We actually have the same starting point

I tried to show that actually we have the same starting point. We try to argue that either there is or there is no God. So is there any evidence for either side?

I told him that evidence is important for my own faith. I mentioned that there is enough evidence that points to the reality of God’s existence. He was open to listening to some of these points. I used the Kalam cosmological argument, since both Islamic and Christian thinkers have used it as an argument for God’s existence.

There are many pointers for God’s existence

It goes as follows: Everything that begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe has a cause. The cause of the universe has to be immaterial, outside of space and time. I said that these premises and the conclusion made sense. Then I concluded that it gives more weight to the existence of a God rather than no God. It appears to be the best, most logical explanation.

He was intrigued by this argument. I also briefly mentioned the fine-tuning of the universe (how the conditions for life in the universe are so delicately balanced as to be, really, almost a scientific impossibility), and also talked a bit about the person of Jesus and the evidence for the resurrection.

Knowing God personally, is this possible?

To the last question, if it were possible to know God personally and why, he replied with a clear yes! So we gave him our email, a website, and a few names of prominent Christian apologists to investigate further. We hope that we sowed some doubt about his atheism and that this will help them search and find God.

Are you open to investigate the claims of Jesus? Why not start now by reading the story of Jesus and also look for answers for God’s existence and the relevance of it for your life?

What next?

Start with one of the gospels, this is the story of Jesus. You can find it here

Find good answers for different questions here

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StudentLife The Hague activities

Upcoming StudentLife activities February and March!

Conversations at The Hague campus: using a questionnaire to start conversations about the meaning of life. It is easier and more fun than you think! www.studentlife.nl