What skeptics taught us about their path to Jesus
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This document discusses the path that postmodern skeptics took to finding faith in Jesus, noting that the process was mysterious and organic. It identifies 5 thresholds along the journey: trusting a Christian, becoming curious, opening up to change, seeking God, and entering the kingdom. The document examines what these skeptics taught about their journey to faith.
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What skeptics taught us about their path to Jesus
- 1. What skeptics taught us about their path to Jesus
- 2. I once was lost: what Postmodern skeptics taught us about their path to Jesus
- 3. Two truths about the path to faith
- 4. Mysterious
- 5. Organic
- 6. Which One?
- 7. 5 Thresholds
- 10. Opening up to change
- 13. The after-party
Editor's Notes
- Explains evangelism as a way of life instead of a method or event. Do you ever struggle with “scripts” or molds for evangelism? Everts and Schaupp from IV looked at how over 2000 skeptics came to trust Christ. As they looked at the countless stories of students coming to know Christ, rejecting Christ or even being apathetic, Everts and Schaupp noticed a trend. They saw that these new believers all came through five thresholds, five experiences before they became a believer.
- Many times students each author invested in fully would never even take root when it came to trusting Christ. While, at the same time, students who never would have been anticipated to follow Christ would result in a miracle. Story of Andrew Barco Ask for random stories Mark 4:26-27 - He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. It is impossible for us to predict when someone will follow Christ. The Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit convicts…not us. We don’t know how to change hearts. “ This lesson has freed us from the modern temptation to view conversation as mostly a psychological phenomenon, an inner event that can be controlled and manipulated and triggered if we preach the gospel just right, sing the worship songs loud enough and dim the lights at just the right time... if conversion were psychological and controllable by humans, we’d be under a lot of pressure to get it done!” God is ultimately in control of salvation…only He can call them down that path. This doesn’t mean we don’t plan outreach events, pray for our neighbors, feed the homeless. We just need to understand that the path is mysterious…there is not “one way” to share the Gospel. We need to be careful of saying “this is how to reach skeptics/postmoderns/the lost/outsiders.” Many times we focus on the final decision only to cause many to fall backwards into disbelief.