Why reject jesus

Evangelism in a Skeptical World offers actionable advice for making the unbelievable news about Jesus more believable. It also explains why people often reject this news in the first place, equipping Christians to make it more enticing to non-Christians they know.

For example, most would red-light a claim of a UFO landing as implausible. Although Christians would green-light the truth claim of Jesus rising from the dead as plausible, such a claim may not fit into a non-Christian's plausibility structure.

Chan explains how community , experience , and facts and evidence build such structures. When the apostles evangelized, they looked for some common ground that both they and their audiences already held to be true as an introduction to sharing the gospel.

Chan writes:. For a Jewish audience, that common ground was Scripture. Instead, common ground is key to ensuring someone doesn't reject the gospel outright. Learn more in Chan's book about how to create such common ground through everyday evangelism. Though sin has a prominent place in gospel presentations, our culture doesn't understand the main model we use to describe it: the guilt model of sin.

All eyes are on me. They get it. Read more about the various models for sin that resonate with our culture in Chan's book.

In the s, Chan grew skillful at answering tough questions about his faith. But in the s he gave the same talk at a youth conference, and the audience was neither impressed nor persuaded by his answers. What happened? They had a new set of questions. Yesterday, I challenged our church to make sure that we take other people to heaven with us. Because of that, he tells me that I will be in heaven with Him.

I really, really want you to be there, too. Would you join with me in seeking to help family, neighbors, friends, students, and co-workers to go to heaven as well? I write a devotional every day, and I would like for you to be a part of my readership.

You can change your cookie settings through your browser. If you continue without changing your settings, you agree to our use of cookies. See our Privacy Policy for more information. As we continue to look at the reasons why people reject Jesus, Pastor Ford will emphasize the holiness of Jesus. Jesus is holy just like God is holy. And then he will ask us to consider how we react to that holiness. Do we revere it? Or do we scoff at it, trying to minimize the truth of it, like so many people in our society try to do today?

Pastor James Ford Jr. He also serves as the president of Impact Ministries, an outreach ministry committed to strengthening families in the South Shore community of Chicago.

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