2007 April | Street to the Seat

Monthly Archive for April, 2007

God and Religion: a debate between Rick Warren and Atheist Sam Harris

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It is always good to hear from those who adamantly question the Christian faith. Newsweek posts a debate between Pastor Rick and Atheist Sam Harris.

Pastor Rick Warren and Atheist Sam Harris discuss God and Religion.
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Vital Questions for 21st Century Evangelism

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When it comes to helping someone B.E.L.O.N.G. we must tackle helping them “Become” and Pastor Erin Kerr is helping us lead the charge at Saddleback in this arena.

VITAL QUESTIONS - We are hosting our friends Dr. Drew Lawson and Dr. John Riel who have developed a great tool in helping people from various spiritual backgrounds grapple with four key questions that lead them-on their own discovery to move towards Christ.

Pastor Erin says that in his own life, he has found their framework very helpful in discerning how to ask the right questions of people to consider God and even Christ. They are working on a website to showcase this tool so when we get that info, we will post it. If you are on staff at Saddleback - you are invited to a STAFF training lunch on May 10 and 17th.

If not, please check out Drew and John’s stuff in the next posting when we get the URL. This stuff is great.

Pastor Erin also states that he has also found Randy Newman’s, Questioning Evangelism very helpful as well in this approach to evangelism.

Sharing Your Faith In Conversation

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Kerry Mackey

on April 30, 2007

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Saddleback Church to host Personal Evangelism Training with Pastor Erin Kerr .

Greg Koukl from Stand to Reasons Ministries will share on “Tactics for Defending the Faith“, a topic included in STRs Ambassador Curriculuum at our quarterly event called THE OVERFLOW. The OVERFLOW is a gathering for anyone wanting to be inspired and encouraged to share their hope in Christ with others.

Date: May 7th, 7-9pm
Location: Saddleback Church, Lake Forest CA
Cost: Free Cookies and Coffee provided

By the way - The STR Ambassador Curriculuum is a great resource that includes CDS and PDF files of talks related to being an effective ambassador for Jesus Christ - very practical and useful. Topics range from “Truth is Not Ice Cream“, “Abortion“, “Homosexuality“, “Never Read a Bible Verse“, “Faith is Not Wishful Thinking” and more.