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aaronv
@aaronv.eth
gm frens hope ur having a great day!! I'd love to hear more about what ur interests are beyond good vibes, coffee, and crypto. As you may know i enjoy a ripe banana, philosophy, pondering where all this tech takes us (hopefully not a dystopia w/ robot overlords), and hanging out with you crazy folks! wbu?
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GEAUX ✝️ 📺
@geaux.eth
What I’m thinking about… I believe that The New Evangelism (being able to lovingly and intelligently talk about Jesus) will come from a person’s ability to begin to understand… - Where mankind has come from and where it is (read The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman) - The contributions of the hard and soft sciences (the Sam Harris vs Jordan B Peterson debates on YouTube are a great example of this) - The importance of identity within the context of both the Old and New Covenants (read The Saving Life of Christ, and The Mystery of Godliness by Major W. Ian Thomas) “Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God” was published 7/8/1741. The modern church is barely doing any better - “Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God” is what I see as the overall general message. A revival will happen when the church can articulate: - The difference between sinner and saint - The usefulness of science in helping to illustrate the Truth instead of softly seceding to science as the truth
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aaronv
@aaronv.eth
interestingly, it seems historically the quest to propagate religion has been somewhat aggressive through forced conversions and the the term "new evangelism" is somehow a foreign concept when the foundation for the beliefs began peaceful. Full circle, eh?
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GEAUX ✝️ 📺
@geaux.eth
I use the word “evangelism” because it’s familiar… but I’m not a fan of it. My old (recently retired) pastor used to say, “Religion is man’s attempt to get right with God.” God has already gotten right with man through the finished work of Christ. There’s no more “getting right” that man has to DO. Now - it’s a matter of believing what’s been done and what that means for you. In the same spirit, I believe that evangelism could be defined as man’s attempt to get man to get right with god. As long as this is the spirit which animates evangelism it will always fail. Real evangelism is simply man depending on the Holy Spirit without any expectations. The job of the branches of a peach tree is to make people eat peaches, it’s to depend on the tree to make peaches. For centuries Christians have been the branches that are trying to get other people to eat peaches. They need to stop doing that and, pun intended, get back to their roots.
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