Story of Evangelism A History of the Witness to the Gospel

Name: Story of Evangelism A History of the Witness to the Gospel
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ISBN: 9780687352036

ISBN-10: 0687352037

ISBN-13: 9780687352036

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert G. Tuttle

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The gospel is about good news, then bad news, then even more good news. The good news of God's loving creation of the world is followed by the bad news that human beings decided to reject the relationship with God and one another for which God created them. The Good News is that God broke into human history in Jesus Christ and made it possible for the members of flawed and fallen humanity to be reconciled to God and hence to one another.Telling that story, living the story, working for the transformation of human lives by the story-that, says Robert Tuttle, is what evangelism is all about. In this new history of evangelism, Tuttle introduces the reader to the broad sweep of the church's…

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List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 6/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 435
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.00" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




The broader context



Abraham



A transcendent/immanent God



Needed, a word from on high



Hannah



Faith in the promise to come



Jesus Christ, the promise fulfilled



The apostle Paul



The movement spreads



The circus and the cross



Monica



The evangelization of an empire, and beyond



The challenges



Boniface



The opportunities



Conquest and crusades



Francis of Assisi



Can these bones live?



Reform in the midst of exploration and exploitation



Teresa of Avila



Exploration and exploitation in the midst of reform



God in the shadows



Philipp Jakob Spener



Evangelism is getting more organized



Worldly wisdom and the word of God



John Wesley



Revival as the work of the spirit



A changing world



Amanda Berry Smith



The global vision



The storm



Toyohiko Kagawa



The vigor



The "third world" demands attention



Mother Teresa



Cross-cultural communication



September 11, 2001



The thin places