The Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide for the PastorA step-by-step guide for pastors on preparing and presenting invitations to accept Christ. |
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... The Altar Call • Raising of Hands and Standing at the Seat Act of Public Confession - Progressive Invitation Baptism • The Private Decision • Dangers Importance of Counseling : Ministry of Personal Workers The Inquiry Room .
... The Altar Call • Raising of Hands and Standing at the Seat Act of Public Confession - Progressive Invitation Baptism • The Private Decision • Dangers Importance of Counseling : Ministry of Personal Workers The Inquiry Room .
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For this reason , the final test of any sermon is what people do about it . The content of the message is prevented from degenerating into mere rationalism on the one hand , and mere emotionalism on the other hand , 14 INTRODUCTION.
For this reason , the final test of any sermon is what people do about it . The content of the message is prevented from degenerating into mere rationalism on the one hand , and mere emotionalism on the other hand , 14 INTRODUCTION.
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hand , and mere emotionalism on the other hand , by the way it is linked with commitment . Truth by its nature demands a verdict . Thus , insofar as God's Word comes through , response is expected . One cannot hear a clear presentation ...
hand , and mere emotionalism on the other hand , by the way it is linked with commitment . Truth by its nature demands a verdict . Thus , insofar as God's Word comes through , response is expected . One cannot hear a clear presentation ...
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Christ was exalted to the right hand of God , as Son of God and Lord of the quick and the dead . 7. He will come again as Judge and Savior of men . The fixed kērygma was never preached in a vacuum , but was proclaimed by the apostolic ...
Christ was exalted to the right hand of God , as Son of God and Lord of the quick and the dead . 7. He will come again as Judge and Savior of men . The fixed kērygma was never preached in a vacuum , but was proclaimed by the apostolic ...
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... requires : It tells us that we owe our very existence to Him , that for good or ill we are always in His hands and under His eye , and that He made us to worship and serve Him , to show forth His praise and to live for His glory .
... requires : It tells us that we owe our very existence to Him , that for good or ill we are always in His hands and under His eye , and that He made us to worship and serve Him , to show forth His praise and to live for His glory .
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Prior to dealing with the how-to's of the invitation Dr. Strett lays a foundation for its legitamacy by providing a history of the invitation event begining in the O.T. and ending in the 20th Century ... Read full review
Contents
LXIV | 150 |
LXV | 151 |
LXVII | 152 |
LXVIII | 153 |
LXIX | 154 |
LXX | 155 |
LXXI | 156 |
LXXII | 159 |
LXXIII | 162 |
LXXIV | 164 |
LXXV | 165 |
LXXVI | 166 |
LXXVII | 169 |
LXXVIII | 170 |
LXXX | 171 |
LXXXII | 172 |
LXXXIII | 173 |
LXXXV | 176 |
LXXXVI | 177 |
LXXXVIII | 178 |
XC | 179 |
XCI | 180 |
XCIII | 183 |
XCV | 185 |
XCVI | 187 |
XCVII | 188 |
XCVIII | 197 |
XCIX | 207 |
CI | 209 |
CII | 214 |
CIII | 217 |
CIV | 219 |
CV | 249 |
CVI | 265 |
CVII | 275 |
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Popular passages
Page 56 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 78 - And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Page 231 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God ? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
Page 68 - The kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Page 121 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ; in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 77 - And as they went on their way they came unto a certain water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized ?" And Philip said, "If thou believeth with all thine heart thou mayest." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Page 59 - And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house.
Page 61 - Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, " Sirs, what must I do to be saved ?w and they said, " Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Page 53 - Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Page 57 - LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Effective Invitation: A Practical Guide for the Pastor |
| Author | R. Alan Streett |
| Publisher | Kregel Academic |
| ISBN | 0825494761, 9780825494765 |
| Length | 272 pages |
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