Schools of Thought in Evangelism

Ok there are 2 schools of thought.
From the way I see it.

1st School of Thought

We bring a friend to church by showing lots of care and concern. Focus on the friend and love him or her with all we've got. Lots of sacrifices.

The objective is to build a long lasting relationship. In the process, very tough and heart wrenching and lots of work.

And there is no guarantees that the friend will be planted in the house of God.

2nd School of Thought

We share the gospel with as many people as possible. In a way, it means taking as many shots as possible.

We hone our ability and anointing to share the gospel such that our sharing is effective. It leads the people to seek Jesus and pray the sinner's prayer.

The time taken is short and how far the process goes depends on how receptive the person is. This mostly ensures we reach the most receptive people first.

Its been shown the 2nd method works far better.
Basically a combination of both.

Some thoughts.
Do comment and give some opinions.
Especially those who haven been there done that and brought in souls for Jesus before.

Never go down

Some smart guy once said to Napoleon, "Fame is temporary."
To that statement, Napoleon answered, " Fame IS temporary, but obscurity(basically the direct opposite of fame) is ETERNAL."

Well I agree COMPLETELY with Napoleon.
I don't want to live a quiet life and die in silence.

I WILL NOT GO DOWN IN SILENCE!!

A Song..

You are my Shepherd.
There's nothing I want.
I rest in green pastures.
My soul is restored.
My path, it is righteous.
You are my guide.
The valley of shadows will cause me to hide.

You are always there for me.
You are the Shepherd of my heart and soul.
There for me.
You are the Lord of all I am.
Your unfailing love and mercy covers me.
Your unfailing love and mercy covers me.

I have a table that You have prepared.
Its cup overfowing,
Oil's on my head.
Your goodness and mercy, all of my days.
In Your house I stay.

You are always there for me.
You are the Shepherd of my heart and soul.
There for me.
You are the Lord of all I am.
Your unfailing love and mercy covers me.
Your unfailing love and mercy covers me.

You are my Shepherd and You walk with me.
You are my whole life and You give all I need.
You are the peace that makes me cose? and feel so free.
Your unfailing love and mercy covers me.

You are my Restorer and You heal my soul.
You make me able to stand right and whole.
You are my constant companion and, no matter where I go.
You put this heart inside me.
You put this heart inside me.

This heart..x4
So free...........x6


-----Prayerworks.

You are the consuming passion of my life.
You devour my entire life and You fill my thoughts.
My heart it pounds in fear of You.
Should You withhold, I will not breathe.
You give me all I need.
Whom shall I ask but You?
Where can I turn to but You?

But the good things You have not withheld from me.
Your blessings and approval You have not withheld from me.
Your chastening and rebuke You have not withheld from me.
that I might know that I am a son in Your house and not an outsider.

that I might know You and the power of Your resurrection and the fellowship of Your sufferings, being conformed to Your death. --- Phil 3:10

O Hades, where is your sting?

11 Sept 2008

Alright, Qin, its true.. I had fallen into the trap of not blogging again.

My desktop is coming in finally.
2.0 GHz duo core, 2 Gb RAM, DVD Burner and 320Gb of harddisk...
The harddisk is most needed.. In today's post modern society, my laptop's 67Gb is filling up, fast!

So I am happy my new desktop is coming!!

Work intensity is building up in all my subjects. My engineering graphics lecturer is getting a kick out of watching us struggle.. ahha.. but he is good la no doubt.. Prof Lim. He is actually quite cute.

Ok.
There are other stuff happening also.. jus blogged to keep this blog alive. Back to tutorials nw!
oh yea can someone give me some guidance to changing my blogskin? hmmm i a bit buay tahan my blog alr... haha..

Resurrection

My blog has been dead for a long while.
Due to massive workloads...

As Bro Bobby has described, ...9 theological book reviews, 10 mock cgs and 5 preaching tests....

So today is the resurrection.. 12.42 am on thursday morning.
Wonderful day.

Hahaha.. lets continue another day. I got things to write about but probably not now.
Now I work...

Choose to Build, Not to Destroy

In the Bible, there are a few mentions of special relationships between the leader and his armourbearer.

One of the most special relationships is the one between Jonathan and David.
The Word of God tells us that their souls were knitted together.

When Samuel anointed David to be King, David did not immediately receive the kingdom.
David is not immediately ready. The vision is not complete. His faith, the substance of his reality to be, is not complete. If his vision were a building, it probably lacked a few pillars or a few bricks here and there.

Jonathan was one of the man sent to David to put in a few pillars.
Jonathan loved David.

Friends, when our leaders cast a vision before us, do we kill the vision with doubt, unbelief and quiet criticism? Or do we cast in our lot with him and build the vision with him?

The building is not complete, choose to put in the pillar, choose to strengthen the vision of the leader.

I believe and I choose to cast in my lot with my leader.

Preaching Tests

It was a rare opportunity and privilege to preach.
Homiletics is definitely one of the highlights of my time in SOT.

Thank you to Mabelline for recording 10mins of my preaching.
Mabelline, in my opinion, is one of the best preachers. I have a lot to learn from her.
One of the coolest and cutting edges of Team 18.

Thank you to Kin Sung for the breakfast nasi lemaks and bee hoons. My stomach is filled before the tests every single day because of his diligent trips to the coffeeshop.

I feel loved.. haha..