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22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look
for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified a
stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to
Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and
the wisdom of God. - 1 Corinthians 122-24
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23 but we preach Christ crucified a stumbling
block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
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"The richness of Scripture is in its openness to
interpretation answering humanity's current
spiritual needs. That's where Gibson's medieval
version of the suffering of Jesus, reveling in
savagery to provoke outrage and cast blame, fails
Christian and Jew today."
William Safire
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"Neither Jews nor Christians have confronted the
full implications of the director's illogical,
ignorant, and brutal vision." "quasi-mythical
account of a ritual killing"
Christopher Hitchens
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Insight 1
"A person's reaction to the gospel is not
necessarily my fault."
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24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God.
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Insight 2
In sharing the gospel, my job is simply to ask,
What is God already doing here?
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16 While Paul was waiting for them his
coworkers in Athens, he was greatly distressed
to see that the city was full of idols
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17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews
and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the
marketplace day by day with those who happened to
be there.
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Insight 3
To share the gospel, we do well to go to those
places where talking religion is "allowed."
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18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers
began to dispute with him. Some of them asked,
What is this babbler trying to say? Others
remarked, He seems to be advocating foreign
gods. They said this because Paul was preaching
the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
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Insight 4
"Cultural diversity is not the enemy of the
gospel, it is the friend of the gospel."
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26 From one man he made every nation of men,
that they should inhabit the whole earth and he
determined the times set for them and the exact
places where they should live. 27 God did this
so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out
for him and find him, though he is not far from
each one of us
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18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers
began to dispute with him. Some of them asked,
What is this babbler trying to say? Others
remarked, He seems to be advocating foreign
gods. They said this because Paul was preaching
the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
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Insight 5
"Opposition and misunderstanding to the gospel,
are not a sign that we should stop talking.
Rather, we should continue to share our faith as
long as people are listening."
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19 Then they took him and brought him to a
meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him,
"May we know what this new teaching is that you
are presenting? 20 You are bringing some
strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know
what they mean." 21 (All the Athenians and the
foreigners who lived there spent their time doing
nothing but talking about and listening to the
latest ideas.)
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Insight 6
"It is human nature to love new ideas, so make
the gospel new."
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Alternative Worldview
Bridge Through Deficiency
Gospel
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Insight 7
"In sharing the gospel, my goal is to figure out
how to build a bridge between worldviews."
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32 When they heard about the resurrection of the
dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We
want to hear you again on this subject." 33 At
that, Paul left the Council.
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Insight 8
"Sharing our faith doesn't have to take place in
one shot, we should stop when we're loosing our
audience."
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32 But others said, We want to hear you again on
this subject.. 34 A few men became followers
of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a
member of the Areopagus, also a woman named
Damaris, and a number of others.
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