I don’t know about you, but this book has been a challenge for me. A great challenge, but a challenge nonetheless.
In each chapter Lee and Mark shared the story of how they took a chance and shared the Gospel message with someone. Sometimes they saw incredible results and sometimes the outcome was still up in [...]
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In this chapter Lee Stroebel has a direction in mind. I might take things in a little different one.
He tells the story of getting together with an old college buddy named Tariq. They hadn’t seen each other in years, but Lee knew Tariq was going through some troubling changes in life and could use a [...]
I guess outrageous grace is a less cliche way of saying “amazing grace”.
It’s something we’ve all experienced in our lives through Christ, but how real is it for you right now? We all have experiences of grace that enliven this concept for us.
Lee Stroebel tells us a time when he received a call from some [...]
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Have you ever seen the faith shared in a way that seemed different or unexpected.
Mark Mittelberg tells a story about his class reunion. He and another friend from his high school class were well known for just about everything other than faith during high school, but both had become Christians. They were trying to think [...]
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Have you ever been in an emergency situation where action needed to be taken? Maybe you saw someone that needed medical attention or you had to jump into a rescue situation. Well, how much training do most of us have for such situations? Not much. How natural is that for us? Probably not something we [...]
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This chapter kind of cut me to the heart.
Lee Stroebel opens by talking about a baptism service his church was having. It was their practice to have those coming up to be baptized bring someone along who was significant in their life- from their family, faith, etc. One of the women who walked up that [...]
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No, not me, this is about Mark Mittelberg again who wrote this chapter.
He tells the story of a true adventure. He had some old friends who planned a hunting trip out in the Badlands and at first, he decided not to go. Then all of a sudden while out with other friends eating pizza, he [...]
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So what’s your story? What’s your testimony?
I’m a Lutheran pastor and I know a lot of our readers are Lutherans who probably aren’t real comfortable with the whole concept of testimony, but listen for a moment.
Lee Strobel shares one of the experiences that started opening his heart toward faith and it was through the testimony [...]
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Don’t you hate interruptions. I must admit that I’m not the most patient person in the world and this crops up in all kinds of places, but have you ever thought that some of the interruptions that make impatient people like us frustrated, might actually be placed there by God. Maybe he’s trying to create [...]
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Ok, I’m at camp this week, so what’s on my mind- the development of our faith.
When I was reading through the book about witnessing, Lee Stroebel’s chapter on how a man named Jack shared his faith definitely caught my attention. Jack was an adult, but developmentally disabled with the abilities of a young child. Despite [...]
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