Gospel.com Topics Feed - Analogy
2010-08-09T17:00:14-05:00GCIinfo@gospel.com/feeds/topics/analogy/David Bruce - web evangelist with HollywoodJesus.comhttp://internetevangelismday.com/evangelists7.php2010-08-09T17:00:14-05:00
In 1997 Billy Graham challenged Christians to use the Internet for good. I took the challenge seriously even though I had never been on the Internet. With a background in media (NBC), pastoring (M.Div), and being a missionary at heart, I went to the nearest Barnes & Noble bookshop, where I picked up some books on website graphics and design. Then, with cross-cultural missiologist Don Richardson’s Eternity in Their Hearts serving as inspiration, I set to work creating a vehicle whereby I could use the culture to win the culture. Thus, Hollywood Jesus was born. Redemptive analogies - a key to meaningful communication of the Christian gospelhttp://internetevangelismday.com/redemptive-parallel.php2010-08-07T18:26:22-05:00
Don Richardson defined the concept of redemptive analogy in his books Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts. He explained how, embedded in a culture, there is usually some practice or understanding which can be used to demonstrate the Gospel. Findings these sometimes unexpected keys has been called a gorilla moment. Module 409: Joseph Butler | Christian History Institutehttp://chitorch.org/index.php/eras/post-reformation/butler/2009-06-22T13:35:34-05:00
Christian History Institute's study module for Joseph Butler's Analogy, an famous apologetic.