Monthly Archives: November 2011
Preaching the Gospel to Steve Jobs
No, I have not preached the gospel to Steve Jobs and I don’t know know anyone personally who did, although I trust that somewhere along his course in life someone at someplace at sometime announced Christ to him. Whether he received Christ in his heart is unknown to me, and it is not my job to speculate here.
But since his passing I have occasionally thought to myself, How would one preach the gospel to someone like Steve Jobs?
This consideration has coincided with my campus ministry’s year-long exploration into “The Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul“. This past week we were on the topic of Paul’s visit to Athens in Acts 17:14-34. It’s a famously rich portion which gives insight into how the apostle Paul preached the gospel to the secular intellectuals of his time. Three insights which freshly stand out to me are the following: Read the rest of this entry
The Word of the Cross (3): Five Spontaneous Results of Seeing the Crucified Christ
As a conclusion to my earlier posts on “The Word of the Cross”, I was impressed to see that a fresh revelation of the crucified Christ will spontaneously result in the following subjective realizations:
1. We will hate our sins.
We will realize that Christ was wounded because of our transgressions and that He was crushed because of our iniquities (Isa 53:6). It was not the sins of other men that caused Him to die. It was not the plot of Jewish religionists or the cowardice of Roman politicians which led to His death. The subjective realization of the sinner is, “Christ died because of my sins.” Read the rest of this entry
The Word of the Cross (2): The Four-fold Significance of the Cross
This weekend I attended a Christian conference with the subject being “The Word of the Cross”. I had an awesome time. The conference was sponsored by a number of Southern California campus ministries, including USC Christian Students.
In an earlier post I laid out some thoughts about the need for a fresh, spiritual seeing of the crucified Christ. Our prayers were answered with the presentation of the following clear words which convey the four-fold significance of the cross of Christ: Read the rest of this entry
The Word of the Cross (1): The Need for a Fresh Revelation
In a few days I will be participating in a Christian conference on the topic of “The Word of the Cross”. The title is directly taken from 1 Corinthians 1:18:
For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
The footnote in the Recovery Version of the Bible points out: Read the rest of this entry