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1. Epilogue: Some Early Witnesses to Christ

Luke 8:26-39

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Robert V. Dodd

Epilogue: Some Early Witnesses to Christ Joseph and Mary were the initial human witnesses to Christ. They had experienced angel visitations concerning their first-born son. And they knew for certain that he was God's special Child - unlike any other person who ever walked the face of the earth. They were privileged to watch him grow and to help him grow in his own understanding of who he was and w...

2. Experiencing Salvation

John 3:1-21

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Robert V. Dodd

Noted evangelist Billy Graham says that he can point back to a definite time in his life when he experienced conversion. But his wife, Ruth, says that she grew gradually into the faith and can point to no definite starting point. Her experience is similar to the testimony of Count Von Zinzendorf to John Wesley. When Wesley asked him if he knew when he was saved, he replied, "I have always been sav...

3. Give Them Good News...

Romans 5:1-11

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Robert V. Dodd

GIVE THEM GOOD NEWS ...It'll totally disarm them! I have always been fascinated by radio preachers: Some are profoundly helpful and extremely gifted in the art of communication. Others are delightfully entertaining. But there are others that I fear do more harm than good. Such was the case when I tuned in a certain radio preacher while driving through the mountains of Western North Carolina. He h...

4. Remember That You Are Not Alone

John 3:1-21

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Robert V. Dodd

You have a wealth of resources in Christ! We had just moved into our new parsonage and we were right in the middle of unpacking when the doorbell rang. I went to the door, and there stood two women who engaged me in a friendly but general conversation. Supposing that they were members of my new congregation, I invited them inside. But as it turned out, they were Jehovah's Witnesses who were in ou...

5. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

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Robert V. Dodd

They can't refute it! Fatigue is one of the products of modern society: We tend to either get excited about the wrong things, or we don't get excited about anything. Perhaps an appropriate contemporary paraphrase of Matthew 6:25-34 would be, "Don't get excited about food and drink to keep you alive or clothes to cover your body. Surely there is more to life than this. Those who are without God ge...

6. Take Up Your Cross

Luke 8:1-15

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Robert V. Dodd

It'll make you undefeatable! In Luke 8:4-8, our Lord tells a parable about "the sower and the seed" to illustrate the proclaiming of the Word and human response. It is curious to note the audacious, almost reckless way in which the seed is sown. The sower must have been really throwing wildly, because we are told that some seed fell on the footpath, some on shallow rocky ground, some among thistle...

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