Weaving the
message of Jesus into our words and work:
Christians at the Office
Course Description:
This Audio course is designed for the active Christian who spends most of the workweek within an office setting. It is designed to develop the skills and comfort level for sharing--in gracious, gentle, and non-offensive ways--the precious story of the love of God in Jesus. Topics will include how this is supposed to work, the impact of lifestyle and some challenges for the Christian, creating situations in which sharing is comfortable, appreciated, and warm, turning good works into good words, finding opportunities, how to not sound 'religious' when you share, developing YOUR STORY, dealing with problems and objections, what to do when they say "YES" or "NO" to you. The emphasis is on developing your own personal style of sharing your experience of the good-hearted God with others, in a way that generates respect from your co-workers and honors the gentle and gracious Lord.
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Audio NB: Files are 6MB-20MB in size!) |
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I. Introduction |
citw1.mp3 (1:14) |
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II. Goal and Method |
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III. Living the Light -- lifestyle issues |
citw2.mp3 (1:01) |
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IV. Proclamation - turning experience into words |
citw3.mp3 (1:03) |
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V. Content: |
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A. The issue of clarity of the facts |
citw4.mp3 (0:59) |
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B. Christian Buzzwords!!!! (Table of Correspondences) |
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C. Using scripture verses--modern paraphrases |
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D. YOUR story: |
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E. Joe's story |
cito5.mp3 (0:53) |
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F. Getting them to think about the spiritual area: |
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G. Jesus |
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H. The issue of False Christs |
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I. God |
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J. The problem with using Christian literature |
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K. Don't make promises for God, other than biblical ones |
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L. When you finally get to tell your story |
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VI. "Call to Action"... |
cito6.mp3 (0:55) |
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VII. Problems, problems, problems... |
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A. Be careful in groups! |
cito7.mp3 (0:46) |
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B. When the Tuff questions come up... |
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C. Antagonists -- |
cito8.mp3 (0:56) |
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D. When you get in over your head |
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E. The 'offense of the Cross' issue |
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F. The problem of Friendly Fire |
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G. Cults |
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H. Other World Religions |
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I. When they say 'no'… |
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VIII. When they say Yes to Him... |
(no audio) |
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IX. The Big Picture -- Pulling it all together |
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Appendix: The Nerd Factor? |
(no audio) |
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Homework: |
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