Evangelism – Page 3 – Gregory Scott Blog

A View From Anywhere

As I write this, I’m sitting at a terrace table in a jazz bar & restaurant in downtown Houston, Texas enjoying a fabulous meal, great music and the view you see in the picture.

We had an attorney function in the lounge here tonight and when we finished I stayed for dinner and to do some blogging.

I tapped into the restaurant’s wifi, took the pic you see and uploaded it to my blog and before I leave the restaurant I will have posted this blog.

So, what does all this have to do with the kingdom of God? Well, as I was sitting here contemplating the advances in technology that allow me to do what I described in the previous paragraph–something unimaginable 25 years ago–it occurred to me that while the world has changed so much in the last 25 years, people have not changed at all. Continue reading “A View From Anywhere”

Going to the Other Side

Last week in Israel, I stood on the shore at Capernaum where Jesus told His disciples, “Let us go to the other side.” (Luke 8:22). (See picture).

On the other side of the Sea of Galilee is where Jesus and His disicples found a man, demon possessed, naked, screaming and living in the tombs.

The locals tried to shackle him because they were afraid to even pass by, but he had broken the shackles.

You know the rest of the story. Jesus casts out the demons into a heard of swine and the story ends with the man, clothed and in his right mind. (Mark 5:1-20).

As I stood on that beach last week in Capernaum, I thought of all the reasons Jesus had not to go to the other side. They are reasons any religious Jew would have found sufficient not to go. Here are five of them: Continue reading “Going to the Other Side”

Six Degrees Of The Apostle Paul

It’s a small world and God is sovereign over it.

It’s around 52 A.D. and the Apostle Paul is in Athens waiting for Silas and Timothy.

But instead of holing up in his hotel room and watching pay per view, Paul heads to the local synagogue, and then to the marketplace, to talk about Jesus.

While in the marketplace he runs into some Stoic philosophers. (Acts 17:16-34).

Athens was the heart of Stoicism. In fact, the most famous school of the Stoics, where people came to be trained in the Stoic philosophy, was in Athens near the marketplace. So, it’s likely Paul heard the best arguments the Stoics could muster in Athens. Continue reading “Six Degrees Of The Apostle Paul”

Seeking The Living One

When the women arrived at Jesus’ tomb on Sunday morning, they found the stone had been rolled away and the tomb empty. Two men suddenly stood near in glowing clothes and said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?” (Luke 24:1-6).

It was a good question.

More people will go to church today than any other Sunday of the year, and that’s a good thing. But most will go to the same church they’ve gone to in the past, perhaps the church they grew up in, where they’ve never found Jesus.

I grew up in such a church. The services were rote and ritualistic. It was like the people there were just punching a time clock. There was no life. Not surprisingly, I didn’t find Jesus there.

Continue reading “Seeking The Living One”

The Problem Of Guilt

Everyone feels guilty at one time or another.

People feel guilty when they do certain things; others feel that way when they consider their past. Some feel perpetually guilty.

But on a whole we all feel guilty. Guilt is a feeling that abides in abundance.

Psychologists have struggled with the problem of guilt.

Some have suggested people feel guilty because of repressed sexual desires.

Others say guilt results from fear of separation from one’s mother. Still others say guilt is simply a social convention necessary to the preservation of an orderly society. Continue reading “The Problem Of Guilt”