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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
Rich Knopp & Garry Poole
Session Webpage: www.worldvieweyes.org/nacc17.html
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
Rich Knopp & Garry Poole
Session Webpage: www.worldvieweyes.org/nacc17.html
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
The Seed and the Soil
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Matthew 13:3-8, 18-23 Mark 4:3-9, 13-20 Luke 8:4-8, 11-15
3 And He spoke many things to
them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went
- ut to sow;4 and as he sowed,
some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.5 Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them
- ut. 8 And others fell on the good
soil and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who has ears, let him hear.”
3 “Listen to this! Behold, the
sower went out to sow; 4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it
- up. 5 Other seed fell on the
rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. 6 And aEer the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8 Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.” 9 And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
4 When a large crowd was coming
together, and those from the various ciGes were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: 5 “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it
- up. 6 Other seed fell on rocky soil,
and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no
- moisture. 7 Other seed fell among
the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it
- ut. 8 Other seed fell into the
good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred Gmes as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Parable of the Sower
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Path Rocky Thorny Good
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http://BibleOpia.WordPress.com
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
Important Points
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
Important Points
- 1. The Seed
- 2. Spiritual battle
- 3. Understanding
- 4. Spread the seed
- 5. Prepare the soil
- 6. Objective: Bear fruit
- 7. Cultural conditions affect fruit-bearing
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
The Soil of Our Culture
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The Rise of the Nones
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 1990 2007 2012 2014
22.8% 19.3% 15.3% 8.1%
The “Nones”
(The Religiously Unaffiliated)
Pew Research Center, 2012 and 2014
All Americans
(56 Million) 19 Million INCREASE
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 1990 2007 2012 2014 (25-33) 2014 (18-24)
36% 34% 32% 22% 11%
Millennials
The “Nones”
(The Religiously Unaffiliated)
Pew Research Center, 2012 and 2014
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10 20 30 40 50
American Adults
45%
“Born Again”
10 20 30 40 50
All Adults All Teens 18-23 Yrs.
0.5% 2.0% 9.0%
Barna Research
“Biblical Worldview”
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10 20 30 40 50
≥ 65 50-64 30-49 18-29
4% 7% 15% 17%
American Culture and Faith Institute - Feb. 2017
“Integrated Disciples”
(Among Americans)
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Can’t Ask Most Pressing Questions in Church
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Significantly Doubted Their Faith
38% 36%
Youth With Christian Background
32%
Felt Like Rejecting Their Parents’ Faith
David Kinnaman, You Lost Me
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Percent of Churched Youth “Disengaged” in Their Twenties?
David Kinnaman, You Lost Me
59%
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“... sharing their burgeoning doubts with a Christian friend or family member only to receive trite, unhelpful answers.”
Most Frequently Mentioned Factor by “De-Converts”
Drew Dyck, “The Leavers: Young Doubters Exit the Church,” Christianity Today, posted 11/18/2010.
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Why Churched Kids are Leaving
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Shallow belief system Exclusive faith No answers for opposition (science & philosophy) Church intolerant Church against science Church not relevant (personally & professionally) No room for doubt
“Why Churched Kids are Leaving”
(Brian Housman — Lifeway)
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Preparing the Soil by Giving Room For Doubt
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An environment to encourage questions, address doubts, and strengthen faith.
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www.roomfordoubt.com
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www.roomfordoubt.com
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Facebook Page
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SIX-WEEK SERIES
- 1. The Upside of Doubt
- 2. How Can We Be Sure God Actually Exists?
- 3. Isn’t the Bible Full of Myths & Mistakes?
- 4. Why Do Christians Say that Jesus is God’s Son?
- 5. Why Would God Allow Tragedy & Suffering?
- 6. Tolerance, Truth, and the Exclusive Claims of Christ
www.roomfordoubt.com
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Six-Week Series
Mark Mittelberg * Messages Garry Poole * Discussion Guides for Adults & Youth Lee Strobel * Contributor & Consultant
- Dr. Rich Knopp
* Instructional Resources
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DISCUSSION GUIDES
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MANY VIDEOS
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w w w . r o o m f o r d o u b t . c o m
All Downloadable
SIX-WEEK SERIES
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Garry Poole
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SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY GROUPS
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THE APPROACH
❖ A safe place for non-Christians to really seek ❖ A process for non-Christians to self-discover biblical truths ❖ A built-in excuse for on-going spiritual conversations ❖ A simple, step-by-step plan anyone can follow
SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY GROUPS
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THE STEPS
- 1. Catch the vision
- 2. Build strong bridges
- 3. Extend irresistible invitations
- 4. Launch the all-important first meeting
- 5. Facilitate captivating discussions
- 6. Create a caring community
SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY GROUPS
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DOUBTERS UNCENSORED PANEL SOME VIDEO CLIP CHOICES
- 1. On the Bible
- 2. On the Resurrection
- 3. A Question for God
- 4. On God
- 5. On Spiritual Conversations
- 6. On the Afterlife
www.roomfordoubt.com
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On the Bible
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On the Resurrection
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A Question for God
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Garry Poole
On God
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On Spiritual Conversations
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On the Afterlife
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Preparing the Soil for the Seed: Giving Room For Doubt
Rich Knopp & Garry Poole
Session Webpage: www.worldvieweyes.org/nacc17.html