Welcome

Many Sabbath School class teachers either preach a sermon to their class or deliver a monologue on the whole lesson, going through it "day-by-day." The most rewarding sessions involve the members in discussion. These questions here are intended to stimulate the active participation of the members in your class. Of course pertinent information imparted by the teacher is also very valuable, for which there are many resources in print and on the internet. This site seeks to provide a resource for discussions.

If you are a member and not a teacher and your class is boring, try asking questions such as these in your class.

Sunday, 29 April 2012

Sequential Evangelism and Witnessing


Is it unfair to the unsuspecting public for an evangelist to use psychology and strategies to lead them to the church?

Sequential Evangelism and Felt Needs

  1. Did Jesus heal and feed people just to win them, or out of compassion?
  2. Did people come to Jesus for physical needs or for spiritual?  What difference does it make?
  3. How can we determine the needs of the community we wish to take the gospel to?


Milk and Solid Food

  1. Is it wrong to live forever on milk, or is it just inappropriate?
  2. Does a growing child naturally want solid foods or must we force the child to transfer to solids?
  3. Is it enough to just understand the simple grace, or do we need to comprehend all the doctrines and deeper theology?


Testing Truths

  1. Why do you think that attendance at evangelistic meetings drops drastically when the topic of Sabbath is presented?  What other doctrines might cause people to stop coming to our meetings?  Why would this be so?
  2. What topics should be covered before we present “the Sabbath” in order to help them to keep coming?


Measuring Spiritual Growth

  1. Is it enough just to preach and give Bible studies or do we need to find out how the messages are being accepted?
  2. Are we interested in the salvation of an individual or are we content with just doing our “duty” to sow the seed?


Preparing a Harvest

  1. In a garden or orchard are we interested in harvesting grains and fruits or just in planting seeds?  What else must be done after we plant the seeds in order to ensure a good crop?  Is the sequence important or not?
  2. So are we more interested in the harvest or in the individual? What was Jesus interested in?