Comments on: A Dare 2 Share Manifesto

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:49:21 +0000

Thanks so much Brian and Sue. Youre encouragement and partnership means a lot! All hands on deck!

By: Brian Tyler

Brian Tyler — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:25:27 +0000

Hi Greg. My wife Sue and I are on board to pray and be involved as much as the Lord leads. I am impressed with your response to the Lord’s leading through local churches, your board of directors, and the contemporary culture. The Body functions no matter what outward form it may manifest! Ha! God is too cool!
We are excited that the Lord has lead us to D2S (just this am)in response to a specific prayer for direction in ministry. Please keep us in prayer as things unfold, and hopefully we will partner together in a long range work. That would be sweet.
In Christ Forever,
Brian and Sue Tyler

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:38:13 +0000

Appreciate your thoughts Greg and I haven’t been as willing to rock the boat but am more willing as I see the deadly culture and the ignorant and overbusy parents. Please pray that I can be FULLY on board! Appreciate again your heart and mind!!!

By: Greg Stier

Greg Stier — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:39:20 +0000

Hey Teresa…

Thanks for your e-mail. Here are some answers:

Paul (the Talker)…check out the way he communicates in the second half of Acts 17 to the men of Athens (creative, quotes their pagan poets, compliments them, tells the whole story of the gospel from Adam and Eve)…he totally adapts to the Athenians style of learning verses the Jewish style which was more didactic and “expository” (check out the way he taught in the synagogue in the beginning of Acts 17 to the Jews)…he could talk to Jews in their style and then switch and talk to Greeks in theirs.

Peter (the Stalker)…he is the first one to stand up in Acts 2 and he just goes off. He is straightforward, kind of abrupt but very effective.

Barnabas (the buddy) was nicknamed “The Son of Encouragement” He took Paul in after his conversion when nobody else would (Acts 9:23-27) Also you can see the way that Priscilla and Aquilla took Apollos in (they were both buddies too) in Acts 18:24-28.

Luke (the brain) he wrote two of the most detailed accounts of the life of Jesus (luke) and the early church (Acts) to one dude named “Theophilus”. These verses explain his approach which was very well researched and academically solvent (Luke 1:1-4)

Hope that helps…Also I have a whole section in the book called Dare 2 Share… A Field Guide to sharing your faith on it. The chapter is titled, “Witnessing with Style.”

Be well!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:19:53 +0000

Hi, Greg. My name is Teresa, I’m 18 and I attended a d2s conference a couple years ago.
The first point you made in this post, about different styles of witnessing, really shed light on the subject for me. I am a buddy, and I’ve known that, but I haven’t been able to reconcile that with the fact that others do witnessing differently. As a result, I hated door-knocking at d2s, but I loved the phone call challenge (my friend came to Christ as a result! )
Well, anyway, I wanted to ask you if you could give me some Scripture references that show Paul, Peter, Barnabas, and Luke, in their different styles of ministry. The reason I ask is because I’m going to be teaching a Sunday school class on sharing the Gospel, and I really feel like God has used this blog post to equip me to do so.
Your help would be much appreciated!!!
-Teresa

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:29:23 +0000

You know I’m in it. I signed up a long time ago.

By: Greg Stier

Greg Stier — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:55:46 +0000

welcome aboard Will! As if you weren’t on to begin with

By: Will

Will — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:58:03 +0000

Sign me up, buddy…
To pray for you…
To join with you…
To be an example of Deep and Wide GOSPEL Growth for my sons, the youth at our church, and all those God Blesses and Challenges me with…
To be Relational and Relentless…
90 miles per hour at a brick wall…