{"id":142,"date":"2016-09-12T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbthomas.com\/thoughts\/?p=142"},"modified":"2016-09-12T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:20:33","slug":"prepared-to-give-an-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pbthomas.com\/thoughts\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Prepared To Give An Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><span itemprop=\"description\"><p>Just to say that my new book &#8220;Prepared To Give An Answer&#8221; has now been published.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-7\"><span class=\"C-17\">Christians want to share their faith with their friends but many are scared that they won\u2019t know what to say.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C-17\">By preparing ourselves to give an answer, every Christian can be more confident, wise, bold and effective in talking about Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"txt_209\">\n<p class=\"Normal P-11\"><span class=\"C-10\">PART 1 \u2013 QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">What is salvation?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">What is the point of life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">How can we have a relationship with God?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">How should we respond to the Good News?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Didn\u2019t he used to be dead?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">What makes you believe that God exists?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Just how did God make the world?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Can we trust the New Testament?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Is Jesus the only way to God?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">How can we believe in God in a world so full of suffering?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">What happens when we die?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"txt_210\">\n<p class=\"Normal P-11\"><span class=\"C-10\">PART 2 \u2013 TALKING ABOUT JESUS<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Be prepared to give an answer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Why we don\u2019t and why we should talk about Jesus<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Preaching the gospel necessarily includes using words<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Praying about talking about Jesus<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Sharing my story<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Ambassadors for Christ<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal P-12\"><span class=\"C-23\">Afterword \u2013 Taking every opportunity<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"C-19\">Paperback 140 pages\u00a0ISBN: 9781784563790<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Order your copy from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fast-print.net\/bookshop\/1942\/prepared-to-give-an-answer\">http:\/\/www.fast-print.net\/bookshop\/1942\/prepared-to-give-an-answer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<span><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\"><span itemprop=\"description\">Just to say that my new book &#8220;Prepared To Give An Answer&#8221; has now been published. 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