How To Share Your Faith In The World
August 20, 2023
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Today’s message is titled “How To Share Your Faith In The World.” Today we unpack 1 Peter 3:13-22 and are reminded of our primary purpose as disciples. When we look at the decline of the “BIG C” Church, we have to be honest with ourselves and take ownership of the decline. We must quit blaming the devil, Satan, demons, principalities, and powers for everything that doesn’t go our way. Secularists have done a better job of evangelizing than believers have. If the trend continues, by 2070, 50% of the population in the United States will be secular, e.g., atheist, agnostic, and irreligious. If we believe the “good news” is the “best news ever,” we must start acting like it. We must share our faith and Jesus regularly and be invitational to the world’s countless lost souls suffering, wounded, and excluded.
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- Pastor Harold Long
- How To Share Your Faith In The World
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- Matthew 28:19-20
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- Jesus-centered life
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- Colossians 3
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- Headlines
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- Jesus-centered Community
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- News Headlines
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- Hillsboro UMC
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- Pastor Harold Long
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- Hebrews 1:14
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- Hebrews 12:22
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- Matthew 16:27
- Psalm 91:11
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- George Bailey
- It's a Wonderful Life
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