Being Always Ready to Give An Answer

Down through the ages many techniques have been suggested for "the furtherance of the Gospel". Roger Magnuson helps us to sift through them all and discern the one that is backed by the guarantee of God and the example of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Roger Magnuson is a great storyteller, and this message is no exception, as he brings out the metaphor of sermons and sailboats. As with sailing, a good sermon employs theory and technique. The theory a speaker uses must leverage off the solid principles of the Word of God.

"But if ye will not do so ... be sure your sin will find you out" (Deuteronomy 32:23). Of all the reluctant and recalcitrant tendencies ever to lurk in the hearts of God's people, what potential sin would occasion so serious a forewarning as this?

With an unbiased understanding of why people do what they do, the problems associated with politics, economics, civil justice and even the world's major religions fade into the background of the way God's design actually works. The war is not between capitalism and terrorism.