The Missions Podcast

Engaging the Heart in Missions With E.D. Burns (Part 2)


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How can missionaries use the prevailing cultural narratives and longings of the heart to awaken others to the gospel without sacrificing the truth?

In this episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex and Scott continue their conversation with Dr. E.D. Burns, focusing on cultural apologetics and its application in missionary work. E.D. shares insights into different approaches to apologetics, including cultural, presuppositional, classical, and evidential apologetics. He emphasizes the importance of appealing to the imagination and “longings of the soul” to awaken a deeper interest in Christianity. Finally, E.D. details how the Celtic Sun Cross is a great historical perspective of cultural apologetics.

Key Points:

  1. Distinctives of apologetic approaches
  2. The importance of asking good questions to uncover worldview inconsistencies
  3. The universal longings of the soul for home, belonging, and truth
  4. Historical examples of cultural apologetics with the celtic cross
  5. Application of cultural apologetics for missionaries
  6. When was the last time your church did a missions conference, and how did it go? ABWE wants to help your church do a missions conference that will challenge your congregation to send. It's called Send Sunday. Click here to download your free resources including: sermon notes, small group discussion questions, song selections, children's activity pages, and more! Join with ABWE and other churches on Pentacost Sunday to pray and ask God to send someone from your church.

    With over 3 billion people in the world who have never heard of Jesus, the global need is tremendous for workers to go into the harvest fields (Matthew 9:37-38). Is God calling you to missions? We'd love to have a conversation with you on how you can use your gifts and talents to advance the Great Commission at home and abroad. Visit abwe.org/SendMe for more information and to take your next step in missions.

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