{"id":148,"date":"2012-11-28T16:22:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2016-02-24T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T05:00:17","slug":"give-the-gospel-then-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/28\/give-the-gospel-then-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Give the gospel. Then what?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/giving-gift.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155\" title=\"Giving a Christmas gift\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/giving-gift.jpg\" alt=\"Giving a Christmas gift\" width=\"1009\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/giving-gift.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/giving-gift-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>For the past few Christmases, many people have taken the opportunity to share the Gospel by giving friends, neighbours and co-workers copies of What are Christmas and Easter All About? Using &#8220;Easy-English,&#8221; this fully-illustrated booklet has been a real help in explaining the core message of the Bible to people with absolutely no Bible background.<br \/>\nPraise God for some of the stories we\u2019ve heard of people who have believed the Gospel simply by reading this booklet. One family received it as a gift at a Christmas concert and it had a huge impact on them! (<a title=\"A musician, a Christmas concert and a little book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/23\/a-musician-a-christmas-concert-and-a-little-book\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about their story<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We\u2019ve also heard how recipients came back to the givers saying, \u201cThat book was really interesting&#8230; I never saw the Bible quite that way before. How can I learn more?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Has that happened to you? What would you do if a friend asked you the same question? Can we suggest two options?<\/p>\n<p>First, offer them another book with more information. <strong>GIVE<\/strong> them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/by-this-name.html\"><em>By This Name<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as a follow-up to<em> What are Christmas and Easter All About?<\/em> It provides more depth and answers questions that your friend might have.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, offer to <strong>GUIDE<\/strong> your friend through a 15 to 16-hour course that gives further foundations to understanding the Gospel clearly. Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019ve never guided a course before. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/worldview-rethink.html\"><em>Worldview Rethink<\/em><\/a> Leader\u2019s Guide gives you step-by-step instructions.\u00a0<a title=\"Worldview Rethink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/get-started.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about guiding.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few Christmases, many people have taken the opportunity to share the Gospel by giving friends, neighbours and co-workers copies of What are Christmas and Easter All About? Using &#8220;Easy-English,&#8221; this fully-illustrated booklet has been a real help in explaining the core message of the Bible to people with absolutely no Bible background. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/28\/give-the-gospel-then-what\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Give the gospel. Then what?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,22,14,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-by-this-name","category-give-away-the-gospel","category-guide-a-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5026,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/5026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}