Ministry Update
Hi Friends of NGIM,
If you were at the SES National Apologetics Conference recently, you may know I taught our new witnessing paradigm that involves “A Certain Kind of Evangelism, Apologetics, and Discipleship.” At the conference we mentioned we would be sending a resource update with some of our most important resources that pastors and lay leaders can use. All of us at NGIM want to make this list available to all of you who are our prayer and support team. May I encourage each of you to take time to look at everything we are sending you and encourage you to encourage your church leaders to use these resources to better equip your church members.
Thank you for all your prayers and support of NGIM.
His Servant,
Dr. David Geisler
If you would like to get the pdf presentations from the SES National Apologetics Conference for either Brian Henson, Don Deal, or David Geisler, go to this link below on our website. Please note there are other presentations that you can have access to as well on this link.
Please feel free to pass on any of this information to your church leaders. Please let us know how any of us (Brian, Don, Raymond, or David) can help you and or your church leaders to better equip your members in the areas of evangelism, apologetics, and discipleship.
Here is the 40-minute link that will help you to learn how to teach Conversational Evangelism to those in your circle of influence.
password Geisler
If you haven’t had the opportunity to see our award winning movie yet, Norm Geisler: Not Qualified, may I encourage you to watch this movie with your family on Vision Video (our movie partner’s) YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH_rbNUQKwU
To watch all six parts of the movie (Norm Geisler: Not Qualified) to be used with the six parts of the study guide and the six parts of the leader guide to be used in small group teachings, go to: https://normgeislerthemovie.com/packages/
To have access to Brian Henson’s talk on Norm Geisler’s Trifecta (Apologetics, Theology, Philosophy), that is a part of our movie/resource package go to:
To know how to teach our Conversational Evangelism materials in more detail (based on our C.E. book) in your circle of influence, go to David’s student’s training at the link below.
Conversational Evangelism | Matthew Dodd (Former Doc. of Ministry student) Calvary Chapel Pastor, Portland Oregon | Conversational Evangelism training
Also, if you would like to hear David’s message on Servant, leadership, go to:
David Geisler Keys to Living and Thriving as a Servant of Christ
(Downloadable)
Password DGNQ21ce
Here are some additional resources I (David) mentioned that we would send in our “A Certain Kind” seminar at the SES Conference that are under the resource tab at our movie website:
https://normgeislerthemovie.com/resources/
Notice if you click on the tab called “YouTube playlist” you can watch all 12 hours of Norm Geisler’s Classical Apologetics training (12 Points That Show Christianity Is True).
If you click on the tab called “Witnessing Booklet” you can get a pdf copy of our booklet called, Is The Christian Faith Reasonable, that was written by NGIM’s director of Classical Apologetic Training, Dr. Don Deal. This booklet teaches the evidence for the Christian faith using Norm Geisler’s 12 Points That Show Christianity Is True model. It also give an overview of the Five Planks paradigm from our Conversational Evangelism approach. This is a booklet that we at NGIM recommend that you can give to your skeptical friends who may not be interested in reading a whole book on the evidence for the Christian faith. Then invite them to have a dialogue with you using the five planks approach to sharing the gospel with them.
If you click on the tab called “CE/12 Points Outline” you can get our pdf copy of our outline that summarizes both the major ideas in teaching Conversational Evangelism and also the major points to the book, The 12 Points That Show Christianity Is True. (I (David) handed this out in our “A Certain Kind” seminar at the SES Conference.
If you click on the tab called “Free download” of Norm Geisler’s Trifecta,you can get our pdf file of the handout that goes with Brian Henson’s talk. Brian Henson is the director of Youth Apologetics for NGIM. The link to Brian’s talk is here: Norm Geisler’s Trifecta by Dr. Brian Henson, NGIM Staff member
To learn more about the online classes that The Norm Geisler Institute offers for training purposes, including the 9 sessions of Grounded by Brian Henson, and David Geisler’s Conversational Evangelism training and other Norm Geisler teachings, go to:
https://ngim.org/memberships-and-workshops/
Also, please note that our Conversational Evangelism witnessing app can be downloaded at apple or google play store by typing in the words: Norm Geisler International Ministries on your phone.
To better understand the problems in witnessing in a post-truth world, see this outline:
https://ngim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Witnessing-In-a-Post-Truth-World.final_.pdf
To understand more about our concerning that many Christians still struggle to integrate faith and reason, see this outline:
https://ngim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Building_An_Unshakable_Foundation_Outline.pdf
To see the handout how you can teach our Conversational Evangelism material based on our Conversational Evangelism book, see this outline:
https://ngim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Conversations_That_Matter.pdf
Here is a 60 second commercial for C.E. training:
60 second commercial Conversational Evangelism: https://youtu.be/eG52zrLU1xs
See our intro. video about Conversational Evangelism at https://youtu.be/HP0ueLwVB94 (18 minutes)
If you would like to consider bringing our movie and/or our witnessing training, “Walk and Witness” to your church, contact us at info@ngim.org
See our Walk and Witness promotional video at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_cNkUPrkK0
Ratio Christi at Liberty University was fortunate to share an exclusive meeting with Dr. David Geisler of Norm Geisler International Missions and learn about his application of conversational apologetics to personal evangelism. (For some of us, this encounter renewed a friendship formed at his earlier meeting with us to introduce the documentary of his father’s life that he had edited: “Unqualified”.)
For those among us who like to expound upon our vast knowledge of facts supporting our faith, David’s method is much easier that we might think. It involves interacting in a personally loving manner with the one having questions or problems with Christianity, clarifying precisely where the issue originates, then addressing this, often with stories or analogies to which this person can readily relate.
Our members enjoyed “picking his brains” about how he would suggest dealing with their particular witnessing problem, to which he graciously responded in every case. Many thanks to Dr. Geisler for providing us with this wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth!
Dighton Head
Chapter Director, Ratio Christi at Liberty University
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