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Good Soil E&D equips Christ-followers to share God’s story of hope in a world of competing faiths and cultures.
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The Roots of Faith Chronological Bible Courses
Old Testament (June 18-22, 2018) and New Testament (June 25-29, 2018) courses taught at ABWE, near Harrisburg, PA. Students become certified to teach these courses in their ministries.
FREE Class Facilitator Guide
The Story of Hope - FREE curriculum guide for leading a class study in The Story of Hope. 31 interactive, engaging, FUN class sessions. 30+ free activity resources also available.
Future Good Soil Seminars
October 2018 at ABWE - Near Harrisburg, PA
October 15-16: Good Soil Basic Seminar
October 15-16: (Evenings) Hooks OT & NT Workshops
October 17: Good Soil Trainer Certification
October 18-19: Moving Beyond Lecture Workshop
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Gifted Students in Togo Receive the Greatest Gift
The Lycée Scientifique, a special government school in Togo, is home to the top 120 high school students in science and math. These students represent different tribal groups and religions from all over the country. Togo missionary Jane Schmitz had a yearning to reach them with the gospel. After much prayer, she approached the principal of the school and offered a class on The Story of Hope in French. Jane has always had a heart for evangelism and discipleship, and she was a part of the original group that helped launch Good Soil. The principal responded very favorably to the idea, since the materials being used were a study of the Bible, not a religion.
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Repent and/or Believe? Two Steps or Two Sides?
Is repentance a separate step to salvation that precedes genuine belief in Christ? Or, are repentance and faith simultaneous responses to God—flip sides of the same heart-action?
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Stories
Jail Time for The Story of Hope
Steve and Melanie Hammond run C.H.O.I.C.E.S. (Caring Hearts Offering Compassion Information Encouragement & Support) in Yorkshire, NY, that encompasses a pregnancy resource center, biblical counseling ministry, and after school program. Another part of their ministry is a weekly chapel time with men and women at the Wyoming County Jail. In January, they began to go through a study of The Story of Hope with the inmates.
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Good Soil Seminar Content Series
Gotta Pray the Sinner’s Prayer?
I once ministered in a town where it seems that almost everyone, at some time or another, had “prayed the prayer”—the so-called “sinner’s prayer.” Yet, very few of these people demonstrated any evidence of a genuine Christian life. Often when I shared the gospel with them, they would say: “But, I’ve already done that. I prayed the prayer!” And some would add, “But, it didn’t work for me.” If “praying the prayer” does not save a person, what does?
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