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How can we have more effective spiritual conversations? Where do you start when people don’t share your assumptions about the Bible? How do you find common ground? As Christians we are called to be Christ’s ambassadors. That means we always need to be prepared to engage in conversations that lead people toward life with God. In this podcast we will share two things you can assume in every conversation. Other Great Resources for Conversations - Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl - Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did by Randy Newman Miss a Podcast Episode? RSS | iTunes Click here to sign up for our email updates to stay connected to the work of Impact 360 Institute. The post #003: 2 Things You Can Assume In Every Spiritual Conversation appeared first on Impact 360 Institute.

According to a recent article in the MIT Technology Review, “Using the Internet can destroy your faith. That’s the conclusion of a study showing that the dramatic drop in religious affiliation in the U.S. since 1990 is closely mirrored by the increase in Internet use. Back in 1990, about 8 percent of the U.S. population had no religious preference. By 2010, this percentage had more than doubled to 18 percent. That’s a difference of about 25 million people, all of whom have somehow lost their religion…”  (read the rest of the MIT article) Is the internet really bad for your faith? Are teenagers prepared for the spiritual and moral challenges that come from the internet? Is the problem technology or a lack of preparation? These are just a few of the interesting questions we will engage in this episode of the Intersection Podcast. Further Explore Preparing Students for College and Beyond Welcome to College: A Christ-Follower’s Guide for the Journey by Jonathan Morrow _ You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church…and Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman _ RSS | iTunes Click here to sign up for our email updates to stay connected to the work of Impact 360 Institute. The post #002: Is the Internet Bad For Your Faith? appeared first on Impact 360 Institute.

On Sunday night March 9, Fox will begin its 13-episode series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. This is a new version of Carl Sagan’s very popular 1980′s TV show Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. How should Christians think about this show?Are science and faith at odds? Has Christianity been good for science? Has science made God irrelevant? These are just a few of the interesting questions we will engage in this episode of the Intersection Podcast. We will also hear from special guest Dr. Jay Richards of the Discovery Institute in this episode. The new Cosmos TV series presents us with both opportunities and challenges. As Christians we have not always handled the faith and science questions well. As a result, many in our culture and the church are often confused about how science and Christianity should relate to each other. This is especially the case with the emerging generation who want to take both God and science seriously. To have a better conversation, we need to understand key concepts like worldview, naturalism, scientism, and design. If this truly is God’s world, then we should expect to see evidence of his power and creative activity (Romans 1:19-20; Psalm 19:1-4). Watch trailer for the new Cosmos TV show. Resources on Issues of Faith and Science Raised in Cosmos: - Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists by Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow - God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? by John Lennox - Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? by C. John Collins RSS | iTunes Click here to sign up for our email updates The post #001: Cosmos – A Christian Viewer’s Guide appeared first on Impact 360 Institute.