Gospel Tweeting Contest
We had 95 entries for the Gospel Tweeting Contest to find the best 140 character or less gospel explanation. We need to choose a winner. Here is the original contest tweet:
“Looking for best tweet explaining the gospel in 140 characters or less. Winner gets copy of Driscoll's Religion Saves” (I am going to try to get a signed copy by Mark!).
Now, help me to vote for the winner. Choose up to three of your favorite by tweeting the numbers in order of preference followed by hashtag #gospeltweet. For instance: "@acts29 101, 98, 107 #gospeltweet" Some really good explanations are found at the end of the list so don't vote too quickly.
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Interview of Scott Thomas in England
Scott was interviewed by Yohaan Philip while he was at CCK in Brighton. Below are the interview notes.YP: Can you tell me a bit about yourself, Scott?
ST: I grew up in a fundamentalist type of church as a young man. It was kind of empty because it didn't seem to be consistent with where scripture was going. So when I went to Bible College, I questioned everything - why things were done the way they were, why certain rules still remained intact? The college president said not to worry about it. He said to focus on Jesus and the rest will come. So I began to live my life around that principle and it all began to make sense. A lot of the rules still didn't make sense, but following Jesus did. So that's how it all began. I began youth ...
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The Vision of Acts 29:
Rigidly committed to remain a church planting network, the vision of Acts 29 is to be worshippers of God who seek to influence as many people as possible to become worshippers.
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I am riding down the highway in Colorado from our Acts 29 annual retreat in Vail CO. The retreat is four days of heaven for our lead planters and wives. We had over 250 people attend the best retreat we have ever had. The theme of the retreat was “Evidences of Grace” based on a challenge given by my friend CJ Mahaney at an Acts 29 boot camp about 18 months ago. Each of our 10 regions reported the evidences of grace they had experienced in their region. It was a phenomenal experience of love and adoration of our Savior. Should we expect God to bless us? Then why do we get angry when we experience failure or just average success? CJ said in his message that if we don’t recognize the evidences of God’s grace in our lives, then we are self-centered and thus we cannot ...
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First Western European Church Planters!
We are excited to announce that we assessed and approved our first church planters in our newly formed Acts 29 Western European Network. Stuart and Rachel Dean are starting a church in Haywards Heath England in West Sussex (39 miles south of London).
On a few occassions in the past, our church planter assessors have emerged from their assessments by stating, "We have just been to church!" I didn't know what they really meant. I do now. When we assessed Stuart and Rachel, we experienced a Holy Spirit enriched, God-glorifying assessment. Stuart and Rachel blew us away with their love for Jesus and commitment to His call in their life in spite of their personal struggles with Rachel's health.
New Western Europe Director ...
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