What a great post! Thanks...we are studying how God prepares the soil in a stranger's heart to hear the words that He has impressed upon the sower's heart. God prepared Peter by letting down the sheet of unclean animals and God prepared the heart of Cornilius. God prepared and opened the heart of Lydia. God is working in the world today in ways we cannot imagine to prepare those whom we need to open our eyes to-- a field white for harvest.



The Holy Spirit works on the hearts of… Continue

I have been taught since a child and now also teach that the text should be viewed as revealing Christ to the world. My dad taught:



The Old Testament is Christ in EXPECTATION. When we read the stories and accounts, if we don't see Christ...we have not looked deep enough



The Gospels are Christ in INCARNATION



The Letters are Christ in EXPLANATION



And the last book is Christ in REVELATION



I have to agree with you. Instead of just teaching… Continue

http://joyofbiblelearning.blogspot.com/2013/06/lesson-9-chapter-7-take-away-part-2.html

I think you would be interested in listening to Francis Chan's sermon on "Is this really Church" which is included embeded in this blog entry above.

I Cor 6:9-11 Take a listen to this short video: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ySkB30rf5Ao How do you think these folks were "reached, washed, and transformed" in the First Century? By ignoring them?