Chris Braga: The missing principle of proclamation

The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele

Proclamation is for every Christian, one’s Christian faith is always public and a command is not needed to link faith to speech.

'I believed therefore I spoke' - That’s what the Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:13. And yet it’s a verse hardly referred to in the last few decades in discussions over who is responsible for evangelism.

Chris Braga of Grace West Anglican Church Sydney told the Nexus Conference in Sydney that 2 Corinthians 4:13 shows that there’s a spiritual reflex that internal faith (in the crucified and resurrected Jesus) will challenge fear and lead to speech.

Not because we’re commanded, but because we can’t help ourselves.

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Chapters

1. Chris Braga: The missing principle of proclamation (00:00:00)

2. Faith and Speech: Paul's Spiritual Reflex (00:01:41)

3. Missing from Mission Textbooks (00:10:27)

4. Faith as the Mother of Confession (00:16:16)

5. When Fear Trumps Faith (00:21:02)

6. Implications for All Christians (00:23:23)

7. Christianity Must Always Be Public (00:24:33)