About this episode

Br. James Koester challenges Christians to loudly proclaim a gospel of love and reconciliation in a world filled with messages of vengeance.

The day of quiet, polite, discrete evangelism is over. Our gospel, the gospel of Jesus’ love, needs to be shouted louder than the gospel of vengeance. Using the two-tradition story of St. Stephen's martyrdom, Br. James Koester challenges Christians to move beyond "polite" faith and loudly proclaim a gospel of love and reconciliation in a world increasingly filled with messages of vengeance.

People in this episode

Guest: Br. James Koester

Topics covered

• evangelism
• gospel of love
• martyrdom
• Christian faith
• reconciliation
• vengeance

Keywords

• evangelism
• gospel
• love
• reconciliation
• St. Stephen
• Christianity
• martyrdom

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: St. Stephen's martyrdom

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