<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
		xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
>

<channel>
	<title>Ben Birdsong &#187; Evangelism</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/category/evangelism/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com</link>
	<description>Meanderings About Life, Youth Ministry, and Following King Jesus</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:58:28 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
	<copyright>2008 </copyright>
	<managingEditor>ben@weareawestruck.com (Awestruck Ministries/Ben Birdsong)</managingEditor>
	<webMaster>ben@weareawestruck.com (Awestruck Ministries/Ben Birdsong)</webMaster>
	<category>Awestruck Ministries, Ben Birdsong. Awestruck Band, preaching, teaching, students, worship, gospel</category>
	<ttl>1440</ttl>
	<image>
		<url>http://www.benbirdsong.com/wp-content/uploads/AM-Button-PC.jpg</url>
		<title>Ben Birdsong</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com</link>
		<width>144</width>
		<height>144</height>
	</image>
	<itunes:subtitle>Awestruck Ministries Podcast features the teaching and preaching of Ben Birdsong and also contains other contributions from Awestruck Band and other members of the Awestruck Ministry team.  Awestruck Ministries exists to make famous the name of Jesu[...]</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:summary>The Awestruck Ministries Podcast features the teaching and preaching of Ben Birdsong and also contains other contributions from Awestruck Band and other members of the Awestruck Ministry team.  Awestruck Ministries exists to make famous the name of Jesus Christ as the crucified, risen, and exalted Savior through music and the teaching of the Word in order that people can catch a glimpse of Christ and be awestruck by a small taste of His glory. For more information about Awestruck Ministries, visit us online at http://www.weareawestruck.com</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:keywords>Awestruck Ministries, Ben Birdsong. Awestruck Band, preaching, teaching, students, worship, gospel</itunes:keywords>
	<itunes:category text="Religion &#38; Spirituality" />
	<itunes:category text="Religion &#38; Spirituality">
		<itunes:category text="Christianity" />
	</itunes:category>
	<itunes:author>Awestruck Ministries/Ben Birdsong</itunes:author>
	<itunes:owner>
		<itunes:name>Awestruck Ministries/Ben Birdsong</itunes:name>
		<itunes:email>ben@weareawestruck.com</itunes:email>
	</itunes:owner>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:image href="http://www.benbirdsong.com/wp-content/uploads/Awestruck-Logo--PC.jpg" />
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Why God Won&#8217;t Go Away: Is The New Atheism Running on Empty</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/897</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/897#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God Delusion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Why God Won&#8217;t Go Away: Is The New Atheism Running on Empty, Dr. Alister E. McGrath presents a provocative book about the fall of the New Atheism empire.  McGrath does an effective job of presenting the differences between the New Atheism and classical Atheism, the foundations of the New Atheism, and the conflicts within [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/897/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Churched: One Kid&#8217;s Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess by Matthew Paul Turner</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/839</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/839#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Churched: One Kid’s Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess, Matthew Paul Turner presents a tragic memoir of what happens when churches fail to practice the gospel.  The book is the story of his childhood in church, which he described as fundamentalist. In these fundamentalist churches, every thing took a fundamental place except for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/839/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Out Live Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/724</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/724#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Out Live Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference, Max Lucado presents a book to challenge the church to minister to the least of these.  This book is a narrative-driven commentary on the ministry of the early church to hurting people throughout the book of Acts.  Lucado does an excellent job of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/724/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Billy Graham: His Life and Influence</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/689</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/689#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Aikman&#8217;s book Billy Graham: His Life and Influence was a very interesting biography of the famous evangelist.  Aikman has an interesting writing style that comes from his experience working as a reporter for Time magazine.  The book focuses strongly on Billy Graham&#8217;s development with regards to the issues of race, communism, and theology itself.  [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/689/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Light in the Darkness</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/683</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/683#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About this time last May, I was on a plane headed to East Asia to serve the Lord doing mission work.  One of the towns that we were in was a large city that had little knowledge of the gospel.  One day, we went to a model display of the city to pray that God [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/683/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Double Obligation of the Gospel</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/631</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/631#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>
<category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having recently returned from a mission trip to East Asia, I was really struck by the following devotional that I read last night from Dr. Calvin Miller&#8217;s Conversations with Jesus.  I hope that this will be encouraging to you as you seek to share your faith with others both on mission trips and in day [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/631/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Review: Contend: A Survey of Christian Apologetics on a High School Level</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/620</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/620#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
<category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category><category></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Contend: A Survey of Christian Apologetics on a High School Level, Jason Dollar and Bradley Pinkerton lay out an excellent introduction to the study of Christian apologetics.  This book focuses on placing the study of apologetics centered first and foremost on the glory of God and secondly driving the focus of apologetics to be [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/620/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Brands of Christianity: A Faith of Following Jesus Completely</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/372</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/372#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
<category>brand</category><category>branding</category><category>brother in christ</category><category>christians</category><category>jesus christ</category><category>persecution</category><category>perseverance</category><category>priorities</category><category>sacrifice</category><category>voice of the martyrs</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we have seen four different misplaced priorities that can creep into the lives of Christians and cause them to project a brand and image of Christianity that is clearly unbiblical and is not Christ centered.  Today, I want to share a story of a brother in Christ who was willing to live His [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/372/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Brands of Christianity: Philosophy-Driven Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/368</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/368#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
<category>academic knowledge</category><category>academic pursuit</category><category>academic studies</category><category>bible</category><category>brand</category><category>branding</category><category>christians</category><category>jesus christ</category><category>philosophy</category><category>relationship</category><category>reverence</category><category>savior</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth and final misplaced priority of Christians that can reflect negatively on the image and brand of Christianity is philosophy-driven Christians.  Philosophy-driven Christians are people who ascribe to Christianity is merely an academic pursuit.  They see Christianity as a great philosophy to be observed, studied, and debated.  It is not a bad thing to study [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/368/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Brands of Christianity: Cultural Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/366</link>
		<comments>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/366#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
<category>benefit</category><category>brand</category><category>branding</category><category>christians</category><category>christian holidays</category><category>christmas</category><category>church attendance</category><category>conversations</category><category>cultural</category><category>cultural christians</category><category>faith</category><category>impostors</category><category>knowing jesus</category><category>priorities</category><category>relationship</category><category>religious affiliation</category><category>true christianity</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbirdsong.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The third false priorities of Christians that reflect negatively on the image and brand of Christianity are cultural Christians.  Cultural Christians are very similar to the legalistic Christians that we looked at yesterday in only one point.  Both the cultural Christians and the legalistic Christians have never embraced Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and become Christians. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/366/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

