Comments on: Philip and the Ethiopian http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2005/09/27/philip-and-the-ethipoian/ Thoughts from Australian cartoonist and pastor, Matt Glover Fri, 18 May 2012 00:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: J Jones http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2005/09/27/philip-and-the-ethipoian/#comment-20 J Jones Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/?p=13#comment-20 Good that the sermon related well to the Scripture reading Good that the sermon related well to the Scripture reading

]]> By: The Chief http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2005/09/27/philip-and-the-ethipoian/#comment-18 The Chief Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:56:06 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/?p=13#comment-18 I think Matt captured the essence of the message really well - must have been awake and taking notes! I mentioned during the sermon about my experiences in recent years as chaplain with the Melbourne Storm (NRL team) and how when you enter into other peoples 'world' with genuine concern and a desire to listen and undersatnd, it often gives you an opportunity to invite them to 'visit' your world, to see things from another perspective, a kingdom view. To often I've seen well-intentioned evengelistic efforts from Christians backfire because of their inability or unwillingess to first listen and understand... What do you think? I think Matt captured the essence of the message really well - must have been awake and taking notes!

I mentioned during the sermon about my experiences in recent years as chaplain with the Melbourne Storm (NRL team) and how when you enter into other peoples ‘world’ with genuine concern and a desire to listen and undersatnd, it often gives you an opportunity to invite them to ‘visit’ your world, to see things from another perspective, a kingdom view. To often I’ve seen well-intentioned evengelistic efforts from Christians backfire because of their inability or unwillingess to first listen and understand… What do you think?

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