CrossTalk: Where Life and Scripture Meet

Written byMike Emlet

CrossTalk is an antidote to “Take Two Verses and Call Me in the Morning.”

Your friend just left his wife. You catch your child posting something inappropriate on the Internet. Someone in your small group is depressed. A relative was just diagnosed with an incurable disease. When those you know and love experience trouble, you don’t want to hand out pat answers or religious platitudes. Instead, you want to offer real hope and help from God’s Word. You know it’s true, but how does an ancient book, written thousands of years ago, connect with our twenty-first century problems?

In CrossTalk: Where Life and Scripture Meet, Mike gives you the tools to connect the Bible to your life and to the lives of your family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. You will learn to understand people and God’s Word in ways that promote gospel-centered, rich conversations that help you and those you know grow in love for God and others. This book will make the whole Bible come alive to you. Instead of platitudes, you can offer a cup of living water to those who are struggling in this broken world.

Book Details

196 Pages
Publisher: New Growth Press
Publication Year: 2009

Contents

Chapter 1 – Connecting the Bible to Life
Chapter 2 – What the Bible Is Not (Primarily)
Chapter 3 – What the Bible Is
Chapter 4 – Implications for Reading and Using the Bible
Chapter 5 – What’s Your Story?
Chapter 6 – Connecting the Stories
Chapter 7 – An In-Depth Look at the Model
Chapter 8 – Introducing Tom and Natalie
Chapter 9 – Tom, Natalie, and the Old Testament
Chapter 10 – Tom, Natalie, and the New Testament
Chapter 11 – Niagara Falls or a Cup of Cold Water in Jesus’ Name?