Talk about the topic of the exercise

1. What are the benefits of believing in Jesus?

2. Why not worship ancestors if you believe in Jesus?

3. Wasn’t Jesus a Jew? Wasn’t he also a man? Why could he save people?

4. Why does your church hold services on Saturday?

5. Why is your prayer different from other churches?

6. Why don't you celebrate Christmas?

7. Why don't you eat food worshipped to idols? 

8. Why are there so many different churches in Christianity?

9. Can I be saved if I believe in Jesus in other churches?

10. What is the difference between Christianity and Catholicism?

11. Why do you have to be baptized to believe in Jesus?

12. Why does your church carry babies to the river/sea to be baptized?

13. Why does your church need to hold a foot-washing ceremony?

14. What is Holy Communion? Can we eat it too?

15. What is the Holy Spirit? What does it mean to receive the Holy Spirit?

16. What is the difference between your Holy Spirit and the spirit of a sorcerer?

17. If you live according to your conscience, do not break the law, do not do bad things, will you not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven in the future?

18. What should I do to enter the kingdom of heaven in the future?

19. I heard that you believers don’t smoke, drink or gamble. Life is so restrictive, what fun is there in life?

20. Your church has things like healing the sick and casting out demons, but other religions do it too. Is there any difference?

Targets of our Gospel Preaching: How to Preach to them

1. People who feel empty

   1. Joys of the world are not true joy (Ecclesiastes 2:10-11, 1:9)

   2. The promise of an abundant life (John 10:9-10)

   3. The true joy found in the abidance of the Holy Spirit (John 16:22-24)

   4. The Holy Spirit’s intercessory prayer for the weak (Romans 8:26-27)

2. To optimistic youths

   1. Youths have a great future lying ahead of them (Proverbs 20:29; Ecclesiastes 11:9-10)

   2. The true value of life in comparison to the world (Matthew 16:26)

   3. Things that man ought to think about in life (Genesis 1:27, 2:7; Ecclesiastes 7:2-4)

   4. To have eternal life in Jesus (John 6:26-68, 10:27-28)

3. Atheists

   1. To prove the existence of God from creation (Romans 1:20; Hebrews 3:4)

   2. To be able to differentiate good and evil with the help of conscience (Proverbs 20:27, 9:10)

   3. To naturally seek help from God when there are no other way out (Psalm 46:1, 25:12)

   4. To know God after receiving the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:17-19; 1 Corinthians 2:10-12)

4. To people who worships many gods

   1. It is good to have reverence for God (Acts 17:22-23)

   2. The true God is the God who created the heavens and the earth (Acts 17:24-31; Romans 1;25)

   3. To worship the true God with the heart (John 4:24; 1 Samuel 16:7)

   4. God grants the Holy Spirit as a form of proof (1 John 3:24; Gal 4:6-7)

5. To those who practice ancestral worship

   1. It is good to have filial piety (Genesis 50:22-26; Leviticus 19:32)

   2. The deceased cannot come back to life (2 Samuel 12:23; Proverbs 23:22; Ephesians 6:1-3)

   3. To remember the source of our origin-God (Genesis 1:27, 2:7; Ecclesiastes 12:7, 13)

   4. To worship our heavenly father is to worship our true source of origin (Luke 3:38; Acts 17:26-29)

6. To those who had already believe in Jesus

   1. To have hope in Jesus (Ephesians 2:11-13)

   2. Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? (Romans 8:9; Acts 19:1-7)

   3. The true church with the abidance of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14, 23; James 2:26)

   4. To personally experience the grace of God (Acts 2:1-4, 13, 15, 32-33)

7. To those who are busy in life

   1. To praise them for being able to find satisfaction in his work (Ecclesiastes 3:13)

   2. What hope does he have in being busy day and night (Psalm 39:4-7; Ecclesiastes 2:22-23)

   3. Empty we came into the world and we will leave the world likewise (1 Timothy 6:7; Ecclesiastes 5:15)

   4. We ought to seek for the blessings of eternal life (Matthew 16:26; John 5:39)

8. To those who are sick

   1. There are many sufferings in life (Job 5:6-7, 14:1; Ecclesiastes 1:12-13)

   2. It is very hard to bear with physical illness (Job 7:4-6; Isaiah 53:4-6)

   3. To have peace in knowing the true God (Mark 16:17-18; Psalm 34:8-10)

   4. To seek for eternal life- the true blessing (Job 22:21; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

9. To those who are determined in doing good

   1. Better a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city (Ecclesiastes 7:20; Proverbs 16:32)

   2. We ourselves are our greatest enemy (Romans 7:15-17; John 8:34-36)

   3. The wages of sin is death (Luke 5:32; Timothy 1:15-16; Romans 6:23)

   4. To rely on the Holy Spirit to overcome sin (Romans 7:18-25, 8:6; 2Th 2:13; Heb 4:15-16)

10. To those who are proud and self-righteous

    1. It is good to have a tight rein on our speech and conduct (1 Peter 3:10-12; Psalm 143:1-2)

    2. The scripture declares that all man have sin (Galatians 3:22; 2 Timothy 3:15)

    3. Men are saved not by their works (Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; Psalm 8:3-4; Proverbs 22:4)

    4. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3; 1 Peter 5:6; Acts 2:37-38)

11. Those in search of “The Pervasive Truth”

    1. The wisdom of salvation can be found in the bible (2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 6:63)

    2. Our savior Jesus is the way (John 14:6; Matt 17:13-14)

    3. The Holy spirit guides us to understand the truth (John 16:13)

    4. The path to everlasting life is in Jesus (John 6:47, 63; 14:1-4; Romans 2:6-7)

12. To those who are old

    1. Our lives are filled with bitterness and toil (Psalm 90:10, 12)

    2. Life is liken to a dream and is only temporal (1 Peter 1:24-25, 2:11)

    3. Our soul’s home in heaven (Hebrews 10:13-16; John 14:1-3)

    4. Jesus can give us eternal joy and blessings (John 14:6; Philippians 1:21-23, 3:7-8)

Sample Case Studies for Practicum 

1. A university student: grew up in a Presbyterian background, has a father that is the elder in the Presbyterian church, has good character and his whole family is deemed to be zealous believers. He himself is a reverent and God loving man, and a choir member in his church’s youth choir.

2. High School student: he is not that diligent in his school studies, doesn’t have any concepts on religion, the father is always busy gambling, he could not find warmth in the family, there is emptiness in his heart, he always smokes, watch movies, shops, and loiter in the cafeteria with his classmates, and he likes to befriend those of the opposite sex.

3. A soldier by profession: physically fit, loyal to his country, doesn’t believe in the existence of God, self-righteous, able to adept easily to all circumstances, unmarried, does not have strong family concepts, and thinks that death is the end to all things.

4. An accountant (female) : young and beautiful, good with calculation, a person who greatly values money, dreams of becoming wealthy and rich, enjoys luxurious life, hopes to marry a rich business man, thinks that it’s fine to be in any religion as she would be of the same faith as the husband after she marries.

5. A factory worker (female): a graduate from secondary school, unmarried, parents think that worshipping more gods will bring more peace, other than having mortuary tablets of their ancestors, there are 3 other different idols at her home. Although her parents fervently worship the idols, she does not have the interest in worshiping the idols. She is interested in music, singing, vacations and folk dance.

6. Unemployed youth: loves to feast, drink, gamble, dance, and befriend bad companies, does not have self-control in life. Was fired many times due to violating regulations, wants to turn over a new leaf but can’t find the strength to do so.

7. An exemplary secondary student: interested in learning, short sighted, would spend the whole day studying, obeys school regulations, house rules, quiet and of few words, plans to fulfill his dreams of studying a course that is of great demand in Taiwan university. Other than studying, he had no other wants or interests in life.