Beyond Provocation: Is Your Gospel Invitation Powerful Enough?
An expository sermon on Acts 17 that effectively models Paul's apologetic method. The pastor rightly calls the church to be provoked by cultural idols and to engage the lost without assimilation or withdrawal. The sermon's strength in exegesis is weakened by a final invitation that relies on the language of Decisionism ('start a relationship'), obscuring the monergistic work of the Holy Spirit in salvation. While the core doctrine is orthodox, this weakness at the point of application prevents the sermon from realizing its full spiritual power.
