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Workshop:  Head or Heart -  
Communicating the Gospel
in an Emotionally Driven Culture  
- Dr Mike Blackaby

Workshop Description
This workshop covers some of the territory from the book "Straight to the Heart - Communicating the Gospel in an Emotionally Driven Culture" by Daniel Blackaby & Mike Blackaby.

From the book...  Our approach to apologetics needs to change when the very idea of “truth” is controversial. But as authors Daniel Blackaby and Mike Blackaby teach us, we can still reach people if we understand what they value most.
     This practical guide to our current landscape explores five effective communication pathways:

• Story: As people wired for narrative, we can speak through the stories we live and tell.
• Beauty: In an increasingly industrialized world, we can point people to “pockets of beauty” that reveal the attractiveness of God.
• Art: In a society that celebrates the arts, we can cultivate creativity in the church, then send artists out as cultural missionaries. 
• Desire: To a people motivated by love, identity, and purpose, we can show how Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of our deepest longings.
• Community: As relational creatures where connectivity is disappearing, we can offer a community of unified diversity.

Culture may be in flux, but God’s Word remains true. Straight to the Heart  helps us speak to the passions that drive our culture without compromising the life-changing truth of the gospel.

Presenter:
Dr Mike Blackaby  
       Author & Speaker, Blackaby Ministries International 



About Mike:
Mike is Henry Blackaby's oldest grandson. He currently serves as a church planter in Victoria, BC, Canada, where he lives with his wife, Sarah, and their three sons. He holds a Ph.D. in apologetics from Southern Seminary. He has co-authored two books for young adults: "When Worlds Collide: Stepping up and Standing Out in an anti-God Culture" and "Seven Steps to Knowing, Doing and Experiencing the Will of God." Mike speaks on apologetics, experiencing God, and reaching the next generation for Christ.
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Ministry: Blackaby Ministries International
Ministry Website: https://blackabystore.org/
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