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In this week’s episode of Faith On Campus we hear from Jacinta Patterson, a 2nd year Ministry Apprentice at UWA in Perth. Earlier this year she shared this story at a commissioning service attended by many supporters of AFES ministry, and I was really encouraged by it, so I wanted to share it with you too!
Jacinta shares about an evangelistic opportunity she had at the end of last year with one of our students, Eh Kreet. They met someone on campus from a non-Christian background named Marta, and asked her if she’d be interested in reading one of the biographies of Jesus with them (Mark’s Gospel):
“We asked her if she would like to catch up with us and read an account of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for herself as an adult. She responded that she didn’t think the Bible was a reliable document. In God’s sovereign kindness, earlier that morning I had sent my housemates a graphic on the reliability of the New Testament, which I quickly pulled out and showed Marta. After looking at it she said, “Okay, I’ll have look at that with you!”
After one session of looking at the Bible for herself, she wanted more and actually asked them if they’d be happy to keep reading the Bible with her. As they continued through the nine sessions reading through Marks’ Gospel, there were lots of great opportunities. This is one of my favourite quotes from Jacinta:
“She was really engaged and impressed by Jesus. At one point I showed her Isaiah 53, and she exclaimed, “How did the Jews not recognise Jesus?!” I asked her, “But you do – so what are you going to do about it?”
Have a listen to see how things went, and please join us in praying!
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Missed recent episode of Faith On Campus? You can check out this page to hear episodes from Season 1, or check out other episodes from Season 2 here:
- S2E1: Is This A Cult? (Michelle McLeod)
- S2E2: Kickstart (Sarah Hunter)
- S2E3: Death, Suffering, and Pancakes (Lachlan Batley)
- S2E4: Looking For God Through Drugs (Mystery Steve)
- S2E5: Facing Coronavirus As A Christian
- S2E6: Is Christianity Just An Emotional Crutch? (Shaun Liew)
- S2E7: God At Work At JCU (Lucy)