{"id":5075,"date":"2014-03-07T10:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5075"},"modified":"2014-03-07T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:28:10","slug":"beer-mat-apologetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/beer-mat-apologetics\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Mat Apologetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Demolition Squad seminar from <a title=\"CVM: The Gathering\" href=\"http:\/\/cvm.org.uk\/thegathering\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gathering<\/a> &#8211; 2013.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/75411235?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" height=\"318\" width=\"565\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/75411235\">tg13: Demolition Squad seminar<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/cvmmedia\">CVM<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>5 Principles of Sharing Your Faith<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Beer Mat Apologetics<\/strong>\u00a0is the stuff we do with our friends, in the pub, when we&#8217;re talking about Jesus. Yes, every man is an expert, and yes, we all have opinions about everything.<\/p>\n<p>Into this arena we want to present Jesus well. Christianity &#8211; as a faith &#8211; makes sense emotionally and rationally and we can communicate it on both of these levels.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the blog post &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/beer-mat-apologetics-five-principles-of-sharing-our-faith\/\">Beer Mat Apologetics: Five Principles of Sharing our Faith<\/a>&#8216; for five principles to help you share your faith more effectively with your friends, family, and colleagues.<\/p>\n<h3>The Gathering 2014<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cvm.org.uk\/thegathering\/\"><img class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"The Gathering 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cvm.org.uk\/assets\/html_editor\/tg14-header-685x150.jpg?w=560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bookings are now open for <a href=\"http:\/\/cvm.org.uk\/thegathering\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gathering 2014<\/a>. It&#8217;s bigger and better than last year and features great speakers and lots of fun!<\/p>\n<p>Mark the 20-22 June on your calendar and invite your friends. It&#8217;s going to be great!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/beer-mat-apologetics\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Demolition Squad seminar from The Gathering &#8211; 2013. tg13: Demolition Squad seminar from CVM on Vimeo. 5 Principles of Sharing Your Faith Beer Mat Apologetics\u00a0is the stuff we do with our friends, in the pub, when we&#8217;re talking about Jesus. Yes, every man is an expert, and yes, we all have opinions about everything. 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