Further 11 · after the twelve weeks
The only way
What about those who never heard — and why only Jesus?
Week 12 sends you out. This page faces the moral protest against exclusivity after the case has been made.
See it
Slide decks and infographics that belong with this page.
What the book puts on the table
- John 14:6 is a claim about a Person, not a slogan about a club.
- The unevangelized are God’s concern before they are our puzzle. He is not less just than we are.
- Inclusivism still needs the cross. Pluralism needs the cross to be optional.
- The missionary impulse is mercy, not arrogance: if this is true, silence is unkind.
Say this
I do not hold John 14:6 as a weapon. I hold it as a door — and I would rather look unfashionable than leave someone standing outside it.
If they say…
“A good God would not make salvation geographically accidental.”
That is a real ache. It is not a disproof. It is a reason to speak, and a reason to trust the Judge of all the earth to do right.
Scripture
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”
“There is salvation in no one else.”
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
After this week
Tonight · about an hour
Host this session
Open · 5 min
Read the question out loud: “What about those who never heard — and why only Jesus?” No speeches yet.
Look · 15 min
One person reads the thesis and the points. Everyone else watches for the sentence they do not yet believe.
Talk · 25 min
- John 14:6 is a claim about a Person, not a slogan about a club.
- The unevangelized are God’s concern before they are our puzzle. He is not less just than we are.
- Inclusivism still needs the cross. Pluralism needs the cross to be optional.
Speak · 10 min
Use the line in “Say this” above. Once as written. Once in your own mouth.
Send · 5 min
Each person names one conversation this week where they will try a question instead of a speech.