Someone Has To Go! - Kent Thompson | 03 May 2026
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- 16 hours ago
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See Bible Study below.
In this gathering, we hear from Kent that before you were anything — a leader, father, mother, a preacher, a worker — you were first a Son, and that identity changes everything about how you serve.
Drawing from Paul's final letter to Timothy, Kent unpacks what it means to "do the work of the evangelist" — not as a job title, however, as a way of life that keeps the mission central and the gospel moving.
Like a catalyst in fibreglassing resin, that 3% of evangelistic intent is what makes everything else in your ministry actually set and hold. Kent challenges us to stop being hired hands who run when it gets hard, and start being Sons who stay, own the mission, and carry truth into the culture around them — because people can't believe unless they hear, and they won't hear unless we go and speak. Note: The use of Son in this context is not gendger specific. Son refers to the position, posture, and behaviour of a person within the Kingdom. While this is a simpilistic take on it. The study of this subject revels so much more.
Bible Study
Title: Someone Has To Go!
Key Passage: 2 Timothy 4:2-5 — NIV
"Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry."
Context: Paul is writing his final letter from prison, facing death, to Timothy — a young pastor leading a church in Ephesus that's being pulled off course by potential compromise and corrupt teaching. His charge isn't soft. He's calling Timothy to stay on mission when everything around him is drifting.
Discussion Questions:
Kent opened with a photo of his family and a story about a difficult neighbour — what's the connection between being known as a real person and being trusted with the gospel?
Paul tells Timothy to "do the work of the evangelist" — even though Timothy is a pastor, Paul encourages Timothy to do the work of an evangelist. What do you think the difference is between having a title and doing the work?
Kent used the image of a catalyst — 3% that makes the other 97% set and hold. Where in your own life has a small act of faith or obedience unlocked something much bigger?
"Sons don't serve out of obligation — they move with ownership." What would it look like this week for you to show up to your relationships, your workplace, or your community as a 'Son' rather than a hired hand?
Application: Evangelism isn't a programme or a personality type — it's the ongoing posture of someone who knows who they are and who they belong to. This week, whether it's a workplace conversation, a neighbourhood connection, or simply being willing to ask "do you have a faith?" — lean into the 3%. The catalyst doesn't need to be dramatic. It just needs to be present.
Takeaway Thoughts: - When you evangelise, you catalyse. That 3% is what makes everything else worth it.
- The mission doesn't pause when it's painful. Truth doesn't change when people stop wanting it.
- A hired hand runs when it gets hard. A Son stays when it costs — because they know the value in it.
- People can't believe unless they hear. They won't hear unless we go and speak. That someone is you.
Further Reading: 2 Timothy 4:2-5 · 2 Timothy 1:2 · Ephesians 4 · Ephesians 2:5 · Romans 10:14 · Matthew 28 · 2 Corinthians 5
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