Opportunities to share the gospel abound if one is looking. In every situation with nonbelievers, ask yourself what about our immediate context and conversation points to God. Then be brave and steer your conversation to the cross.
The End of Cultural Christianity?
To be American was to be a Christian. Whether a person actually trusted in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins and regardless if they followed his teachings, living in America meant you were a Christian. Is was part of our culture. It was part of our national identity. This was both good and bad.
Working All Day and Getting Nothing Done: Revisiting the "Tyranny of the Urgent"
There is always work to be done. There is always a pressing need. And we easily and readily neglect the important for the urgent. And in doing so, we finish tasks while never truly accomplishing anything. Looking to God’s word and seeking wisdom, here are but two things to help us in this tension...
How to Leverage Moral Outrage for the Gospel
How To Cultivate A Love For Knowledge In The Church
The value of knowledge cannot be grasped through a lecture. It must come through a relationship. When one sees how the pursuit of knowledge has changed you for the better, they will desire it for themselves. But when your knowledge is used to elevate yourself as you berate the ignorant, people will despise you and run into emotionalism.
Christianity is not a sitting religion
Finding Rest
How many of you feel rested right now? Or, how many of you would describe your general state of being as one who sits on pins and needles? In life and ministry in particular, I find more and more that I have a burden to go and do and never feel as though I get anything done. Rest does not dominate my life. Can any of you relate?
3 Ways To Resolve Conflict in Ministry
Apologists, Please Don't Forget The Gospel
The Apologist's Secret Weapon
You don’t know everything. Nobody knows everything. Not even your condescending, skeptical coworker or classmate who has made you feel intellectually inferior for believing in God. So fear not. A lack of knowledge puts you in the same boat as everyone else. We all have our limitations. It is good and comforting to know this.
Why 99 out of 10 Millennials Leave The Church
As the scintillating Richard G. Howe says, “three out of two people are bad at fractions.” Fewer, I imagine, are good at statistics. Statistics are useful and powerful in telling a story but are often misleading. In fact, statistics can be used to tell any story you want depending on how the questions are asked and the findings presented. And so goes it with the mass exodus of young adults leaving the church. We want to know why. Polls then are taken, findings are presented, and the blogopshere runs wild with them. Thus we find our social media filled with articles telling us the five reasons millennials have forsaken God. And this is fine. Do not misunderstand my point here. I only want to add one thought to this discussion, and it is this. People never give you the real reason they leave church.
Driscoll and Acts 29: A Flashlight For Your Own Soul
The church is quick to lift up a man and follow him. And this perhaps more than anything else grieves me. It makes me sick to see a movement ride the coat tales of a powerful speaker only to toss him aside when his public presence is not furthering their agenda. The public nature of this is hideous. It is as bad as any sex scandal within the church. And it should cause us all to consider the ramifications of Christian stardom.