How Does the Church Reach the World?
We like things big. It’s the American way—big events, big crowds, big numbers. To us, big equals successful. A chief goal is to achieve size. If it’s big, it’s good;…
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Evangelism
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Two Assumptions As We Navigate Sharing the Gospel
The previous post centered on how we must be careful to not wrongly emphasize eternal life in our evangelism to the point that we make Christ a mere means instead…
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A Possible Blockade on the Romans Road
Many of us are familiar with the Romans Road style of evangelism, as displayed here. With supporting Bible verses, this evangelistic technique attempts to show a way to receive the…
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How Do We Stand for Truth and Still Be Respected?
Calling down plagues, dethroning Egyptian ‘gods,’ facing up to Pharaoh, ruining their cities—and yet, respected. So was Moses in Egypt. We know about his staff, his declarations to Pharaoh, his God. But the Bible also says, “Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people” (Exodus 11:3, NIV)…
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Yes, We Need Boldness, but Also Clarity
We need boldness to speak the gospel of Jesus Christ—a certain willingness, confidence, courage, and strength. Without such, we will shrink back from fear. The apostles prayed for boldness: “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness” (Acts 4:29). Paul inquired his churches to pray “that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19). The mystery was that it was always about Christ; specifically, the mystery was that in Christ both all peoples have access to God—both Jews and Gentiles. Proclaiming such a ‘mystery’ took boldness. It required valor…
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Why Did Jesus Rise? 4 Reasons for the Resurrection
In history, three days after he died on the cross, Jesus of Nazareth rose from his grave. We must stress the historical fact that this truly did happen, just as with his life and his cross. If you could go back around 2,000 years, you could watch Jesus of Nazareth die on a Roman cross and you could see him on Sunday alive again…
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Pray for the World: Africa (countries N-Z)
This is the second post in a collection of posts which are simply notes of my recent prayers in the morning as I have been praying for specific countries. If you’d like to read more about this, read my first introductory post to the series here. I write this mainly for my own records, but also so that others may join as we lift up these countries—because prayer really changes things, even if we don’t see how…
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Pray for the World: Africa (countries A-M)
This series of posts is simply notes of my recent prayers in the morning as I have been praying for specific countries. I write this mainly for myself and my own records (which is the reason for much on this site), but if someone else reads this and decides to pray for these countries, then that will truly be a great thing that would literally change the world. I believe, because Jesus clearly taught it, that prayer is very powerful. Even if I have no idea of any individual in these countries, and even if my prayers seem too vague, or big, or it seems overwhelming, I know that God reigns on the throne and prayer moves his hand…
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