A spoonful of sugar won’t make the gospel go easier
There are few things I genuinely loathe in this world: Boy bands. Dora the Explorer. Clowns. And sugarcoated gospel messages. Okay,
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Evangelism
We can work and we can wait, for Christ will reveal all in the end
Yesterday, I was reading an overall excellent book on disciple-making and orienting churches around being “sent”—that is, building a culture that helps everyone
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Why do you keep asking me that?!?
Last night, I helped out as a table leader for a course we’re running at our church, and one person
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Your story is worth sharing, even if people don’t take it seriously
My wife’s used to not having her story taken seriously. For years, whenever she or both of us have told
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You know God’s going to answer this prayer, right?
A few years ago, just before Christmas, we had a very nice Jehovah’s Witness couple with poor English skills come
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Idolatry is dumb. Jesus is not
Though the word is more-or-less out of style, unless you’re counting reality TV shows that are also increasingly going out
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A key point we miss in defending the faith
One of the classic texts for apologetics is 1 Peter 3:15, where we read that we should always be “prepared
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The world needs strange Christians, not relevant ones
One of the things we Christians tend to make fun of ourselves over is our desire be culturally relevant—to be
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Don’t ask me to do you harm
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been told, “You can believe whatever you want, as long as
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How helpful is the Christian confessional?
He walked across the stage toward the microphone, the room was more crowded than he’d expected. All eyes were fixed on him.
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God’s plans are good (even when we don’t like them)
There’s a verse that’s in every Christian household or office space (and not just because it’s in our Bibles). Maybe it’s
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