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Category Archives: Evangelism
Seven means for Christian witness
There is more than one way to be a witness for Christ. Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Disciple-making, Evangelism, Witness
Tagged Apologetics, Evangelism, how to witness for christ, witness for Jesus
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Social Justice and the Church
If we live in a political system that allows us to sit at the table to seek the good that leads to laws and policies, we should not neglect such an opportunity and privilege. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church and State, Church Leadership, Common Good, Common grace, Community, Emerging Leaders, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Justice, Leadership, Politics, Wisdom, Witness
Tagged Christian influence, christians in the public square, Common Grace, political activism, Politicians, Politics, social justice
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Unbelief – understood in five ways
Why do people refuse to believe in God? Continue reading
Two kinds of knowledge
It’s helpful to distinguish two levels of knowledge from and about God. Continue reading
I am not a believer…
We can find five ways that Scripture explains unbelief. Continue reading
Posted in Agnostic, Apologetics, Belief, Evangelism, Unbelief
Tagged agnostics, athiests, believe, Christianity, Unbelief, why people don't believe
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God’s dispositional will
This dimension of God’s will reveals that God is not inwardly disposed to or delighted by… Continue reading
God’s actions and our responses
Deep and urgent matters that must be talked about and taught the way Scripture reveals them. Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Evangelism, God as Potter, God's control, God's Heart, God's Will, Questioning God, Salvation, Seeking God, Sovereignty, Study of God, Will of God, Wisdom, Witness
Tagged God's control and man's respoense, how to talk about God's sovereignty, Human responsibility and God's sovereignty
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Meet the citizens of heaven
It might surprise some to meet the true citizens of heaven. Many religious leaders “shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (Matthew 23:13). Jesus said of them, “You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. ….You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are” (Matthew 23:14-15). Jesus said to these religious leaders, “religious leaders “shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (Matthew 23:13). Jesus said, “You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. …Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you” (Matthew 21:31). Continue reading
Posted in Afraid to die, Afterlife, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Blessed by God, Born again?, Christian worldview, Christianity, Cliches, Comfort, Cross of Christ, Cross of Jesus, Crucifixion, Death of Christ, Depravity, Disciple-making, Elentics, Eternal life, Eternal security, Evangelism, Faith, Fear of death, God's Heart, God's Love, Godly sorrow, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, Greatness, Heaven, Human depravity, Humility, Jesus Christ, Justification, Legalism, Main problem, Matthew 7:1-6, Meekness, New Creation, Pharisees, Poor in spirit, Proud, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Religion, Religion-not the answer, Repentance, Salvation, Searching, Security of salvation, Seeker Services, Seeking God, Selfishness, Sin, Spiritual inventory, Teaching of Jesus, The cross of Christ, Unbelief, Walking with God, Witness, Worldly sorrow
Tagged How to know if you're going to heaven, Religion-not the answer, Who will be in heaven?
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A painful and humbling truth
A painful and humbling truth we must hear… Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Church growth, Church Leadership, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Market-Driven Churches, Mega Church, Salvation, Seeker Services, Seeking God, Wisdom, Witness, Younger Evangelicals
Tagged Gospel, Gospel outreach, Market-Driven Churches, people don't want God, Seeker services, Truth from God
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Do you understand common grace?
How do we remain serious about lines between belief and unbelief (between those who live in the boundaries of saving grace and those who do not), while at the same time showing active appreciation for all that is good, beautiful and outside of those boundaries? Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Church Leadership, Common Good, Common grace, Communication, Community, Culture, Culture of Honor, elders in the Church, Emergent Church, Emerging Leaders, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Leadership, Local Church, Pastors, Reformed Theology, Walking with God, Wisdom, Witness, Younger Evangelicals
Tagged christianity and the world, Common Grace, evangelism and social concern, General Revelation, seeking the common good, social action in the church
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