What Hath the Gospel to do with Politics?
The Answer: Absolutely Everything. You all knew it was coming sooner or later — something on politics and voting from the senior pastor. Contrary to some opinions, who we are
Take the Gospel of Christ to the Community
Beginning in April, there will be an important change in our GRACE outreach ministry. This evangelism ministry has been in place since 2007 and has served our community and our […]
Is “Knocking on Doors” a Good Method of Evangelism?
I would argue that the best method of evangelism is what we might call “integrated evangelism,” which involves living like Christ and speaking of Christ at the baseball fields, in […]
KILLED BY PIRATES; WHAT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO WORLD UNREST?
Last year, just after disembarking from a particular boat ride at Walt Disney World, my then 7 year old son John David asked me, “Daddy, there aren’t really any pirates, […]
HOW TO INITIATE EVANGELISTIC CONVERSATIONS THIS CHRISTMAS
We are now down to the last few days before we celebrate Christmas. We have had a couple very fruitful Sundays where we have been able to turn our hearts […]
GOOD CHALLENGES from the Great Commission Resurgence Report (Part 2)
Last week I shared with you Challenges for Individual Christians from the Great Commissions Resurgence Report. In the conclusion of their report, the Task Force stated, “…we bring a series […]
CHERISHING BELIEVER’S BAPTISM AND GUARDING OURSELVES FROM PRAGMATISM
Just a couple weeks ago, I watched the recording of a sister church’s service that left me both perplexed and disappointed. The pastor spoke that morning on the doctrine of […]
THE CHURCH IS THE GOSPEL MADE VISIBLE
Last week was an incredible blessing to me as our staff team was able to travel to Louisville, Kentucky for four days at a conference on the Gospel. The messages […]
GOING FORTH WITH THE GOSPEL
Every single day of my life, I am humbled by 3 things: The grace of Christ that I could never merit, the blessing of my wife and children in whom […]