Posts Tagged ‘Evangelism’
The Baton of Faith
Becoming a common heartbreak for youth pastors are young people who, though having been reared in a Christian home, come up through years of Sunday school and church but fail to really embrace the Faith. They squander their teenage years, coming to church out of obligation and staying on the periphery, absorbed in self or…
Read MoreBecoming All Things to GenZ
1 Co 9.22b “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” A recent lecture led to some reading on the sociological phenomenon called GenZ (Generation Z), that is, those born between 1997 and 2014. (The dates are somewhat arbitrary.) Several articles track characteristics of “GenZers,” with the…
Read MoreProclaiming Freedom to the Captives
Let me tell you how a new evangelistic ministry is reaching the lost in our community! First a Bit of History A middle-aged friend of mine, Wynn Freeman, who came to Christ as a young man in the back seat of a squad car after he was arrested for drug possession, had made me think…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Not Fainting in God’s Work
In 2 Corinthians 4:1 the apostle Paul declared under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not.” The overall ministry of Paul was one of reconciliation. We read in 2 Corinthians 5:19, “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto…
Read MoreLove Thy Body – a review
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality Nancy Pearcey Baker Books, 2018 Reviewed by Don Johnson. Nancy Pearcey’s work is a blessing for anyone who wants to evangelize among the people of modern Western culture. Love Thy Body provides an analysis of modern rationales that seem so inexplicable to conservatives of all…
Read MoreIncarnation and Inculturation
The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a fundamental of the gospel. Essential to our salvation is the teaching that the Second Person of the Godhead laid aside his visible divine glory and added to his eternal person a complete human nature. From the annunciation onward God fully entered into the human experience, passing through gestation,…
Read MoreCome over to New York and help us!
The state of New York has been on the news, both in Christian circles and in the general media. The recent headlines about the new abortion law passed by the newly-elected government caught the attention of many, but there is more to come. The government’s agenda includes abortion expansion, anti-discrimination of transgenderism, a ban on…
Read MoreThe Laborers Are Few
Current cultural and religious trends in our country are alarming and ought to be upsetting to the faithful Christian. Church attendance is down. The number of churches in our country is declining. Enrollment in Bible colleges and seminaries is dropping. Bible reading is less and less common. There is increasing popular support for the legalization…
Read MoreThe Perfect Gift
When you give a gift at Christmas, for a birthday, or at any other time, you want to give something that the other person needs or will enjoy. You want to give something special that he or she doesn’t already have. So you think carefully, do some research, and pick what you hope will be…
Read MoreNo judgment, just neighbors
A post card advertising a local church was delivered recently to my mail box. Printed on this card was a catchy slogan, “No judgment, just neighbors.” I can imagine that this catch phrase would have some appeal to certain people. After all, who wants to be looked down on or condemned? Apparently this church wants…
Read More