Do You Speak “Churchese”? Ask Jesus Into Your Heart
“Ask Jesus into your heart.” You’ve heard it said. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. Often, it’s what we say to children as we encourage them …
“Ask Jesus into your heart.” You’ve heard it said. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. Often, it’s what we say to children as we encourage them …
Hospitality is a beautiful calling, but sometimes the reality of our lives looks very different from the picture we have in our minds. We might …
What amount of understanding is necessary for a person to believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ? In The Cosmic Gospel: Committing to the Big Picture …
How we explain the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those that don’t know Him matters. One obvious reason is that only belief in the truth …
(Photo: a Baptist church converted into a bar in Lake Geneva, WI) The religious scene in America 100 years ago was much different than it …
Preach the kingdom? Is that the same as preaching the gospel? What about the gospel of the kingdom? The Great Commission is clear: preach the …
Even cross-cultural missionaries can struggle with faithful evangelism. Those “set apart for the gospel of God” (Romans 1:1) are not immune to apathy and disobedience. Sometimes negative …
No smoking gun for the demise of the weekly prayer meeting can be found. That Wednesday tradition is simply fading off the scene in much …
A trap is something you fall into because you don’t realize it’s there. Theological traps are errors in thinking about God and His ways that …
Probably the most well-known “Great Commission” passage is found in Mathew 28:18-20: “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has …