Last week, I began a series that is taking a look at the decline of evangelism in the American church. The first article in the series laid out what people said were the the biggest factors that they felt were holding them back from sharing the gospel. The top three responses that people gave were […]
One of the most troubling trends in the American church today is the decline in evangelism. The most recent large survey I could find on evangelism was a Barna poll from 2013 that found that only 52% of Christians shared their faith with another person in the last calendar year. Given that the climate of […]
I stepped into suffering at birth. My physical body is a billboard for my pain. This has brought mocking, cruel jokes, stares, and the constant feeling that I am not like anyone else that I meet. I have never been able to hide. Many people can bury their pain, but my heartache is written all […]
There are a couple of questions that are almost a given whenever I go out into public. The first is, “Are you cold?” Which is a question I definitely understand. There’s just not a category for people when they meet someone without arms. There’s no way that I am missing both arms, so I have […]
There’s a lack of evangelism in the church – especially in the American church – these days. In a recent podcast interview (clip below) with Charlotte Awake, I talked about one of the root causes of this and the steps we can take to remedy this evangelism void. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU9JpdmhFHg&w=560&h=315]
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick […]
I had the opportunity to fill in for our pastor last Sunday and gladly preached the week after Easter. We took time to look at Luke 24 and how the Resurrection impacts the believer more than just one weekend a year. If you have some time I pray God’s Word would build you up […]
One of the most universally understood calls to Christians in Scripture is to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” Though universally understood, one may say that this is a call from Scripture that is ignored, underfunded and grossly neglected in practice by the church as a whole. Take moment and run through a […]
Yesterday was my wife’s birthday, so I was a busy man yesterday spoiling her by grabbing meals for her and grabbing a last minute present. On one of my stops yesterday, a man stops and begins to talk to me. He asks me what I do and so after finding out I was a youth […]
I want you guys to know up front that I don’t want to be “that guy” who passes judgment on particular books as good or bad pieces of Christian literature. None of us really want to read a blog-based book review where someone trashes a book because it didn’t suit their taste. Rather, the vast […]
