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Piper on the Prosperity Gospel

John Piper tells the truth about the prosperity gospel and what our true trust in God looks like.  This is strong.  Thanks for posting this Mitch.

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, [...]

Happy Easter! (On the Wednesday after)

Although most of us celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ this past Sunday, I thought I would wish everyone a happy Easter today.  You may be thinking that I was busy so I did not get a chance to blog about Easter so I am doing it now, but that is not the case.
You see, [...]

Did you invite someone to church this week?

It is my understanding that there is still a high percentage of people that accept invitations to church.  Given that this Sunday is Easter Sunday I figure that there are a few of you who have invited someone to come to church with you this weekend.
Easter Sunday is a good weekend to invite someone to church for [...]

What not to wear.

One night in my personal evangelism class we engaged in one of those great rabbit-trail discussions that totally gets off topic.  It all started while we were discussing points from one of the chapters in The Soul Winner by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.  The beginning point was Spurgeon’s insistence that preachers should posses a holiness of character in order [...]

Evangelism in the workplace.

I am currently taking a Personal Evangelism class, and one of the objectives of the class is to teach us how to equip others to do evangelism.  I have been really trying to get my mind wrapped around what evangelism should look like for the non-professionals in the church.  To figure that out, I have [...]

Scripture Memorization

I am working on memorizing 40 verses for my Personal Evangelism class midterm test.  So, forgive me if you see me this weekend and I quote scripture to you.
 I think the toughest part will be getting some conjunctions and tenses mixed up.  Some verses start with and, some start with but, and some start with [...]

What is going on at Willow Part 4

I started this series with the intent of it being a single post, but that initial post was beginning to get long so I decided to make it a two-part series.  Well, now we are into part 4, which will be the last post of this series.  At least I think it will be the [...]