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More on Short-Term Missions
Last month I posted a link to a Wall Street Journal article that questioned the wisdom of short-term missions. In my post, I reflected on a couple thoughts I had regarding inefficient missions that can be read here.
Yesterday, Trevin Wax posted an article that weighed the pros and cons for short-term mission trips that can [...]
A Snapshot of a Church Plant in Progress
I came across the following update on the Jacob’s Well church-plant that Reid Monaghan is heading up in New Jersey (link). I don’t really know Reid, but he was in a few seminary classes with me at the Nashville extension center so I have followed what he is doing via the blogosphere.
I recommend you read [...]
Focus on churching the area.
I was looking back through my notes from my Personal Evangelism class I had this past semester with Dr. O’Neal here in Nashville, and one thing stood out from my notes that I am not sure many people get. It was this:
“Concentrate on churching the area, not building the biggest church in the area.”
How does [...]
One gospel in different forms.
In this week’s edition of In The Blogoshere, Trevin Wax linked an excellent article by Tim Keller that discusses the gospel and how it should be presented.
In the article, Keller emphasizes that there is only one gospel, but it can and should be presented in different ways depending on who you are talking to. Also, [...]
How God loves us — He truly came down to our level.
This is an election year and politicians have been and will be doing all sorts of things to try to connect with voters. One thing that typically happens is that politicians go to great lengths to attempt to show average voters that they understand what is like to be a common working man or woman. [...]
Full StoryWe need to be the church – Evangelism Research
Ed Stetzer recently posted on his blog about some new evangelism research that Lifeway Research has conducted. The research dovetails with the idea that I am promoting here at Be The Fruit which is that believers need to focus on “being the church” rather than just going to church. Here is a link to his [...]
Full StoryDid 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 [...]
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