I'm attending the Amplify Outreach conference again this year. I've been a regular attendee to this conference for several years now. This year the conference is rebranded a little bit, and has an official partnership with Outreach Magazine. Many conferences feel like they go stale after a …
Blog
Pharisectomy Book Review
Book review of Pharisectomy by Peter Haas — How to joyfully remove your inner Pharisee and other religiously transmitted diseases. Things I like The main thing that I like about Peter Haas' ministry is that they're actually reaching unchurched people. This seems like such a rarity in so …
Arise Shine Conference 2021
I try to get to a least one conference each year. This year I went to a new one (for me) called Arise Shine, in Michigan. The best part of any conference for me is the people we meet. In fact I like to say that the talks are the breaks in between the "real" conference, which happens in the …
Christianity Explained Evangelism Course Review
This is an excellent resource for sharing the gospel. Here's why I like it, and how I think it could be used effectively. A friend pointed me to this high-quality evangelism course called Christianity Explained. It is based around the Gospel of Mark. A training manual I was thrown off a …
Continue Reading about Christianity Explained Evangelism Course Review →
God Loves Telemarketers
Don't slam the phone down like everyone else does. Take a minute. You're annoyed, but the person on the other end of the line is someone who Jesus died for. Last week I was the target of a scam. My wife and I own some apartments that we rent out, and I found out that someone was posing as a …
What is Christianity? A Video by Christianity Explored
I'm always on the lookout for new gospel presentations. Here's one that I just came across. What do you think? Visit the What is Christianity? page where this video came from → I like this presentation. It's clear, and the graphics are really nice! I don't like the way they wrote the …
Continue Reading about What is Christianity? A Video by Christianity Explored →
Why We Are Terrible at Sharing the Gospel (And How to Fix It)
Sometimes it’s hard to explain the good news, but it gets easier with some practice. You know how Major League Baseball has a celebrity throw a ceremonial first pitch? You’ve seen videos of some of those celebrities completely bombing the throw. These celebrities might be amazing at singing or at …
Continue Reading about Why We Are Terrible at Sharing the Gospel (And How to Fix It) →
Meet Rocky
I'm humbled and thrilled to be a part of someone's journey of faith. Here's Rocky's story. Our friendly atheist neighbor Meet my friend Rocky. He was our neighbor when we first moved to this town. We got to know him a little bit. He was raised as a Catholic, but was now an atheist, he …
The Gospel is Hard to Believe
Sometimes I feel discouraged about sharing my faith, but I came across something recently that encouraged me. It's just this: humanly speaking, the gospel is unbelievable. It's so incredible that the only way anyone could possibly come to faith is through the work of the Holy Spirit. If …
Things I Really Like About Our Church
Being in leadership of a church can sometimes feel frustrating and tiring. I think it can be a great exercise to list out the things that we are happy about. Here are some things that encourage me about our church! Things that I think are strengths for us: Leadership is very open to trying new …
Continue Reading about Things I Really Like About Our Church →