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 leasing agent for an available apartment, asking for a non-refundable application fee and pretending to …
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 first few lines, though: "Who is Jesus? He’s the Christ. The King who God himself had promised to send, …
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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 basketball, but MLB pitchers they are not. They have no practice! They’re likely thinking, …
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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 said. And although he was happy to talk about spiritual things, he was clearly not interested in …
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 you ever forget this truth, like I do, just take a look at the disciples and how bad they were at …