< 1 minute In timely fashion, the audio recordings from the 2019 CCEF National Conference are available at this link. The conference topic covered all facets of anxiety, …
MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD…
< 1 minute We tore open presents from under the tree. Christmas dinner topped off our snack-filled bellies, and then a new year rang. We threw confetti and …
DO YOU LOVE TO BE ANGRY?
2 min to read You love to be angry, don’t you? Come on – admit it! Even if every once in a while, given particular conditions, you enjoy anger. Strangely, there is something pleasant about it.
A HAPPY CHRISTIAN
< 1 minute On this happy 185th birthday of the incomparable Charles Spurgeon, I believe he was a happy christian despite the dark clouds of depression which often darkened his skies. Happiness in Jesus is a fight, and Spurgeon was an admirable fighter.
FIVE STAGES OF AN EVANGELISTIC CONVERSATION
9 min to read For many people, the most difficult part of sharing the gospel with someone is starting a conversation. If you are a Christian, you probably know enough about the gospel to lead someone to Christ. Therefore, the problem is not that the gospel is hard to explain, but the problem of starting a conversation that gives most Christians trouble.
Let’s go back to the basics and make evangelism easy. Basically, an evangelistic conversation is made up of 5 stages.
1. Warm Connection
2. Mutual Interest
3. The Shift
4. Gospel Presentation
5. Questions and Answers.
In this post, we will direct our attention to these stages and explore how they work together.
FORGOT Father’s Day?
< 1 minute If you failed to get Dad a gift yesterday, Diehard Sins is still available.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Diehard-Sins-Wisely-Against-Destructive/dp/1629954853
10 WAYS TO HEAR GOD MORE CLEARLY
3 min to read In my sermon yesterday, I provided “10 Ways to Hear God More Clearly,” summarized from Thomas Watson’s book Heaven Taken By Storm. And I promised my church that these principles would be posted online, in case they were not able to write them down in the course of my preaching about them.
HE’S BACK, BABY!
< 1 minute Just when the NBA Finals threaten to pull the dark, oppressive, basketball-less cloud over the summer months, a bright spot. Not just a bright spot; a brilliantly, burning sun of hope and happiness! Malcolm Gladwell is back with his captivating and enlightening podcast, “Revisionist History!”
NEVER DESPAIR OF ONE
< 1 minute Ministers ought never to despair of the salvation of any sinner. To despair of any one is just the way to make him despair of …
MORE ON CRITICISM
< 1 minute I recently posted a resource about giving and taking critique. Today, another helpful article caught my attention. The following link at Ligonier contains a letter written by John Newton, to a correspondent who was about to blast a fellow minister in writing. Newton gives clear, concise, and beautiful advice.