So last night our ministry assistant was sitting in her car in the grocery store parking lot when a man approached the driver’s side window, and knocked. She cautiously opened it a crack and the man threw in a letter and ran away. BOOM! – she just got evangelized! If poorly.
I think it’s fair to [...]
A friend recently emailed and asked what my thoughts were on the Christian practice of telling our “personal testimony.” I thought I would answer him here since it might be a helpful discussion for everyone to think through.
After my conversion (1990) I was asked to tell my testimony in several different contexts – especially youth [...]
Michael Spencer’s most recent podcast focuses on suburban evangelism in which he gives sub•text a shout out. Be sure to check out Internet Monk’s Coffee Cup Apologetics 46.
I do not have the gift of evangelism, though I do share the gospel. Once a person decides the evangescript is not the best way to approach evangelism in their community the question then becomes, “How can I take a natural conversation about common things and connect it to the gospel without it coming off like [...]
Last night while waiting for a meeting I finally started in on Mark Dever’s The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. So far, really good stuff. Encouraging. In the first chapter Mark gives us 12 steps that can help us begin to shake off the complacency and begin sharing the gospel. I’ll summarize them, but you’d do [...]
I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship, husband to Jen, Dad to Katherine, Elias and Madeline - and the short, bald guy in Starbucks writing in a Moleskine journal.
