David Kinnaman’s UnChristian and You Lost Me provide sobering studies of spiritually-minded people who want nothing to do with church or institutional Christianity. Even those raised in the Christian faith are now turning away from the churches they grew up in. In this “give me Jesus but not religion” climate, churches are struggling. In my book Preaching [...]
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Fault Lines: The Fault Line of Being Doubtless (1 Cor. 13, 15) January 13, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Fault Lines Ricky Gervais is a well-known comedian. Raised as a Christian, he is now an atheist. A couple of years ago, in an interview, Gervais shared how his journey from faith to faithlessness began. He said, “I used to believe in God. The Christian [...]
Fault Lines: The Fault Line of Being Overprotective (Daniel 1) January 6, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Fault Lines I want to share with you the story of a teenager named Daniel. I want to describe something that happened to Daniel when he was about the age of a junior in high school. Daniel was born at a time of great [...]
The Changing Obstacles to Faith
In my book Preaching to Pluralists I describe a change in conversion obstacles which has taken place as Western culture has shifted from Modern to Postmodern. In the Modern era, the greatest obstacle had to do with the Christian message about Christ as King. If you could win over the hearts of people to [...]
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