Twenty nine years ago a teenager named Gary Cox led me to faith in Christ in Cloudcroft, NM. In 1995 I published an article about Gary in 21st Century Christian Magazine. The article described three simple things Gary did to lead me to faith. They are three things any Christian can do. You’ll find the PDF [...]
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A Call for Less Orthodoxy
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 [...]
Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Others
Two of Jesus’ greatest messages on spiritual formation are recorded in Matt. 5-7 and Matt. 23. One positive. One negative. Both are introduced with words that remind us of the personal benefits of spiritual formation. Jesus speaks of the “blessed” nature of authentic life with God in Matt. 5-7. He speaks of the “woeful” [...]
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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