Are Your Eyes Open?

I received this message from Jay DeGeare who is our evangelism coordinator for our 20 and 30s at Northwest. I thought it was a great story and I appreciate Jay for allowing me to share it here:
I was late coming out of a meeting. I had a parking ticket on my window because of [...]

Mr. T Shows Us How to Evangelize

A very direct approach but you have to buy a tank.

(HT: Cool Aggregator)

Study Guide Complete for 100% Natural Evangelism

For those who have requested the study guides I was working on for the 100% Natural Evangelism DVD series by Terry Rush, they are complete. Just let me know if you want them. I do ask that you have first purchased the DVD’s from Terry. I think I have emailed it to all who requested [...]

Wake Up Call on Evangelism

I am starting to see a parallel between the last 100+ years of evangelism and Acts 1:8. In Acts 1:8 Jesus tells his disciples that they will be witnesses in Jerusalem - Judea - Samaria - and the ends of the earth. The last 100 or so years of church growth has been a lot [...]

Dan Kimball on the Importance of Dialogue in Reaching Post-Christians

I really thought this quote from Dan Kimball hit the nail on the head,
“We must cultivate a culture that allows dialogue. Evangelicals have been criticized–many times rightly so–for being dogmatic and closed-minded. For too long we have been doing all the talking, without any dialogue. We are now serving new generations that have serious trust [...]

Working Through 100% Natural Evangelism DVD’s by Terry Rush

Last night we started the DVD series Terry Rush put out this year called 100% Natural Evangelism. I have developed a study guide to go along with the video series which will make the series go 8 weeks instead of 4 alternating video weeks with study guide weeks. I have to say that I appreciate [...]

Complacency in the Kingdom

How often do we get complacent because we think we have to do everything in a big way or not at all and so we opt for not at all? Have we forgotten that sowing seed is never a small thing even if only one plant grows from dozens of seed that were cast upon [...]

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ - The Bigger Picture

The temptation when teaching about the crucifixion is to talk about the Romans, Roman courts, Pilate, Crucifixion, and prisoner release customs when dealing with the first 15 verses. Then in the verses that follow to discuss the suffering of Jesus and how he died for our sin (15:16-47). I want to suggest an alternative approach [...]

Change in Churches - What is Healthy?

There is a fine line we walk when we talk about change. The line is between relevance to a lost and dying world and being pleasing to the God who has made us our own. When people try to swing too hard in either direction the results are often disastrous. Those who seek to please [...]

What Message Are We Sending?

Missy and I were driving back from a wedding on Saturday. It was pouring down rain, visibility was very limited and we were going about 60 miles an hour at 11:00 at night. All of a sudden a truck passed us going at least 90 with that big sticker on the back tailgate that reads [...]