When our kids reached the age where they could go trick-or-treating, my wife and I were faced with the decision that many Christian families wrestle with: do we participate in this holiday? So much of the holiday welcomes a celebration…
Last week Jeff invited people to take on a challenge to prayer-walk their neighborhood every day for seven days. Jeff and I had prayer walked our neighborhood already several times, but this was a new level of discipline, making sure…
The heart of living outwardly is having a compassionate heart toward others. And the heart of compassion is love. The outward heart of the Father is rooted in His love for us. John 3:16 begins with these famous words: “For…
In Matthew 9:35-38, we have the famous words of Jesus calling the disciples to pray for God to send laborers into His harvest. What I find interesting in this passage is that it begins with Jesus proclaiming the good news…
In Acts 1:8, Jesus is giving final instructions to his disciples and in these last words he reminds them of where their eyes should focused. Jesus says, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will…
God gives us opportunties to develop both long-term and short-term relationships when it comes to being witnesses of the one true God. Most of the time we are looking for those long-term relationships where we can get to know people…
Many times when you read a book on evangelism it is written from the perspective of someone who is naturally good with people. It is written from the perspective of someone who easily engages with strangers. It is written from…
When we choose to live outwardly for the sake of the Gospel, it means that we are looking for ways to move into relationship with people around us who do not know Christ. For some people this just happens naturally.…
As humans we are naturally selfish. One of the first words that we learn to speak is “mine.” And one of our first struggles is learning to share with others. The human left on his own is consumed with themselves.…
I recently did something that was a little weird. A couple weeks ago I ordered two red foam-board signs. Each one had a short phrase on it in white letters. One said: ‘You Have Purpose” and the other said: “You…