Speaking the Truth in Love

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Numbers don’t lie: How to grow the Kingdom

Numbers don’t lie: How to grow the Kingdom When it comes to asking people for Bible studies, this will take time to become a habit, and to become comfortable with doing this in practice. But when you are talking to a friend, family member, someone known, someone at a cub scout meeting, a waitress serving…

Letter to an Unnamed Child

Dearest Baby, In 2015 (the most recent year for which statistics are available), 7,277 people were put to death in Dallas County. I know. The local TV stations counted only 136 – the number of homicides committed on Dallas city streets. Your death didn’t matter. You and the other 7,276 babies had no legal recognition…

Shepherd Style Evangelism

The world has been changed by shepherds… They shared their experience. They told everyone they met, they couldn’t stop talking about Jesus and what God had done for them: “When they had seen Him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this Child” (Luke 2.17). Question: Are we sharing Jesus with those…

Have We Run Out of People?

The first thing Andrew did after becoming a disciple was to find his brother Simon and tell him about the Messiah, and the first thing Philip did after becoming a disciple was to invite his friend Nathanael to meet Jesus (John 1:40-46). We know that we’re supposed to do the same thing, to bring people…

Why People Do Not Understand the Bible

People know more about more things than ever before. Technology. Art. Health. Business. Music. Ecology. Accounting. Fitness. Relationships. Architecture. History. Math. Physics. Botany. Computers. Engineering. Film. Medicine. Economics. Genetics. People know less about the Bible than their great grandparents who followed a plow around a field for twelve hours a day. Why? Is the Bible…

How to Fight – and Win

All married couples have disagreements. Some spouses battle fiercely, leaving deep wounds and permanent scars. Others manage conflict with wisdom and self-control. Below are some suggestions that enable husbands and wives to disagree without being disagreeable: Choose an Appropriate Time and Place. It isn’t right to argue in public – at a restaurant or in…