The image that often comes to mind whenever we hear the word “evangelist” is a Billy Graham, Billy Sunday, or George Whitefield. Maybe we think of a John Wesley or a Francis Asbury. Or, the image is that guy on the college campus stopping students on the way to classes […]
Leadership
The Gospel Coalition just announced the winners of their 2022 annual book awards. A few months ago, I was notified Apostolic Imagination had been nominated, which I never expected. And I never expected the book would receive an award. While it was not the winner in the Missions and Global […]
Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Awards
Somewhere along the way, we decided it was impossible, or at least improbable, for the Church to experience rapid numerical growth and significant sanctification. I started marking such conversations in my journey as I heard them in the United States in the early 1990s. Many of you can provide earlier […]
Pick One: Church Maturation or Multiplication–for We Can’t have Both, ...
My last post here was March 31. On that day, I shared I would be taking time off from blogging (and YT and Strike the Match) until August. After 12 years of frequent writing here, I enjoyed the break so much that today is November 9. Would I recommend, to […]
Welcome Back!
Well, the day has arrived. Earlier this month, I shared I would be hitting the pause button here at the blog. Over the past 12 years I have done this before, but never in an official way, for such a lengthy period of time, and to the extent as planned. […]
See You in August. . . Lord Willing
I frequent train others to share their faith using a marked New Testament. While this is not the only model for evangelism, it is a simple way to equip churches to communicate the gospel. It requires no memorization of Bible verses, prayers, or scripts. As Charles Brock often stated, “What […]