This lesson builds upon the previous one that encouraged pastors and other ministry leaders to listen carefully to people’s conversion… Continue reading→

Early on in the designing of my research about evangelism, I had to choose between qualitative research (extended interviews) and… Continue reading→

As I interviewed the new converts for my research, I frequently found myself marveling at what “worked” in the evangelistic… Continue reading→

Does technology play a part in people’s conversions? That was a question I sought to answer in my research. But… Continue reading→

Lesson 7 from my research was “There’s far more to evangelism than just providing answers to questions.” Lesson 8 explores… Continue reading→

My research about how college students become Christians included some investigation of their questions. What intellectual obstacles did they have to… Continue reading→

Ten years ago, sociologist Christian Smith coined the now famous phrase “moralistic-therapeutic-deism” (MTD) to summarize the prevailing worldview of today’s… Continue reading→

When people ask me what major lessons I learned while conducting interviews of new converts, my first thoughts go to… Continue reading→

In this series of blogs I’ve been sharing some things I concluded after interviewing 40 college students who had recently… Continue reading→

The gospel is a rich, multifaceted gem – like a priceless diamond. We dare not reduce it to just one… Continue reading→

The first lesson from my research about evangelism is that conversion is a communal experience. The second is that conversion… Continue reading→

This is the first of a series of blogs I plan to write about evangelism based on the research I… Continue reading→

It’s that time of year to remember why you bought that exercise bicycle, what those charts of nutritional information are… Continue reading→