Conversing the Gospel
In the previous blog, I mentioned the importance of conversation as a major vehicle for evangelism. Today, people point to interpersonal dialogs more than formal presentations as the significant…
The Specifics of Conversion Experiences
“How are people actually coming to faith today?” That title of an article caught my eye. When I interviewed 40 recent converts, I learned a great deal about how people…
The Power and Limits of Natural Beauty
Lately, I’ve had the privilege of standing in the presence of natural beauty. I have had my breath taken away. I’ve heard people around me use the words “awesome”…
God Spoke to Me – Through the Bible
I’ve heard the phrase, “God spoke to me” a lot lately. This isn’t really all that new. People have been saying it for quite some time. It comes and goes. Recent…
Multiple Blueprints
I wrote previously about the need to have an overarching blueprint to help make sense of life. Actually we need more than one. Some call it a worldview or a…
The Helpfulness of Blueprints
Builders require blueprints. These carefully drawn diagrams guide decisions, energize work, inspire vision, and determine outcomes. All people need blueprints for their lives. But life-blueprints do more than guide. They…
Why do they hate us?
In a recent Q & A session, I was asked why Christians often get rejected by non-believers. The questioner sounded surprised or even a bit baffled at the illogic of…
Spiritual Fitness Training, part 4
When Cal Ripkin, the famed Baltimore Orioles’ shortstop, broke Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games without a day off, many people marveled that he went so long without an…
Spiritual Fitness Training, part 3
I loved watching this past year’s World Series as the Chicago Cubs won their first championship in over a thousand years. (OK. That’s an exaggeration but it sure felt like…
Spiritual Fitness Training, part 2
In the first part of this series, I discussed the need for spiritual conditioning to be in the kind of spiritual “shape” to handle challenges to our faith – temptations,…