You’ve probably seen the television advertising campaign that is captioned with the phrase, “He Gets Us.” This has been a nationwide campaign led by David Green, CEO of Hobby Lobby. The commercials take basic principles of the gospel and overlay it with the contemporary human experience. Reportedly, the target audience of these commercials are Millennials…
Category: Evangelism
Barna on Global Missions Trends
I realize that the primary focus of American churches during the global pandemic has been and continues to be re-opening and re-engaging their congregations, but according to Barna’s most recent report, churches also have a lot of work to do in the area of re-engaging in global missions and evangelism. According to his report titled,…
Ten Facts About the Churchless in America
The latest Barna report is out and lists ten facts about the churchless in America. You can find the report HERE.
Characteristics of Those Who Reach Out
When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on…
10 Signs Its Time to Stop Doing Big Events at Church
One of the blogs I follow is Tony Morgan Live. This week he posted some thought provoking comments about how healthy churches think about big events versus how unhealthy churches think about them. Check it out HERE.
The Parable of the Fishless Fishermen
I came across this dated piece last week. I don’t know the original author, but thought it was good and wanted to share it. Now it came to pass that a group existed who called themselves fishermen. And lo, there were many fish in the waters all around. In fact, the whole area was surrounded…
You Need an Outcast:: 3
There are three things you need to know about having dinner with Levi. First, Levi’s take time. They’re a lot of work. Marginalized people take a lot of work. They can’t be fixed with money. They can’t be fixed with a manual. You have to get your hands dirty and walk with them where they…
You Need an Outcast:: 2
In the text cited yesterday from Luke 5, Jesus invited Levi to leave his table for a life of discipleship. It is at that point that we are introduced to a second table. Levi was so happy that Jesus provided him an opportunity to walk away from the margins that he threw a dinner party…
You Need an Outcast
Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of…
How to Pray for Those Who Don’t (part 4)
When we pray for those who don’t, Paul has encouraged his readers to pray with understanding, but his real emphasis is that we pray God’s mission into action. “But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard…
