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July 2014

July 07, 2014

Igniting a second Reformation

Check out this new website, which, in turn is a forum for a new ministry...

March 2014

March 03, 2014

How George Herbert’s poetry converted an atheist

I throw out opinions on all kinds of topics, but my real area of expertise...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

“Scare the living daylights out of nonbelievers”

Final: The Rapture is another end times movie. It's billed as a "Christian horror movie." ...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Do church growth tactics attract the unchurched?

The best argument for adopting the techniques of the Church Growth movement--contemporary worship, non-traditional styles,...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Speedfaithing

You know about speed dating. A man and a woman sit down together for 3-8...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

“Evangelization” and “Evangelism”

Pope Francis has said that he is against "proselytizing." But he is also speaking on...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Evangelizing the Nazis

Chad Bird tells the story of Henry Gerecke, a pastor of the Lutheran Church Missouri...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

Catholic evangelism

Roman Catholics have been launching a major world-wide evangelism effort. It includes "witnessing," knocking on...

May 2013

May 06, 2013

Military will allow evangelism but not proselytizing

Responding to the uproar about the prospect for court martials for evangelism that we blogged...

May 02, 2013

Court martial for evangelism?

How persecution begins: The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted...

July 2012

July 09, 2012

The latest mission strategy: “Insider Movements”

We've blogged about those translations of the Bible for Muslims that avoid little terms like...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

If you died tonight, do you know you would go to heaven? Or do you not care?

"If you were to die tonight, do you know for sure that you would go...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church–for free

Rod Rosenbladt, emeritus professor at Concordia-Irvine and a co-host at the White Horse Inn radio...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Preaching assurance vs. preaching doubt

I have noticed that there are two kinds of preachers, especially when addressing young people:...

August 2011

August 26, 2011

Who the unchurched actually are

You want church growth? You want to reach the unchurched? Stop the preoccupation with middle...

July 2011

July 01, 2011

The new rules for evangelism

Last week we blogged about the conclave of world evangelicals, Roman Catholics, and liberal Protestants...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

The ethics of evangelism

Representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance (evangelicals), the World Council of Churches (mainline liberal Protestants,...

March 2011

March 15, 2011

Learn apologetics

If you are interested in Christian apologetics--that is, the defense of the Christian faith--I urge...

August 2010

August 05, 2010

Good news and bad news

Joe Carter reflects on the meaning and practice of "evangelism": The term derives from the...

January 2010

January 11, 2010

Tolerance embraces proselytizing

Michael Gerson makes some excellent points about the Brit Hume controversy, particularly that religious freedom...

January 04, 2010

Brit Hume evangelizes Tiger Wood

On Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume had a message for Tiger Woods: Whether he can...