I'm often asked for ideas about helping people grow comfortable in talking about their own faith.In the denominational cirlces I run in, there is a clumsiness, awkwardness, or hesitancy to share about one's own private faith journey. This could be for a variety of reasons:1. It's not a part … [Read more...]
A Pastor’s Adventures in Lifestyle Evangelism
June 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
BuildingChurchLeaders.com has a great story today about a pastor trying to do evangelism. The author is a baptist pastor, and some of his challenges are a reflection of Baptist positions, but the article itself shows the practical challenges that we face in doing lifestyle evangelism. It's a good … [Read more...]
Conversion Stories in NT – Sergius Paulus
May 7, 2007 By 5 Comments
In Acts 13:6ff, we encounter the story of Sergius Paulus, a proconsul for Rome, in Paphos on the island of Cyprus.The passage: Acts 13:6ff Barnabas and Saul were on what has been called their first missionary journey, and the gospel is now going beyond the limits of Palestine and into the Greek … [Read more...]
I can’t silence the pain
May 7, 2007 By 5 Comments
I've been doing a lot of meditating on the story of Ethiopian Eunuch, a man so spiritually thirsty that he is eager for a Christian to explain about Jesus and quick to want to follow.Saturday, I met a man who comes to our little Spanish church.He's been coming for a few weeks and over dinner … [Read more...]
Conversion Stories from the NT – Cornelius
May 2, 2007 By 7 Comments
"What will you pay for?" On a plane ride from Chicago to Richmond, my elderly seat mate chatted at me nearly the entire way. Just after the captain made his pre-landing announcements, she laments to me over the awful choices she sees her granddaughter making.Thinking of her granddaughter’s … [Read more...]
Friday Finds
March 30, 2007 By 3 Comments
Here is a great article about Jesus doing evangelism from Baptist Press. No formulas, no methodologies, and never a "sinner's prayer." Jesus spoke to all kinds of people, and treated each as a real person.Speaking of conversations, Darrell Davis points out how many conversations that Jesus … [Read more...]
A Coffee Conversation.
February 25, 2007 By 1 Comment
This week I met a friend for coffee at the local Starbucks. He and I have had a long ongoing discussion about faith. He would consider himself an ex-Christian, having had some rough experiences with how Christians do things.When we first met a few years ago, he was very angry about all things … [Read more...]
The power of testimony
January 28, 2007 By 3 Comments
I've been thinking recently about "the testimony" -- your story of conversion.Most of us have one and most of us have done exercises where wewrite it the testimony of our conversion, revise our testimony for clarity, and shorten our testimony to share it in 5 minutes or less.When it … [Read more...]
More than one story.
January 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
In comments about events going on the Episcopal church at His Evidence [blog exists no longer], blog writer Ramsey Wilson frames an article around "Our Story" and "His Story." What is your story? All of us have unique stories that God has given to us.Some of us have conversion experiences, … [Read more...]
