The only time Jesus told us to “wait around” was when he said to wait for the Holy Spirit to empower us. That’s excellent advice. We shouldn’t be trying to do this alone, because only God can make the complexity …
The men and women we help spiritually will inevitably learn standards for living through what they see in us. Jesus saw to it that his disciples learned his way of living with God and man. He recognized that it was …
He sees you not as just another neighbor or co-worker. He has heard you acknowledge a strong belief in Jesus Christ as someone real and special to you. And he wonders. Spiritual questions and yearnings were rising inside him even …
Good communication requires that we see and know the receiving partner of our communication. Scripture is jammed full of stories where Jesus (or his followers) share good news in a way specifically tailored to the person receiving the good news. …
The idea of a gospel that is both unchanging and deeply personal, both the same for everyone and completely different for each of us, sounds perplexing, but it’s a solid theological concept. The Greek word euangelion (εὐαγγέλιον) translates exactly to …
I have a friend, a young woman we’ll call Chelsea. She’s an atheist, and one day she said to me, “You Christians seem to think Jesus is boring.” I was shocked. After all, she and I had discussed him at …
“I’m the most Buddhist person I know.” A college student said this to me, and I knew in my heart I had chosen the wrong person to share Jesus with. “I’m the most Buddhist person I know,” he said. “In …
I’m constantly amazed at the reasons people give for not having important conversations. They hold back for fear they’ll be misunderstood or because they think they don’t know enough to share about Jesus. This is pride in disguise. If you …
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This excerpt is taken from a conversation between two men, one who is mentoring another along the spiritual path toward acceptance in Jesus. We are joining this dialogue when the two, who have already met several times, are meeting at …
This post is the voice of Michael Frost, author of several books including Surprise the World, Keep Christianity Weird, and Hide This In Your Heart. Here, Frost encourages those of us who, well, aren’t running out the door with our …
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