Rub your hands together with me. I don’t doubt the power of prayer or hand sanitizer. I use both and my health is better for it.
Formations 04.21.2019: Go and Tell
April 14, 2019 by
I believe in evangelism; I’m just not very good at it. I might attribute my aversion to sharing the gospel to my introverted nature or to my general Midwestern hesitance to open up about the things that matter most to me.
Formations 02.25.2018: Let Us Go to Him
February 18, 2018 by
The writer of Hebrews was tricky. One Greek word he uses over and over translates to “draw near” or “approach.” In the Greek Old Testament, to “approach” God was something priests did. It was the common term for worship, entering the defined sacred space of the temple in order to offer a sacrifice.
Formations 01.28.2018: Come and See!
January 21, 2018 by
When we think of evangelism, the verbs that usually come to mind are “go and tell.” That is certainly the approach we see in verses such as Mark 4:19 and Matthew 28:19. When I was in college, our Baptist Student Union leaders often encouraged us students to take the Great Commission seriously.
Uniform 11.15.2015: From Derbe to Philippi
November 8, 2015 by
The late comedian Mitch Hedberg talked about people who helped their friends move. “I like to help my friends stay,” he deadpanned. I think that one of the basic questions of the Christian life, not to mention of human existence, is whether we should go or stay.