Month: November 2019

More Than “Just Friends”

The term “friendship evangelism” means several different things. It can mean deliberately waiting to share the Gospel with someone until a relationship has been established. The friendship evangelism label is also used to reference the idea that we should live righteous, godly lives, and wait to say anything about the … Read More

Hard Lessons in Success

I started out the year a bit foggy-brained. It wasn’t because anything was going seriously wrong in my life. Just a few months before, I had quit my office job to become a music teacher. That was a big deal. I had dreamed about doing something like that for years. … Read More

Taking the Way of Death in a Hostile America

It seems to me that American Christians are really scared. We have been used to being in a greenhouse, a historic watershed of persecution-less peace, an era of peaceful prosperity for those who love Christ. Frankly, Christians kind of ran the show for a while in this country. Can you … Read More

Success

Success is sweet. Expectations are powerful. And when we meet our expectations, we feel successful. This past New Year’s Eve found me singing and praying in the new year with a dear group of friends. It was after one o’clock when I stumbled into bed. I was exhausted, but could … Read More