We’re Losing a Generation—Because We’re Silent
Something is happening to the generation coming up behind us, and the church has largely responded with silence. Not malicious silence. Not indifferent silence. But the kind of silence that comes from not knowing what to say, from fearing rejection, from believing the cultural moment is too hostile for the truth to land. Meanwhile, that […]
You Don’t Need a Microphone to Lead Someone to Christ
There is an image of evangelism that has come so deeply into the purview of the Western congregation for a generation. It is something that comprises stage, with microphone, crowd and amazing speaker who speaks to the audience who moves them to listen. It is a powerful image. And it has produced real fruit. But […]
3 Reasons Most Christians Don’t Evangelize—And How to Change That
And when you ask most Christians if they believe the Gospel is true, they will certainly answer. Ask when they last shared it with anyone outside their faith and the room hushes. There is a huge and unsettling divide between the truths of what believers confess and the ways in which they use this confession […]
Have We Forgotten That the Gospel Still Works?
In the modern church, there’s a quiet crisis of confidence. It does not scream out loudly. It appears in the hesitation leading up to a conversation becoming spiritual. It lives upon the assumption that the person across from the table has already made up their mind. It sounds like the phrases, “People aren’t open to […]