by Brian | Jun 28, 2014 | Evangelism
See how typical this sounds for you: “I saw an intriguing exchange on Twitter the other day. My friend Mike Betts had written something very innocuous – the Bible says we should trust God, or something like that – and someone responded, in a series...
by Brian | Jun 25, 2014 | Culture
A couple weeks ago Time Magazine arrived in my mailbox declaring that our nation was at a tipping point–we were about to become acclimated to and supportive of people pursuing any and all forms of transgendered lifestyles. Here’s another conversation we...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2014 | Monday Study Notes
Last night we continued our look through scriptures to grow in our understanding and ability to communicate the message of Jesus. Here are the notes: What’s the issue with Sin? First, the bible states clearly that Sin separates from God. Read Isaiah 59:1-15. Why does...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2014 | College Life
One of the ideas settling into our culture as an accepted, unchallenged truth is the idea that people never change. They just believe what they believe, and stay the way they are, forever. And so, the idea goes, to try to spread your beliefs or persuade people of the...
by Brian | Jun 18, 2014 | Spiritual Life
During one of our Monday night studies a few weeks ago, we looked at the report of the beginning of Jesus’ preaching ministry recorded in Matthew 4:17. It reads like this: From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven...