Babylonian?
Author: Jim Elliff

What is your church's view on the Bible?" I posed. "Well," he answered, "I'm a chaplain for the Masons and I think we have a little stronger view of the Bible there than here. However, understanding the Bible is not easy. You have to know Hebrew, Greek and Babylonian to really get it." (Babylonian?)

Don’t Tell Me What To Do!
Author: Jim Elliff

Christianity is a hard sell. For people who think of Christ as the Divine Kill-joy, nothing could be worse than to be made to submit to Him. But suppose the person finds life unbearable when submitting to himself?

Gospel Opposition, Gospel Advance
Author: Steve Burchett

The proclamation of the gospel brings opposition to the gospel.

Paul nearly lost his life in Lystra at the hands of people who just hours earlier were foolishly worshipping him. While Paul was in that city preaching the gospel, “Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead” (Acts 14:19).

Influencing Fish
Author: Fred Zaspel

A man returning from a fishing trip was asked if he had caught any fish. "No," he replied, "but I influenced a few!"

Our Gospel Seed
Author: Jim Elliff

Here is my word for you. Throw the seed everyplace. Be promiscuous in sowing it. Don't be discouraged about stubborn, hard, rock-like responses from some, even among your own relatives. You cannot really tell what God is doing. God will prove you wrong.

Pastor-only Evangelism?
Author: Steve Burchett

In the beginning days of the first church I pastored, I discovered that the majority of the people thought evangelism happened at the close of a sermon as either “Just As I Am” or “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” played softly in the background. In their minds, calling people to faith in Christ was solely the pastor’s responsibility.

Shadows of Hell: Fear and Emptiness Before Death
Author: Jim Elliff

Perhaps, like so many, this woman assumed she would reconcile her estrangement from God prior to dying. But she did not count on the sinking depression that would make her numb to almost everything. She did not count on the effects of medicine on her cognitive abilities. She did not count on dying in her ambition before she dies in her body.

Soothing Poison
Author: Daryl Wingerd

Near my home in the heart of America, outside a quaint church building where Christianity is supposedly represented, stands a sign that says, "None Need Saving; No, Not One." This all-too-obvious play on Romans 3:10—"There is none righteous, no, not one"—boldly rejects the plain truth of the Bible and conveys instead what many religious post-moderns believe to be God's real message to mankind: "I'm anxious to have you all in heaven with me, and I'm perfectly happy with you just the way you are. "

Suffering Evangelism
Author: Steve Burchett

Doug Nichols is the Founder and International Director Emeritus of Action International Ministries. While serving as a missionary in India in 1967, he contracted tuberculosis.He was treated in a sanatorium in India, and while there he tried passing out copies of the gospel of John to the other patients. It was rejected by everybody.

Ten Questions to ask about The Passion of the Christ
Author: Dr. Donald S. Whitney

By guest author Dr. Don Whitney, for those who want to take advantage of the interest in this film and use it as an open door to talk to people about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.