Category: Outreach
Deathbed Conversion: Should You Risk It?
Two men lost their lives on the same day that Jesus died on a cross. They spent their final hours next to the Savior of sinners (Luke 23:32-33). These men were criminals, and they hated Jesus (cf. Mt. 27:44). But just before dying, one of these...
Cease and Desist
In the Herrera section of Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic, I found Marino receptive to my message. He owned a tiny shop in this squatter’s village and therefore had to tend to his buyers a couple of times during our lengthy discussion. The eyes were the...
Born OK the First Time?
While walking through my neighborhood, I happened upon a car and a truck belonging to a family that lived a few blocks away. On one of the vehicles was a bumper sticker that boasted, “Born OK the first time.” Hmm . . . What does that...
A Fly for Oscar
James, the youth: “There is no such thing as a trivial death.” The poet and sage, the older Mr. Brockton: “No, but there are trivial men who die. I will illustrate this, though you will not like my illustration. The story goes this way: “Oscar Felton...
Babylonian?
I talked with a charter member of the church I attended in another town that Sunday, a church with less-than-conservative views on the Bible. The question I asked was designed not only to give me information, but also to engage my new friend in thinking about...
Don’t Tell Me What To Do!
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 The man from the region of the Gerasenes...
Gospel Opposition, Gospel Advance
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...
How to Grow Your Church Numerically
The early church grew in numbers. “…there were added that day about three thousand souls” (Acts 2:41). “And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved” (2:47). “And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both...
Influencing Fish
A man returning from a fishing trip was asked if he had caught any fish. “No,” he replied, “but I influenced a few!” I’m not sure if that makes any sense at all, but it’s so ridiculous you almost have to laugh. In terms of fishing,...
Is Acts 1:8 My Commission to Evangelize?
The disciples waited for the coming of the Spirit. It was only a few weeks following the resurrection when Christ told His apostles that “repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem,” (Lk 24:47). But how?...
