We need to come out of our Christian ghettoes occasionally and try looking at life through the eyes of the lost. We need to appreciate their lives, understand their predicaments, and address their very real concerns. And, we need to do it in a way that communicates the gospel clearly and effectively.
Author Archives: Peter Beck
The Gun-Belt Gospel
September 23, 2009 – 2:09 PM
Evangelism is one of the great blessings of the Christian faith. We get to share in God's work, to see it up close and personal, to be a choice instrument in the hands of the Almighty. God doesn't have to work this way but he has chosen to do so.
Context, Context, Context
There’s much discussion taking place these days about the problems in the church. No one is questioning if there are problems. The questions are about how to resolve the problems.
Perhaps the biggest question is the one of contextualization. Like the so-called worship wars of the late 80s and 90s, the battle lines are being drawn between the pro-contextualization forces and the no-contextualization forces. Since the debate is over the nature of the church and her presentation of the Gospel, this battle may be coming soon to a church near and dear to you...