Contagious Faith-Discover Your Natural Style for Sharing Jesus with Others

I recently had the privilege of partnering with a local church in equipping their members to be intentional, effective ambassadors for Christ. The equipping tool that I used at this church was Mark Mittelberg’s course, Contagious Faith-Discover Your Natural Style for Sharing Jes
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Christmas and the Muslim—Building the Bridge to Christ

I would like to present a ‘template,’ if you will, as to how we can reach out to our Muslim neighbors, friends, and new acquaintances during this Christmas season. I’ll be drawing on Paul’s approach when addressing the Athenians at the Areopagus in Acts 17. Paul’s first step was to af
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PERSON OF INTEREST-Why Jesus Matters, by J. Warner Wallace

Introduction: Before introducing J. Warner Wallace’s new book, I want to express my thankfulness and gratitude to him for his ministry. I consider J. Warner Wallace a mentor to me, as I have greatly benefited from his ministry personally as a teacher, as well as equipping me to
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Prayer and Evangelism—the Two-pronged Model of the Great Commission

Jesus said that we should “therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest…” (Matthew 9:38). The Greek word for earnestly is deomai, which means; desire, long for, ask, beg. So, when we pray to the Lord of the harvest, we should pray in earnest with strong desire, a longing for, a
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Omnipotence, impossibility, self-contradiction, and dealing with nonsense

Has anyone ever challenged you with the question, “can God make a rock to heavy for him to lift?”, and before you can answer, they say, “see, God isn’t all-powerful/omnipotent as you, as a Christian, contend.” A number of refutations have been posited in
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The Problem of Evil, Suffering and Death—Making sense of the ‘why’?

As I followed the live Covid-19 country-by-country update chart on a daily basis, and continued to see the rise in the number of cases and the deaths that followed, it was a stark reminder that each death was that of a family member or friend whose loved ones were now mourning. Althou
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God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world—C. S. Lewis

I have noticed a marked change in people since the COVID-19 virus has appeared on the world stage. People are scared, confused, disoriented, despairing, uncertain, which has resulted in a an unsettling and rearranging of their worldview—the world has changed in a drastic way and has t
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Ahmadiyya Muslims-the incoherence of an ‘ahistorical’ worldview-Part 2

(Part 1 of this series can be found, here) Mirza Ghulum Ahmad’s self-understanding as the ‘Promised Messiah’ and incarnation of all prophets Professor Adil Hussain Khan sums up the extraordinary self-understanding of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslims, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: I would ar
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Ahmadiyya Muslims-the incoherence of an ‘ahistorical’ worldview-Part 1

Over the last couple of years, I have had the opportunity to get to know and dialogue with members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. In spite of our differences in regard to our worldviews and beliefs, I consider these members as friends, as I believe they do me. Our discussions have
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Contrary Beliefs can Exist, but Contrary Truths cannot–A Refutation of Religious Pluralism

When addressing religious pluralism, Dr. Frank Turek offered this succinct refutation: “Contrary beliefs can exist, but contrary truths cannot.” [1] To set the stage for the rest of this article, let’s first listen to Bobby Conway as he defines religious pluralism an
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