evangelism – Another Small Stone

The Sword of Jesus and the Fifth commandment

Intro Indian culture has a high value for respect for parents. Adult children generally live with their parents until they are married, and even then either make frequent visits or live in a multi generational home. What this leads to is something of a paradox for the Christian ministering in an Indian context. This highContinue reading “The Sword of Jesus and the Fifth commandment”

The power of reviling and the response of the gospel

I am convinced that the single biggest thing that keeps Christians in the West from being open about their faith is the specter of being reviled. Reviling is when someone says something false and damaging against you. Maybe you want to tell someone that they are in sin, but you worry that they will sayContinue reading “The power of reviling and the response of the gospel”

The command to like your neighbor

Francis Chan tells a story from when he was a young pastor. He was speaking to another, much older pastor who was telling Chan about the older pastor’s church’s Christmas play. The pastor said that they spent thousands of dollars and had hundreds of volunteers putting in 15 hours a week practicing. Then when ChristmasContinue reading “The command to like your neighbor”