Posts from April 2025

Weekly Update – May 1st, 2025  Summer is often a great time for ministry, as people are outside, kids are on break and church programs take a different pace.  Though many of us will take vacations, trips or take time to simply relax, the mission of the church continues to press forward.  Therefore, as we are now in the month of May, I want to update you on a couple of key opportunities that will be happening in the life…

Weekly Update – April 24th, 2025  On a regular basis I will have conversations with people who claim to be Christians, but don’t know the gospel message.  One conversation may be a man telling me that he needs to do more in life to please God, like the discussion I had a few weeks ago.  Another might be a man who walks me through an entire system of works that the Catholic Church requires, like the conversation I had a…

Weekly Update – April 17th, 2025  One of the hardest parts about sharing the gospel is actually getting into a “gospel conversation” with an unbeliever.  Now sure, understanding the points of the gospel are key, but unless you are street preaching or going door to door, you will probably never have to worry about your outline or your evangelistic method.  This week, I want to share four helpful tips for generating these “gospel conversations” that might open up for us…

Weekly Update – April 10th, 2025  On Sunday at our mini conference titled, Taking Every Thought Captive, Marshall Adkins gave us a sort of grid to interpret how it is that we can evaluate the popular therapies of our day.  In our culture, it is becoming increasingly common to undergo some sort of therapy.  Many psychologists and psychiatrists will have their own thoughts and methods that they will bring to the table, with the mindset that they can give their…

Weekly Update – April 3rd, 2025  In just a few weeks, we as Christians celebrate the cornerstone of our faith.  As the apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:14, “if Christ has not been raised, then our faith is in vain.” What this means is that the resurrection does matter.  We can’t simply resort to saying that Christianity is about doing good for others or living a morally pure life. If Christ has not been raised, then he is just like…