I have spent my entire life living in two inner city neighborhoods of Chicago (Humboldt Park and West Garfield Park). It is easy to believe that God has abandoned these two communities due to the poverty, crime, lack of education,…
I’ve had the honor of writing a lot on evangelism, gospel-centered ministry, and spiritual awakenings. I’ve probably never been more excited about a project than a book that just released called Get Out: Student Ministry in the Real World (Rainer…
Over the past several years, a gospel-soaked spirit of ongoing repentance has been growing within my heart with regard to my personal neglect for racial reconciliation. I am talking about an active ministry of reconciliation, based on the core tenets…
A few weeks ago, someone asked me, “How can I be a disciple if I must endure highs and lows, faith and doubt, trust and fear? I feel like I must doing something wrong.” If someone had asked me that question a…
Hostile To God Romans 8: 7 is simple and stark: “The sinful mind is hostile to God .” The mind is not neutral ground, and cannot love one preoccupation without rejecting the other. A mind “that is set on the…
In the Huffington Post, writer Cindy Brandt recently declared she “kissed evangelism goodbye.”1 Many have joined her in the break up. According to one survey, two out of every three active Christians today have all but abandoned evangelism. In slight…