“This is what God is now doing in the world: Spirit-backed gospel preaching leading to the salvation of souls. It’s his program, his agenda, his priority, his focus, his project, or whatever business related metaphor you’d like to use. And by it, he is gathering a new Christ-centered people as his very own; a quiet, steadily growing profusion of leaves on the great vine of … Continue reading This Is What God Is Doing Right Now!

I am not usually drawn to reading novels, but as I started into “Chasing Francis” I was hooked, but not for the reasons you might think. The book does offer an intriguing plotline where a mega-church pastor suffers a crisis of faith and has to travel to Italy to discover what “true” Christianity really is. But the hook for me was finding out how Cron … Continue reading Book Review: Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron

When you are speaking to an unbeliever, it doesn’t matter how persuasive you are or how compelling and logical your arguments sound, if the Spirit of God does not work in that persons heart, your words will simply fall on deaf ears. Therefore, when we do evangelism, we must be completely reliant on the Holy Spirit to use our words and make that person’s heart … Continue reading Speaking the Truth in Love