Many evangelicals view evangelism as a rational process. Believers make truth claims. Hearers consider those truth claims and make a decision to believe or reject them. Working from that assumption, the command to make disciples is a command to teach and preach the truth. Jonah Lehrer in his book “How We Decide” argues from neuroscience…
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Transformation
God always transforms from the inside out. His work begins in our hearts and works itself out in our lives. He works in us before he works through us. As followers of Jesus, we have all experienced the transforming power of God at work in us – that quiet work of the Holy Spirit convicting…
No Sacred Secular Divide
Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Discovering the secrets of God’s universe is sacred work and the glory of kings. Discoveries that build a nation also glorify God who concealed those truths in His creation for us to explore,…
Righteousness and Justice
Righteousness and justice are two Biblical concepts that belong together. To separate righteousness from justice is to separate being from doing, faith from works, and love for God from love for neighbor. The call to follow Jesus is a call to bring the whole of our lives under the Lordship of Christ through personal integrity…
Putting the Last First
Near the beginning of his public ministry, Jesus described his mission to people in his hometown of Nazareth. He went to the synagogue in the community where he grew up, opened a scroll, and read from the book of Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach…