The Gospel is Beautifully Simple. Let the Holy Spirit Guide You
I recently read a blog post online and wrote the following in response. Thanks for your post. Two things you said stood out to me. First, you said, “The gospel message is simple enough for a child to understand.” I’ve had a privilege to teach many...Excellence on your Job is a Crucial Part of your Christian Witness
I remember a time many years ago when I was zealous for God but had little wisdom. I was hired to play a crucial role in a healthcare team that was providing care on a daily basis to patients. Being zealous for souls, I often fasted and prayed for the salvation of the...The Essentials of the Gospel Message
To understand the gospel (good news), one must start with the fall. We must start with the understanding that, as McRaney says, “man is naturally not good but sinful and in need of a Savior.” [1] What was the fall? Was it merely the eating of the forbidden fruit? The...How to share the gospel with a millennial
Imagine that 24-year-old millennial named Jessica is your neighbor. How would you go about sharing the gospel with Jessica? Note: This was written for an evangelism class I took. It’s important to understand the needs, values, and beliefs of millennials because that...The Power of Combining Incarnational and Informational Apologetics in our Evangelism
When done correctly, incarnational apologetics can speak a powerful message to a person’s heart that transforms them. As current research shows, people make decisions with their emotions and then use logic to rationalize it. Consumer psychologists and marketing...How Incarnational Apologetics Should Impact the Way Evangelism is Taught and Practiced
How does incarnational apologetics impact the way evangelism is taught and acted out in daily life? I think understanding incarnational apologetics should transform the way we do and teach evangelism, not because it is a new doctrine but because it takes us back to...How to Create a Passed/Failed Grading Scale in Moodle
How to Grade Assignments in Moodle as Passed/Failed You can use the following approach to create other grading scales besides the Passed/Failed scale. For example, an A,B,C,D scale; a passed/Failed scale A Disappointing, Not good enough, Average, Good, Very good,...The Role of Prayer in Spiritual Warfare
Prayer is the greatest weapon we have for spiritual warfare. Without prayer, we cannot wage spiritual warfare. The role of prayer is central and indispensable. Prayer is priceless to the one who engages in spiritual warfare. In his book, The Invisible War, which this...A biblical and theological understanding of the roles that angels, demons, the flesh, and the world play in spiritual warfare
In the writer’s book, Christian meditation: Returning to Biblical Meditation, the Key to Fruitfulness in the Christian life, he walks his readers through a brief biblical theology of meditation. First, he examines the Old Testament and second, he examines the New...