September, 2009 Archives

Messing Up The Conversation

September 29th, 2009 · Posted in Evangelism, Practical Christianity, Practical Ministry · 0 Comments

Chris Walker at Evangelism Coach has a great post — “6 Ways To Mess Up A Good Conversation” on how to “mess up” a conversation with someone about Christ.
Here are the 6 ways:
1. Interrupt a person’s private thoughts (i.e. — barge in when someone is trying to just have some quiet time
2.Slightly agressinve body [...]

Sermon: John 10:1-6

September 27th, 2009 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I have posted my sermon from today on my sermon blog.
Based on John 10:1-6, it’s the third in my “Touch Jesus” series — today’s sermon entitled “Listen — And Follow”.
Here’s a portion of it:
At the age of forty-seven, Nick Thomas found himself unemployed and under tremendous financial pressure. He had had a successful career [...]

Go Gamecocks!

September 25th, 2009 · Posted in Football · 0 Comments

Ministers #8 In “Prestigious Jobs” Survey

September 22nd, 2009 · Posted in Current Affairs · 0 Comments

The Harris Poll has published a new poll on “the most prestigious jobs”. Every year they ask folks what jobs can be considered prestigious. Here are the “top prestigious jobs” for this year:
Firefighter (62% say “very great prestige”),
Scientist (57%),
Doctor (56%),
Nurse (54%),
Teacher (51%), and
Military officer (51%).
Ministers ranked 8th in the poll.
Here’s the “least [...]

Evangelism Or Discipleship — Or Both?

September 21st, 2009 · Posted in Evangelism, Practical Christianity, Practical Ministry · 0 Comments

Here’s a question for your Monday morning — is evangelism more important than discipleship — or is it the other way around?
There’s an interesting article at The Columbia Partnership’s web sitethat says it’s not a question of either / or — but both / and — that churches need to develop ways to do [...]