Three terrible things happen when we do not share the Gospel. First, we are not obedient. Second, lost people cannot be saved. Third, and most importantly, God is not glorified. Think about it. When we do not share the Gospel we are living in disobedience, people cannot be saved and God is not glorified. How …

My Student Minister, Dave Snyder, and I enjoyed lunch together last Thursday. On our return trip to the office we stopped and met Beau and his band of nomads. We are quick to judge people by appearances, aren’t we? Before you judge Beau and his friends, you must hear his story. Dave and I introduced …

I spoke with a CrossPointer recently who shared a great analogy for what our week should be like as CrossPointers.  He said we should spend Monday through Saturday fishing, and then we should gather on Sundays to show what we caught and to be fed.  I like that analogy. I went fishing last night.  I …

I shared the gospel last Friday.  The individual came to my house to see me for one reason; the Lord sent them to me for quite another purpose. We spent several minutes in conversation while sitting on my porch.  A few minutes pass.  While responding to his inquiry I begin praying. “Lord, why did you …

Back to yesterday and Monday we go. Bill Hull’s book, Jesus Christ Disciplemaker, stirred a long-term memory of an evangelism encounter. Hull wrote, Witnessing (declaring the gospel to unbelievers) is a valuable and rewarding experience.  If a Christian knows this fact but does not practice it, it is no more than theory.  I can tell …

Bill Hull’s book, Jesus Christ Disciplemaker, provoked an evangelism encounter in my life from twenty plus years ago. It was sometime in the late 1980s.  I was in Oxford, Mississippi, studying a new discipleship tool with a group of ministers.  We were being trained as facilitators for MasterLife written by Dr. Avery Willis.  Part of …

Let’s take some time to discuss witnessing this week.  I want to begin the discussion with a book I have been re-reading. I spent part of Sunday evening reflecting on Bill Hull’s book, Jesus Christ Disciplemaker. I perused Hull’s tome so I can begin to discuss it with CrossPoint’s staff on Tuesday.  We try to …

I am taking a team of students and adults to Costa Rica, May 28 – June 4, 2010.  We will be working with Mission Challenge.  CrossPoint has been forming a working relationship with MC through CrossPointers, Ken and Katie Parsons.  Katie has a special affinity with MC, since her parents moved there in 1982 to …

Last week in my Supervised Ministry Class, which is a class on personal evangelism, I addressed the topic: Dropping Hooks into the Water.  The subject simply includes ways to communicate the Gospel in any and every situation. During the introduction, I challenged the students accordingly: The importance of sharing the gospel of Christ with those …

I am teaching two seminary classes for the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Extension Center in Birmingham this semester.  The first class is Spiritual Formation, while the other class is Supervised Ministry. Many of you are familiar with the text I am using in the Spiritual Formation class.  The book is Donald Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines …