The Opportunity in Ordinary Life: Becoming Everyday Missionaries
Every one of us has a private village. This circle is where we can most effectively share what Jesus has done for us and for others, becoming everyday missionaries.
Every one of us has a private village. This circle is where we can most effectively share what Jesus has done for us and for others, becoming everyday missionaries.
Preaching at our moment in history is perilous. People find offense and can easily find some other voice that will say what they want to hear. How do we move forward?
The number of adults who don’t fall wholly into the biblical worldview category, but still lean that direction, possessing “a substantial number of beliefs and behaviors consistent with biblical principles,” has fallen dramatically, as well.
York Moore, who has the benefit of observing decades of evangelistic outreach, is equally bullish about the avenue TikTok evangelism for the gospel has opened. He says that we could be seeing the greatest evangelistic opportunity in American history.
Secularism has said that if we had more education, more science and better government, we’d have a good life. But the COVID pandemic showed us that science alone wasn’t enough to guarantee a good life. The War in Ukraine has shown us that education and good government aren’t enough either. As Sayers says, “It’s as if the tide of the gospel has gone so far out that the sheer weight of the gospel is going to come rushing back in.” This is not a threat to the gospel, but an opportunity. There is a vacuum out there that longs to be filled.
Our inherent personality traits, emotional makeup, and “nature”are so strong, that as the parable states – even when it hurts us, we still can’t help it.
Discipleship will always lead the people of God outward on the mission Jesus is on, effectively connecting evangelism and discipleship.
About 20% of those who lose a loved one experience an unrelenting mental health condition known as “complicated grief.” Of course, these numbers do not even touch the grief resulting from job loss, the pandemic and other bereavements. Grief abounds. That’s why Tim Challies’ Seasons of Sorrow is particularly relevant for anyone in ministry and counseling.
For believers in Jesusand for everyone on the planet, actuallythe answers we search for reside in one place. Its not in our own minds, in the opinions of others, or in a search engine, but in the timeless truth of Gods Word, the Bible as a resource.
Spreading the gospel in Nordic countries where people think they're already happy