Hi All–Relevant Magazine online will be publishing a version of this article co-written by Jonathan Merritt and me.  So, I am pulling this one and will add a link to that one when it is up. Blessings to all.

            This past weekend I enjoyed ministry with a former student named Scott Harris, pastor of the Southside Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama.  Scott reminds me why I teach—he gets things. He gets that the Word is unchanging. He gets that Jesus alone can save. He gets that the local church is God’s plan to reach the world.             He also gets that the church in America is in trouble, particularly in the disconnect between what we profess about the … →

Were you raised in a Christian home?  If so, did your parents ever talk with you about the importance of reaching your neighbors with the gospel? I asked that question in most of my classes the past few years. Not a scientific study to be sure, but the responses have been telling nevertheless. After asking perhaps a thousand students this question, no more than two or three dozen indicated this happened in their homes. Most classes where I ask this … →