Most of our friends and acquaintances in Golden Gate Park have street names – Monkey, Four-Twenty, Felony, Chaos, Animal, and the like. One day I was talking to “Sheriff,” a twenty-something park dweller with a bright red Mohawk – it looked to me like he’d cut it himself, with neither mirror nor particularly sharp scissors. …
Share Christ, NOT Christianity
Jesus didn’t come here to start a new religion called “Christianity,” so our testimony is about him and not our religion. Christianity is a construct; the way we organize, categorize, and theologize. But at the end of the day it’s Jesus who saves, and our witness of him so much more compelling than any construct. …
The Disarming Power of Humility
“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.” — FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Humility goes a long way as a form of accidental evangelism. The genuinely humble Christian is more apt to attract people toward the meek and humble Son of God, than the bluster of a self-styled God expert. There are two motives …
Speak to the Spark!
I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen that the Spirit has clearly been at work in someone’s heart ahead of my meager efforts to show up and share with them about Jesus. The grace-clues that the Spirit concocted converged to ready Rahab for rescue remind me of Philip’s arrival at the …
Tell Your God-Sighting Stories
If you’ve seen God in something, tell the story! Your God-sighting stories have an impact on others. Tell the stories of whatever Red Seas he’s parted for you. Those you tell may or may not rush directly into Jesus’ arms. It might take some time for them to get around to it. But in the …
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