Sublime

purpose should determine approach.

He refused to allow the gospel message to be judged by the speaker’s rhetorical ability.

If church leaders are simply working to give attenders the best experience with the least amount of sacrifice, then why would they do anything more than drop in virtually when they have time?

there are rules of engagement in every contemporary context that apologists must pay careful attention to if they want to successfully convey the gospel message to the audience.

Presentation matters. A lot.

Should we switch things up? Try another tack? Measurable nonresults is one of the reasons so many churches tuck the gospel behind fog and lasers or adjust their teaching to the “7 Steps” busywork of moralistic therapeutic deism.

Biblical teaching about the role of the mind in the Christian life and the value of extrabiblical knowledge requires integration.

Messages that are not Christ-centered (i.e., not redemptively focused) inevitably become human-centered, even though the drift most frequently occurs unintentionally among evangelical preachers. These preachers do not deliberately exclude Christ’s ministry from their own, but by consistently preaching messages on the order of “Five Steps to a Bette

My goal is that through the things I say (message), the way I say them (methods), and the attitudes I express (character), God will change the heart of this person. Think of it! Think that God is connecting you with people so that he might complete his work in their lives!