As a child, I seldom went to church. Many of my friends did, but I almost never did. For me, Sunday morning was a day to sleep in and be lazy. Today, most Americans seem to be of the same opinion. For too many, rest and relaxation have replaced worship and praise. Do you think… Read More


Do you ever wonder why the church today is not as influential as it was in the past?  I do and quite often.  I remember when I was new to ministry some twenty-three years ago it was common knowledge that on any given Sunday 42% of all Americans were in church.  I remember being comforted… Read More


Today, January 6 is the Epiphany (Greek ????????? “manifestation”).  On this date the Christian church celebrates God’s appearing and manifesting Himself to man in the person of Jesus Christ.  On this day, we mark the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the child Jesus. 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in… Read More


As a Christian I increasingly feel disconnected from my own culture. A brief word of explanation before I continue. The technical terminology E-1, E-2, and E-3 is used to differentiate the cultural distance across which evangelism occurs . E-1 (evangelism one) refers to monocultural evangelism. Both E-2 and E-3 involve cross-cultural evangelism, with E-3 crossing… Read More