This morning, between studying Greek and working on sermons, I shared some thoughts on Twitter regarding College Campus Ministry. Some were shared from the perspective of an observer, and others were shared from the prospective of how I engage in ministry on college campuses. I hope you will be both challenged and edified by what I shared. Here are the tweets. 1. Y can almost … [Read more...]
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The Gospel, Not How It’s Delivered, Is the Power of God for Salvation
Gordon received a gospel tract. He came back later spewing vile hate for God and man. We talked for about ten minutes. He walked away angry and fully aware his absurd worldview is built upon the foundation of hatred for the God he knows exists. It was a successful evangelistic encounter. I distributed about 1,000 gospel tracts without engaging any students in conversation. … [Read more...]
Sermon Text: Who Get’s the Glory in Your Story?
Who Gets The Glory In Your Story? Marks of a Real Christian Testimony Tony Miano © 2013 Scripture Reading: Acts 26 Introduction: Statistics show that people rank death as their second greatest fear. Number one on their list is public speaking. Most people would rather go skydiving or shark hunting with a Swiss Army knife than stand before a group of people and talk. While … [Read more...]
Today’s Weeping Prophets: A Fragrance of Life and a Fragrance of Death
The prophet Jeremiah, often referred to as the "Weeping Prophet," by American Evangelical standards, was an utter evangelistic failure. Over the course of his ancient, storied and God-honoring ministry he saw a total of two of his countrymen repent of their sin against God--Baruch (his assistant and scribe) and Ebed-Melech (an Ethiopian eunuch and servant in the palace of King … [Read more...]
Week in Review – Arrest, Wimbledon and Tony Miano
Cross Encounters Radio "You're Doing it Wrong!" Chris and Rich covered an update from Tony's evangelism efforts in the UK. Friendship Evangelism is alive and well there and it seems the locals were making sure Tony knew about it. "Arrested in Wimbledon" Tony stepped back in the host seat to share about his experiences at the Wimbledon Outreach. He discussed his arrest … [Read more...]
Just a Thought
Friendship evangelism is neither friendship nor evangelism without the verbal proclamation of the gospel. … [Read more...]
Just a Thought
It always fascinates me how some Christians will hear me share the gospel and rail against my "methodology," saying, "Evangelism isn't about methods." Then they try to support their rebuke by talking about friendship evangelism, meeting felt needs, and being culturally relevant. Wait. Aren't those methods? I think methods are fine so long as the GOSPEL is preached. Maybe that's … [Read more...]