A Black Hebrew Israelite: always angry, always disrespectful, always self-righteous, always racist, always hateful. You can't shut them up, but you can shut them down. See Ryan Turner​'s excellent article, which gives a good overview of this demonic, cultic group: Black Hebrew Israelites. While Jeff Rose and Dave Griffin (JeremiahCry Ministries) Two verses these men of … [Read more...]
A Conversation with Shawn Holes
Shawn Holes is one of the dearest brothers in Christ I know. He has an amazing testimony of how the Lord radically saved him. Shawn and his wonderful family have established Luke 10:2 Ministries. Christ has so transformed Shawn's life that he has gone from professional ski instructor and street fighter to a full-time evangelist, traveling throughout the world to herald the … [Read more...]
New CARM Video Series on Evangelism
Last year I had the opportunity to travel to Boise, ID, to spend a week with Matt Slick and Ken Cook of the Christian Apologetic and Research Ministry (CARM). During our time together, we filmed a series of short videos about biblical evangelism. Here are the first several videos in the series. I will post more videos in the series as CARM shares them on YouTube. … [Read more...]
Who is Matthew Vine, and Why Should Christians Care?
According to the biography on his website, Matthew Vines is: ". . . an is an advocate for the acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people within Christian communities and in society at large. He lives in Wichita, Kansas. Matthew attended Harvard University from 2008 to 2010. He then took a leave of absence in order to research the Bible and homosexuality … [Read more...]
CARM Introduces New ‘Street Preaching’ Section
For several weeks I have been writing articles for a new section on the CARM website. The section is simply titled: Street Preaching. I wrote the following introduction for the section: Street preaching is as old as the Bible itself. Street preaching has never been popular, either inside or outside the church. Open-air preaching and street evangelism has never been culturally … [Read more...]
1 Peter 3:15 and Friendship Evangelism
Recently, I wrote an article for the CARM website titled: Does 1 Peter 3:15 Support Friendship Evangelism? Here is an excerpt from the article: In 1 Peter 3 :15, Peter is not describing a relational conversation ( i.e. friendship evangelism) between an unbeliever and a Christian. Rather, Peter is preparing his readers to stand firm in the faith, to be ready to valiantly … [Read more...]