How can you reach teenagers for Christ by the preaching of a 50-year-old guy wearing a suit and standing behind a pulpit? I’ve heard it before. You’ve probably thought it. Among certain groups, the only way to reach teenagers with the gospel is for the person sharing the gospel to be a 20-something (or someone who dresses like a 20-something), with blue jeans, t-shirt, and soul patch, who knows the street language and music of teenagers. It also helps if his past was filled with drugs and sex because that’s something teens understand. And it obviously has to be done with only the teenagers present…no parent should be within miles. But is this the only way teenagers can be reached with the gospel? Can the gospel not stand alone? And if the preaching of the cross is foolishness, do we quit preaching and try some other more acceptable method?...Read more.
When it comes to evangelism, we have a generation who has been acclimated to think that evangelizing the lost involves somehow getting them back to your church. Whether it’s an attractive program or a “relevant” church service,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“So Boyd…in this ‘new’ church where the families sit together and you don’t have programs, how do you evangelize?” I’ve heard that several times and anticipate hearing it again. It’s one of the most...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I really could not believe I was hearing it again. “So Boyd…in this ‘new’ church where the families sit together and you don’t have programs, how do you evangelize?” To which I responded, “Hopefully I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I am delighted by the harvest that God is reaping in many families across this nation. God is raising awareness of the beauty of the gospel and the desire to spread it. He seems to be raising up courageous men to preach in the streets. He is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John Calvin on the Great Commission: The meaning amounts to this, that by proclaiming the gospel everywhere, they should bring all nations to the obedience of the faith, and next, that they should seal and ratify their doctrine by the sign of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"All of us sitting here today hopefully understand that it’s not just our methodology that’s going to save our children, whether it’s family integration or anything else,…It’s going to be the sovereign grace of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Here is a large secret of why the puritan evangelistic method was so successful: The puritans were living transcripts of their sermons. They lived the way they preached....[Read more.]" – Joel Beeke
If you would like some really practical advice for how to engage your children with you in the culture war, this is a very helpful message. Jason Dohm outlines several important ways this can happen. He inspires us to get out of the monastery and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
