In Luke 21: 12-19 (the Olivet Discourse), Jesus utters a prophecy about the future disciples and their response to persecution.  Persecution on this side of the globe, though painful in our eyes, is nothing compared to the persecution of those...

Not Prepared! It was an evangelists dream. I had been visiting with Shelly for a good hour about her thoughts about God, her experience with church, her life dreams. Our conversation had moved to a place about talking about Jesus,...

I am in my fourth year here at Missouri State as the director of the Baptist Student Union. Each year, I have had to monotonously fill out state reports that would require me to list the number of salvations or...

In Mark 3:14 we are given two reasons why Jesus calls disciples: “And He appointed twelve (whom He also named apostles) so that they might be with Him and He might send them out to preach.” Embedded in this verse...

We would imagine that the phrase “missional community” would be somewhat self-explanatory given that the name seems fairly straightforward.  However, since the word combo emerged several years ago, there has been a great deal of confusion regarding what a “missional...

God Speaks God often speaks to me through literature. I’m an English major and I spend a lot of time reading. The books I read, obviously the ones in my courses at UT, are rarely Christian books. They are neither...

During the month of February, many campus ministries at the University of Texas are working together to have students on campus sharing the gospel each week day from 10am to 7pm.  We call the initiative Beautiful Feet. Last Thursday, my...

In the American church today, we really like addition. We are encouraged to invite our friends to church services, bibles studies, campus ministry meetings, etc. We even hold social events specifically as means to invite our friends into the church....

“Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of...

Over the past week I have spoken with a number of people and the topic of training Christians to be missionaries has come up again and again. The question “How do you train someone to be a missionary?” has been...