Martyrs: Guilty of Evangelism

An Iranian Christian who was beaten and had equipment from her sewing shop destroyed has been told by a judge in that Middle Eastern nation that she has no recourse because she is guilty of evangelism. The woman ran a tailoring business and volunteered to teach three girls how to sew. During their conversations, she

Guerrilla Training

This is the latest class of about 30 potential evangelists who have enlisted in our newest training course, “Sharing Your Faith Without Fear.” They will be trained to engage in hand-to-hand combat (handing out tracts), verbal judo (personal witnessing), and air attacks (open air preaching). How many will finish? Check back in 6 weeks… and

Famous Lost Words: Brian McLaren

The latest pox to be released on orthodox Christianity is the Emergent Church movement. This is a movement of primarily “Post-Modern” young people that hold to no absolute truth, deconstruct and reconstruct Christian beliefs at will to accomodate their culture, and prefer interfaith dialogue rather than verbal evangelism. The Grand Poobah of the movement is

Evangelist Strikes Back With Lawsuit

An evangelist in Illinois is suing the city of Naperville for being ticketed while street preaching last month, allegedly because a sign he carried was a violation of an ordinance regulating street sign location. In September, Elmer Joe Christopherson of Burning Hearts Outreach Ministries says he and his colleagues had been witnessing for about three

Preaching Hell in a Tolerant Age

This is an interesting article subtitled “Brimstone for the Broadminded” written by a pastor named Tim Keller on how to convince Post-moderns concerning the unpleasant doctrine of Hell. The young man in my office was impeccably dressed and articulate. He was an Ivy League MBA, successful in the financial world, and had lived in three