As I was flying back home from a quick, emergency trip to California, I couldn't help but notice how popular cellular phones have become. It seemed that every other passenger had one of them permanently glued to his/her ear. What did people do before cell phones were...
“So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God” – 2 Timothy 1:8Chi Faling was born in a small village in the mountains of Tongbai, Henan Province in eastern central...
I was trained (Centuries ago. If you don't believe it, ask my kids!) to be a pastor at a quaint seminary located in France. I was taught apologetics, systematic theology, dogmatics, hermeneutics, Hebrew and Greek and all the other "methods" of effective witnessing and...
In "Trained to Witness, Part 1", we saw that in Matthew 10, Jesus left very clear instructions to His disciples on how to witness. He instructed them to give the gospel free of charge; He told them that they didn't have to worry about what they would say, but that...
Some time ago I was visiting my parents and went to get a haircut at a shop they recommended. I started praying this prayer and ended up having a long conversation about God and faith with Ted, the barber. Ted owned the shop along with his wife Joanne, who normally...
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." - Acts 1:8Ethiopian Negussie Tameru was a gun-wielding bandit at the age of 18. Eventually he killed...
Romans 11:15 - For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? (NIV)My dad was an agnostic for most of his adult life. When I decided to become a preacher, he hit the roof. He thought I was wasting my...