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Finding Your Master of Evangelism
A few weeks ago I watched two people try to lay tile against a wall. One struggled and made a mess. The concrete was runny, he moves slowly, and carried himself in a way
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Sharing Christ without living your faith
Meet John. He’s a high school junior who attends youth group every week despite having a busy schedule at work. Honestly, he’s not really sure why he continues to go to youth group except
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Sharing your faith as an introvert
Let’s face it: evangelism is for the outgoing, talkative people who could carry on a conversation with a fire hydrant. It’s not really for us introverted people who are quiet, shy, and prefer to
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The Message We Win Them With is What We Win Them To
I’m a big proponent that the saying, “What you win them with is what you win them to,” is absolutely true about our methods in youth ministry. We often apply this to our methods
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Does Your Youth Group Really Know the Gospel?
When I do one-on-one discipleship with a student one of the first things I discuss with them is the gospel message. It’s the core, the foundation, the heart of everything we believe, and thus
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The Basics of Using Social Media to Connect with Unbelievers
A few weeks ago I met Dave Dorr, the pastor at a church plant in Cincinnati, OH, called Passage Church. We talked a bit about how his church is doing and their strategy for
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Saying, “No,” to the Holy Spirit
As weird as it may sound, when I was in high school me and my friends would go to the mall and spend a Friday or Saturday evening talk with random strangers about Jesus.
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How to Make Evangelism Easy
When I was in high school I felt like I had the gift of evangelism just because it came easy to me and I enjoyed doing it. Sharing the gospel with total strangers was
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Don’t Invite People to Events!
It’s a pretty common practice for youth leaders to encourage youth group kids to invite their unsaved friends to events and programs, yet every time I see Jesus extend an invitation to someone, it
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3 Ways Teenagers Can Live the Gospel
We’re all quite familiar with Christ’s commands to evangelize the world and share the good news of the gospel with the lost and dying world around us. Hopefully we teach that to our youth
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