How to Help People Evangelize Clearly 

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Most of us are familiar with the Gideons. They are responsible for handing out millions and millions of Bibles. The people involved in this organization are laymen who devote their own time and resources to print and distribute the Word of God. When they give out these Bibles, they often engage in evangelism. They are
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Six Hundred Years of Fear (John 4:14)

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Recently GES held a regional conference in Tallahassee, FL. The audience was made up of primarily Spanish speaking people, although most were bilingual. One of the speakers was a local Spanish speaking pastor, Dr. Marino Martinez. He spoke about the history of Christianity in Spanish speaking, primarily Latin American, countries. He gave a good overview
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The Amish Against Assurance?

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Like many Americans, I have a fascination with the Amish. I’m intrigued by their life, and I respect their resilience in maintaining their identity in the face of massive societal pressure. They have survived for centuries. If large-scale cultural collapse is on the horizon (and I think it probably is; see here), Evangelicals should take
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The Problem of Basing Your Religion on Feelings: Hannah Whitall Smith’s Story, Part 2 

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When Hannah Whitall Smith grew up among the Quakers of Philadelphia in the 1830s, she found that their legalism and emphasis on inward feelings and impressions combined to make a perfect formula for religious doubt: The sort of introspection I had imbided from my Quaker teaching was calculated to lead to constant self-examination of the
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