Interview with Jerry McCorkle of SpreadTruth

I had the opportunity to meet some of the guys with SpreadTruth.  They stopped by campus to talk with a few professors about a new discipleship training resource called “The Story.” “The Story” is an excellent way to train people in personal evangelism.  In fact, it is one of the best resources I have seen [...]

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This week I begin a semester-long training course for church planters.  I always look forward to it.  One of the first things that the participants experience is that I quickly tell them that our work is not about church planting. Now, I recognize this is a strange statement for a church planting professor to make, [...]

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When I wrote Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions, I wanted to produce a book that would be a valuable resource to local churches.  I desired to create something that pastors would be willing to share with their church members.  (We do not need to go to the statistical file to dig up numerical [...]

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I now return after the longest hiatus from blogging since I started this thing last year.  The past couple of weeks have been extremely busy with teaching, speaking and preaching engagements, and writing deadlines.  I’m thankful to be back…writing about The End. It is now two days after the false prediction of the return of [...]

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When I started Missiologically Thinking one year ago, I knew that I was going to be writing for a niche within the Evangelical sub-culture.  Over the past year, however, I have discovered that there are more folks reading my posts than just the group of believers for whom I desired to write. While the vast [...]

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As promised, I am posting today on my next book.  Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions is scheduled to be released in early February. In this book, I attempt to answer thirty-three of the most commonly asked questions regarding this great responsibility. I felt that a work was needed that provided a solid biblical/theological [...]

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This week in the United States we plan to celebrate Thanksgiving.  As always, my family and I plan to remain in Kentucky, making a trip to Appalachia and then to the central part of the state.  As always, we are thankful for this time… and for the food… and for family… and for the food. [...]

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If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, or this blog, you know that I am a supporter of the Lausanne Movement, including Cape Town 2010.  Yesterday, I posted several links to assist you in keeping up with the happenings of October 16-25.  I also posted this podcast to download.  For the past several [...]

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In  order to assist us in staying the course in our evangelistic work, I want to turn our attentions to a foundational matter.  If we lose sight of biblical principles for missional living, the we find ourselves standing at a crossroads not knowing what to do in the societies in which we find ourselves. In [...]

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Last week, I finished working with Bette Smyth, proof-reader and first-round editor on my next book, Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions.  This is my third book with Biblica (the artist formerly known as Paternoster/Authentic), and third work with Bette.  As always, it was a delight to work with her.  She ain’t done nary a bad job, and always [...]

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