Category: Ministry
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Preaching with a Tender Fierceness
This morning, John Piper posted a short blog on what preachers should aspire for. I think it’s extremely valuable: Especially on Sundays, preaching is paramount in a pastor’s life. When we prepare to preach, we remember that our words should fall “as gentle rain upon the tender grass” and “like a hammer that breaks the…
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The Joys of Ministering to International Students
Tonight, I was at an international grad student Bible study, filling in for a Crusade staff member who is at a conference. Toward the end of the evening, I started to instruct the students how they would go through follow up lessons with a new believer. I prefaced it with, “We’ll go through this pretty…
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Big Red Welcome to Freshmen
The Sunday before school starts is always a night full of energy, excitement, fun, and, of course, food. Today is the Big Red Welcome street fair on campus. Almost 5,000 freshmen are going to start the first day of their college careers tomorrow. Tonight, Campus Crusade, along with hundreds of other student organizations are vying…
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Evangelism: Tell of All God’s Works
Psalm 73:28 (ESV): But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. For the Psalmist, he made God is treasure for one reason: to tell other people. He sat at the Lord’s feet, learned from him, was reproved…
JAMES PRUCH 