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The great evangelist, Ravi Zacharias, had been a pretender for decades. The influential apostle to the Academy had built a self-named empire by claiming for himself academic credentials that he did not have. He told fans and donors that he was “a professor at Oxford” and a “visiting scholar at Cambridge.” He told them that…
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While preparing the way for the Lord, John the Baptist declares, “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.” Many have failed to do this, in part, because repentance has become diluted. Rather than truly turning away from sin–back to God–we often equate repentance with a mere oral confession. This domesticated, unbiblical understanding of repentance bears no…
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Many popular atheists are very confident in what they assert to be true. However, not everything they say actually makes sense. This book sheds light on 36 statements made by atheists of the present and the past – Sam Harris, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Hitchens, Alex Rosenberg, Richard Dawkins, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Bertrand Russell – to…
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We need a bigger vision for the city. It’s not enough to plant individual churches in isolation from each other. The spiritual need and opportunity of our cities is too big for any one church to meet alone. Pastors Neil Powell and John James contend that to truly transform a city, the gospel compels us…
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Many bemoan the decline of the church. We hear a steady stream of reports about how droves of people, especially younger generations, are abandoning Christianity. But new research shows that unchurched Americans are surprisingly more receptive and open to the Christian faith than is commonly assumed. Researcher and practitioner Rick Richardson unveils the findings of the…
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New research finds that Christians are less involved in spiritual conversations today than we were twenty-five years ago. As society has changed, it seems we have become more uncomfortable talking with people about our faith. We are reluctant conversationalists. The reality is that many of our churches and communities are shrinking instead of growing. What…
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Our special guest is Michelle Ferrigno Warren, author of The Power of Proximity: Moving Beyond Awareness to Action. Michelle is the advocacy and strategic engagement director for the Christian Community Development Association. She is an immigration, education, and human service policy specialist and is an adjunct faculty member at Denver Seminary. With over twenty years’…
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Our special guest is Abu Atallah, the author of From Cairo to Christ. He is also the founder and CEO of European Training Centre and a pastor, professor, and missionary with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He was born and raised in Egypt, and after his conversion was involved with Campus Crusade at Cairo University. In…
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