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A New Horizon: What Cultural Shifts Mean for Apologetics Today

1 week ago | outreachmagazine.com | Sean McDowell

It’s no secret that over the past 60 years U.S. Christian apologists have witnessed a dramatic cultural sea change. In the past, we could assume two things: the general belief in reasonable objective truths, and a baseline cultural familiarity with what’s in the Bible.
Tara-Leigh Cobble

3 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Tara-Leigh Cobble

Bible-Centeredness for the Next Generation: Finding New Joy in the Old, Old StoryDuring a short-lived period of the internet, many people quickly learned not to trust headlines. Clickbait titles that misrepresented the greater story drew in...
Are You Reading the Bible the Wrong Way?

3 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | David Platt

Reading God’s Word is insufficient if we don’t rightly understand the context and meaning behind the words we’re reading. It is possible to read the Bible and misunderstand the point of what God is saying. Such misunderstandings can actually be harmful to our lives and our relationship with God. Specifically, we need to steer clear of these dangerous approaches to reading the Bible. The Emotional Approach: What Feels Good to Me?
Cross Church: The Courage to Step Out

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

Pastor Jaime Loya was 20 years old when he and his wife started Cross Church in their living room in San Benito, located in deep south Texas by the Mexican border. “Our vision in 1995 was to reach our friends and family and people who are far from God,” Loya explains. “I jokingly say that I didn’t have anyone around to talk me out of it. But that’s how God works.
Transformational Faith

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley

The word “faith” appears approximately 250 times in the New Testament. But that word is a noun, and when you include the verb expressions of that word, there are far more. These would be words like “trust” and “believe.” Based on the number of mentions alone you’d have to include that “faith” is an important concept in the Bible. And of course that’s true. As Christians, we are people of faith. Faith is not an ancillary part of our lives but rather the driving force behind everything we do.
How to Work With a Mentor

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Dan Reiland

My friend and mentor, John Maxwell, has written and spoken about being mentored by the great coach John Wooden among others. Hearing this, a pastor asked me these questions: “How does one go about getting the greatest NCAA coach as a mentor? Did he (Maxwell) just ask for regular meetings and what does mentorship look like?” Good questions. I will admit that getting John Wooden as a coach is an extraordinary circumstance involving an extraordinary leader.
Red Brush Christian Church: Teens Leading Teens

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

Six years ago, high school senior Kay Hammond was eager to become more involved at Red Brush Christian Church in Louisville, Illinois, but wasn’t sure how, and she wasn’t the only one. Kay and 13 other junior high and high schoolers came over to her aunt Penny Arnold’s house to brainstorm some ideas“They started taking ownership, and when they realized they had a say, a purpose and a responsibility, that’s when the conversation took off,” recalls Arnold.
Ed Stetzer: Discipleship Reimagined

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Ed Stetzer

EDITORIALOne thing that’s become clear over the last decade is that discipleship has not held the central place it should in the life of the church. Many believers, often unintentionally, have been caught up in various agendas and passions—some of them even good things—that have eclipsed the priority of discipleship that flows from the gospel, the entire Bible, and the church. This is not to say the church has abandoned discipleship altogether, but rather that it has often compartmentalized it.
Trace Church: Waving the White Towel

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

THE CHURCHTrace Church in Colorado Springs, ColoradoTHE CHALLENGE Find a way to encourage people to surrender to Christ.ONE BIG IDEAHave people take a free towel as a sign they want to accept Jesus. Like many pastors, Aaron Pennington of Trace Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, needed a sabbatical after COVID-19. While away from the church, he felt God telling him that he needed to give people a clear sign and opportunity to respond to the gospel every Sunday.
What Makes Them Come Back?

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Dan Reiland

The most common reason people check out your church is someone invited them. The most common reason people leave your church is they don’t feel connected. But what are the most common reasons people return to your church after their first visit or two? Conversations about church attendance patterns are an ongoing subject and they affect how we measure guest retention rate and the length of time it takes for guests to connect within your church.