Evangelism
Whatever happened to evangelism? (Reagan Rose): Evangelism doesn’t need to be entirely ignored to be sidelined. It can be displaced more subtly. If churches champion less controversial causes as equal with gospel proclamation, honest biblical evangelism will always be the loser. If it’s just as important for Christians to feed the hungry as it is for them to spread the good news, I’m going to pick the one that gets me a pat on the back by society, not the one that gets me spat on. Read more at The Master’s Seminary.
Church
7 ideas for improving Bible engagement in your church: How to encourage a deeper experience of Scripture (J. R. Briggs): Phil Collins, professor of Christian Educational Ministries at Taylor University, describes Scripture engagement as a process of marinating in and mulling over Scripture in a way that leads to transformative encounters with God. “It’s not for information or guilt or pride,” he says, “but to meet and know God. It is relational.” Collins says that this kind of engagement leads us to delight in God and his ways (Psalm 119). How can we facilitate this kind of deeper engagement? Read more at Christianity Today.