Articles

• Perfect Parenting? by Dr. Juli Slattery - May 2, 2013

  Thou shalt make your children eat broccoli. Thou shalt not give your child an unsterilized pacifier. Thou shalt let your teen sleep in on Saturdays.

• “Your prayer request got in my text messages!” ”Your text messages got me praying!” - September 6, 2012

  Like chocolate and peanut butter, prayer requests and text messaging go to together in a surprisingly delicious way: Calorie free praying! Could there be a more noble and wonderful purpose for mobile phones than helping us pray more? It sure beats texting about what someone had for lunch yesterday.

• A Wired World - November 6, 2011

  The computer revolution and the Internet are also changing Christian evangelism and discipleship, in ways which are only just beginning. Just as the Roman road system in New Testament times enabled the rapid spread of the Gospel, the Internet is also becoming an effective worldwide channel for evangelism.

• Looking for Cost-Effective Advertising for Your Church - Think BIG! - September 1, 2011

  Did you know that our tough economic times offer your church a huge opportunity? Statistics show that churches experience significant growth during tough economic times.

• Getting To Know Jesus - 001 - In the Fullness of Time New Hope Gospel Ministries (home of Getting To Know Jesus) - April 28, 2011

  There is some discussion over whether God causes things to happen or simply knows when they will happen. The point of our focus is that Jesus did not come until it was time for him to appear!

• Dynamic Church Growth Through Family Discipleship Disciple Like Jesus Ministry - January 22, 2011

  Church leaders are struggling to curtail the massive exodus of between seventy and ninety four percent of church children; well over two million are being lost each year. According to Barna Research, less than one half of one percent of young adults have a biblical worldview; that is less than one in two hundred!

• Life After High School: What Campus Ministers Wish Youth Workers Understood About Christians at College - November 11, 2010

  Across the country, youth workers express alarm about the large numbers of students who ditch their faith when they go to college. College pastors share their burden. As director of The Ivy Jungle Network, a resource for campus ministers, I talk to both groups.