I recently finished Jerram Barrs’ The Heart of Evangelism, which concludes with seven principles of evangelism as evidenced in Paul’s ministry. I hope these are helpful for you as a reminder and encouragement:
Show respect. “We can never look down on anyone as unworthy of our love, honor and respect of we would be disqualifying ourselves.” [...]
I have read Michael Horton for quite some time. This professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary in California, is the editor-in-chief at Modern Reformation magazine, a periodical I subscribed to for years. I have always appreciated Horton’s intelligence, discernment and gospel-centered theology. Frankly, his ability to distill the zeitgeist of both the [...]
Here is my five-part series on thinking through a gospel-centered children’s curriculum as a PDF article for download.
P.S. – Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section if you downloaded the article and are on a church staff.
What would age-graded ministries look like if they were gospel-centered? I suggest the following:
PRESCHOOL MINISTRIES: IDENTIFY – Preschool ministries deal with those who are obviously the lead developmentally advanced: infants and toddlers. Their role will primarily be helping children indentify the major characters and stories of the Bible, not the least of which will be [...]
Another strength of gospel-centered curriculum is that the gospel aims at the heart while moral “how to” lessons aim at the surface of behavior. If Martin Luther, John Calvin and the Reformers understood Jesus correctly, all sin ultimately is an issue of worshiping something or someone other than God in Christ. John Calvin said, “The [...]
