FIRST-PERSON: A strategy for harvesting souls
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- I will be honest -- sometimes I am hesitant to share my faith in areas where I cannot pin-point Gospel-centered churches that exemplify a love for God and people through a clear discipleship strategy. I fear leading someone to Christ without connecting them to a local church since, as St. Augustine said, “If you do not have the church as your mother, you do not have God as your father.”
FIRST-PERSON: Black history is American history
Black History Month, Curtis Woods writes, can help Christians gain a "view of God's providence and grace" by listening "to one another's story of pain and promise without contempt."