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When you read the title, you might automatically respond, “You don’t.” After all, we can't force our faith on others. You can't cram the gospel down people’s throats.I have learned, however, that those we think are not interested are often the most responsive to the Gospel, if approached correctly.Understand why many are not interested, or appear not to be.Some have been witnessed to before, by people they want nothing to do with or be like. So, just like a lot of us avoid co

Yesterday, I enjoyed watching a dad and his two boys building a sandcastle on the beach. Sorry, I know that’s not what you want to hear about after the two coldest days of the year. Linda has only about a month left with her job with United so we took advantage of her flight benefits one last time…on the coldest days of the year. Yes, we escaped to Florida for a couple of days. Please don’t hate me. The dad and boys came prepared and worked hard. They had shovels and pails an

The news that trickles out of North Korea just keeps getting worse. Kim Jong-un, the young dictator, has not only executed his uncle, but has also and is still in the process of killing every known blood relative of the man, including women and children. This…in the 21st century. And there are those who say evil does not exist. Contrast that with the story of David and Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 9. If you have been reading with the plan that I put out (it’s in booklet form ava

Does it seem like you are just going through the motions? You get up and go to work, rush to an activity of some sort, then go home, watch a little TV and go to bed.

It’s no fun to be out of work and looking.It’s even worse when you feel like you’ve exhausted your networks and resources…and still nothing.So what do you do with all of your time?This isn’t a “How to Find a Job” post. This is about seeing the opportunity in this season of life that you’d probably prefer not to be in, but seizing it nonetheless.Most of us are more efficient with our time when we are short of it. When we have unwelcome extra time, we tend to squander it. And t

It’s that time of the year again. Time to hype up the players and coaches in the Super Bowl and to hear the nonstop chatter, pro and con of bigger-than-life football heroes.It was more fun for me when the Packers were there a couple of years ago.Now, just a day after the two teams that will be in it were decided, the internet buzz for Christians is all about the two quarterbacks. Supposedly, both are Christians.Bear in mind that I know neither personally, nor have I researche

A sweet little girl came to me last Sunday between the services and gave me a hug. I felt ten feet tall. Then she said, sweetly, “Would you like to buy some girl scout cookies?" She is good. But I’d like to talk about that. Not just Girl Scout Cookies (which I love and buy every year), but many of the other proposals that are sometimes peddled in churches before and after services. Some people attempt to raise funds for a school or charitable cause or promote their multilevel

There are some things that are just stupid to wait on.Sometimes patience is not a virtue.Years ago a small piece of siding came loose on my house. I planned on fixing it. It was a simple matter of putting the ladder up to the house and reattaching the siding. But I put if off.A few weeks later we had a major wind storm and that single loose piece of siding wound up peeling off almost the whole side of the house. What was a simple fix-it job that I could’ve done myself turned

“My co-worker has been inviting me to come for quite a while. I finally relented and wow, I’m glad I did. I’ll be back for sure next Sunday” (from a first-time guest at The Bridge last week).Inviting people in our sphere of influence to church can be a very effective way to witness. Many of the early disciples of Jesus came to know him because they had friends who invited them to to a gathering he was attending. My first exposure to the Gospel came as a result of an invitatio

This could be your year. We all have those things about ourselves that we know need to change. Maybe it’s a habit. Maybe its a relationship. Maybe it’s all-around life transformation that you need. You’ve been thinking about it for a while. Maybe you’ve even taken some initial steps and feel like you’ve failed. Now’s the time to make it happen. 2014 is your year. That’s why we are studying the book of Ephesians at The Bridge for the next twelve weeks in a series called, renew

Praying in a way that impacts our world is not just for the super-spiritual. I’m not even sure who the super-spriitual are. God wants to engage with every-day Christ-followers like you. He wants you to be a man or woman of prayer. And you can be. If you didn't catch my last post, you may want to read it now before this one. This is part two. I’ve learned that prayer is similar to many other things in life, it’s hard to be effective without a plan. That’s where a prayer list i

You read about people in the Bible praying for long periods of time and you wish you could do that, but how? Stories of prayer warriors like “Praying” John Hyde and George Muller intrigue you, but you think that kind of praying is only for the super spiritual.How does anyone ever pray for more than ten minutes at a time? I hear Christians commonly saying, “I run out of things to pray about and my mind wanders after more than ten minutes.” And for some, even ten minutes is a s