S. Michael Craven
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Discipleship is Evangelism
We have tried to condense the gospel to the most basic \"facts\" about Jesus, formulate simplistic mediums or tools for the conveyance of these facts
The Kingdom Comes Forcefully
For all who have entered the kingdom, this moral decision must be confronted: passivity versus action.
Sending Our Children
You may wonder if serving in the military serves the kingdom.
Serving the World, Loving Others
Now I want to address the second way in which the church bears witness to the gospel
Proclaiming the Kingdom by Caring for the Aging
More Americans will enter the ranks of the elderly than ever before in history.
Love Believes All Things
If love believes all things and love is our motivation, then suspicion has no place.
This Beautiful Mess
The beauty emerges as a people once teetering on the edge of destruction are brought by grace into a new life together in Christ.
The Gospel, Community, and Evangelism
Apparently some might have perceived that I was suggesting Christians abandon personal evangelism in last week\'s article.
Reevangelizing the Church: The Body of Christ
Sadly, over the course of the last century, we have reduced the gospel to simplistic formulas and programmatic appeals
Reevangelizing the Church: What is the Good News?
The gospel is the fact that in Christ, the reign of God is at hand and is now breaking into the world.