03Sep 2019 by Post

The Very Scary A-Word

Apologetics, Apologetics Speaker
By Brace E. Barber No. Not Atheist. Not Apostacy. Apologetics “Unimaginable! How can you suggest we never teach from the Bible? In a Church no less.” She exclaimed. “You can’t exclude the Holy Spirit and reading from Scripture.”               I instantly reviewed what I had said to see where there might be some confusion. “No. No.” I stammered. “I simply said that we should teach apologetics subjects to our youth.”               “Exactly!” She continued. “You want to eliminate relationships and acts of service. We can’t have our kids reading books and debating skeptics all the time. Where’s the heart? Where is the love?”               “Please. Hold on a second,” I begged. “I didn’t say that. I think relationships and service and knowledge of Scripture are critical. Our kids should know…
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24Aug 2019 by Post

Churches After Christ

Apologetics Speaker, Apologetics Speakers, Post Christian, Post Christian Tipping Point
By Brace E. Barber The Tipping Point is Approaching No one knows when the tipping point will occur, but the beginning of the end certainly looks like this. Christians seem to be happy that the faith is only losing a small percentage of believers every year in the US. There is no real movement to address the reasons people are leaving. At what point does a small percentage turn into 10% lost per year or 30% per year? Fortunately, after your place of worship closes it may have a bright future. Houses Of Worship Find New Life After Congregations Downsize When Lisa and Dan Macheca bought a century-old Methodist church in St. Louis back in 2004, they didn’t think much about the cost of heating the place. Then the first…
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20Apr 2019 by Post

Satan’s Youth Group Design

Apologetics, apologetics book, Apologetics Speaker, Atheism, Christian Apologetics, Christian Youth Leadership, What Would Satan Do, Youth Apologetics
If Satan were devising a plan to destroy the Christian Church Excerpted from the book: TESTED: A New Strategy for Keeping Kids in the Faith What Would Satan Do? If Satan were devising a plan to destroy the Christian Church, he would eliminate any awareness of the necessity of preparing our youth to withstand the false teachings of the culture he has been cultivating. He would have the Church avoid answering the hard questions for our kids. He would segregate Christianity to a place where Christians speak their own language, unintelligible to the secular world. He would convince them that it is hopeless to look at scientific and historic evidence for support of their faith. He would direct them towards teaching methods that fail to prepare their children to understand their…
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