evangelism Archives - Joel Rieves

Americans Becoming Less Religious

Recently, a friend posted a link to a Pew Research Center report titled “U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious” and asked “How do we reach people where they are at, without driving them away?” Not long before that, I heard a commercial for a church in Chapel Hill NC advertising an event to pack 20,000 meals for Stop […]

Drive-by Evangelism

If you live in Greensboro, there is a distinct possibility that you’ve seen this car. Lest you think this is a crazy, one-off occurrence, let me assure that it’s not. I took this photo at a certain home improvement center on S. Elm Street in Greensboro last fall. Then, just a few months ago, I […]

What’s That On Your Forehead?

Well, it’s Ash Wednesday and you know what that means: a bunch of weirdos walking around with smudgy, black crosses on their foreheads. These “weirdos” are actually mainstream and progressive Christians heathens and they do it to signify their “repentance before God”. Seriously? You can do the same thing with good, old-fashioned piety. And, by […]

A Piece of My Childhood Comes to the Big Screen?

Yesterday, I saw where someone is making a movie based on a Jack Chick’s Dark Dungeons. I never read this particular one, but I remember Chick tracts from my youth. While they scared the ever-loving bejeezus out of me, I couldn’t not read them. The idea of someone making a movie based on one makes me very […]

Saved From What?

Recently, I saw a quote from George Barna, where he said “The United States is one of the largest mission fields in the world. If you took all the unsaved people in the U.S. and made them a nation of their own, it would be the fifth most populous nation on earth today.” To be […]

Sometimes, We Even Use Words

A couple of weeks ago, when everything went crazy in the wake of Biscuitgate, I started helping maintain the Love Wins blog. One of the things I’ve done is moderate comments. Now, most of those comments were great; I didn’t agree with all of them, but they were still good. Some were just ridiculous and […]

15 Second Gospel?

Most of us are at least aware of Duck Dynasty and the Robertson clan. And, by now, we also know that they are all unabashed Christians of a rather conservative evangelical stripe. One of the brothers (not on the show) is pastor at local church and the rest of the family never misses a chance to […]