On Workplace Evangelism – 3

good-newsThe parable I referred to in the last post appears in Luke 16:1-8.

To understand the parable, one must recognize the context in which it appears. That context is found in Luke 15:1-2, where the Pharisees complain about Jesus for associating with tax collectors and people who did not know God.

The Pharisees were wondering why Jesus was spending His time with people who didn’t know God rather than the religious leaders and why those people who did not know God were attracted to Jesus rather than to them.

Jesus then tells three parables which were intended to answer those two questions. The first is the Parable of the Lost Sheep, the second is Parable of the Lost Coin and the third is the Parable of the Lost Son. Each of these parables are at their core evangelistic. They demonstrate God’s love for the lost and the lengths to which He will go–and we should go–to see them repent and turn to Jesus. It is in this context Jesus tells the Parable of the Shrewd Manager.

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On Workplace Evangelism – 2

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This is the second in a series of posts on workplace evangelism.

So, here’s the problem.

You are a Christian and have been given the responsibility of the Great Commission.

Yet you spend 40, 50, 60 hours or more at your job every week, the majority of your waking hours.

Your employer is paying you to work, not evangelize. To spend time your employer is paying for for your own purpose is in essence stealing.

On top of that, you know if you share the Gospel with a coworker, manager or customer and they get offended it could affect your career , perhaps even cost you your job.

So what do you do? Continue reading “On Workplace Evangelism – 2”

On Workplace Evangelism – 1

good-newsToday I’m starting a series on workplace evangelism.

If you’ve been a Christian for any time at all, you have probably heard the phrase “workplace evangelism.”

Workplace evangelism is that thing you know you are supposed to do, and don’t do and yet don’t feel convicted enough to change.

Well, the good news is there is a reason you don’t feel guilty enough to change: a reason that may pleasantly surprise you.

You may even find that what you’ve always felt guilty about not doing is not what you should have been doing anyway. Continue reading “On Workplace Evangelism – 1”

3 Questions For Every Christian

number-3Every Christian has been commissioned to go and make disciples. (Matt. 28:19).

But even the most disciplined Christians can find it difficult stay on mission when it comes to evangelism.

One of the purposes of a church is to provide Christians a community in which they can be accountable for making disciples.

If Christians are going to be held accountable, local churches must develop a culture of evangelism.

One way to do that is to constantly be asking one another the following three questions: Continue reading “3 Questions For Every Christian”

A View From Anywhere

As I write this, I’m sitting at a terrace table in a jazz bar & restaurant in downtown Houston, Texas enjoying a fabulous meal, great music and the view you see in the picture.

We had an attorney function in the lounge here tonight and when we finished I stayed for dinner and to do some blogging.

I tapped into the restaurant’s wifi, took the pic you see and uploaded it to my blog and before I leave the restaurant I will have posted this blog.

So, what does all this have to do with the kingdom of God? Well, as I was sitting here contemplating the advances in technology that allow me to do what I described in the previous paragraph–something unimaginable 25 years ago–it occurred to me that while the world has changed so much in the last 25 years, people have not changed at all. Continue reading “A View From Anywhere”