You may be wondering why it has been so long since my last post.

Check out the reason why at howardfamilynews.blogspot.com

Hint….her name is Morgan.

Update

Well, at least I have good intentions.  I intend to keep this blog up-to-date with articles at least each week.  I intend to encourage and challenge readers from all kinds of backgrounds.  But, I haven’t been doing a very good job.  It is Vacation Bible School season, which also means it is church camp season.  Between camp, two VBSes that Sara and I have been wrapped up in, and two others that I am teaching one night each for, it has been busy.

But, camp came and went several weeks ago and VBS season is almost over.  I teach Wednesday night in Caney, KS, and then our VBS runs August 3rd-7th.  After that I am home free…except the regular demands of ministry, preaching, and teaching…oh, and the fact that we’re having a baby at the end of October (a girl).  So, hopefully I will have another wonderful article for you very soon.  Keep checking back!

Simply Evangelize

I want to refer you to an excellent article on Dwight Whitsett’s site about why we are not fulfilling the Great Commission. You can read it here.

I also want to make a few observations about how we can start fulfilling the Great Commission now. Before I do, I think some explanation is necessary. It may be that when you read these suggestions you might think that they are too simplistic. You might argue that the problem is more complicated than I am giving it credit for. You might focus on the fact that God expects us to go into all the world, and think that the suggestions I give can only scratch the surface of the problem. And, you might be right. But that is no reason for us to sit back and wait for the perfect plan to come along, all the while failing to do the simple things that make an eternal impact.

The point is, you don’t have to be an expert to evangelize. You don’t have to have the “gift of evangelism” to evangelize. There might be wonderful programs just waiting to be discovered, but there are also things you can do right now, every day, to help fulfill the Great Commission. There might be complicated strategies that address all the needs of all of the people while giving them every spiritual answer they want, but you have talents and abilities to address some of the needs of some of the people while giving them some of the spiritual answers they want…and all of the spiritual answers that they need.

I am simply encouraging you to simply evangelize in the simple activities of everyday life. Here’s what you can do: