I learned an important ministry lesson years ago from an unbeliever I was trying to evangelize.

I was on staff with CRU & he was a brilliant & thoughtful student. Over the next few years, I shared the gospel with him many times, answering objections & using all the tools. 1/10 To answer his more complicated moral, philosophical, and theological objections, I took him to meet one of my theology profs at SBTS. Despite all this, he could never commit to Christ. He was a classic "always learning but never arriving at the church" kind of guy. 2/10

The pastor of our sister church told me this story. Some leaders were meeting at church a few weeks ago and they ordered pizza. One man invited the delivery guy to come to church the next day. The sermon that day was all about God’s forgiveness. The man gave his life to Christ right there on the spot.

He and his girlfriend have two children with a third on the way. He went home and told her they weren’t sleeping together anymore until they were properly married. He moved into a guest room.

If Xns do not oppose LGBTQ activism, they will continue to take over every facet of public life.

Yet Xns who speak out are often criticized them for their tone or not being Christlike.

*This is how we lose.*

The key is to distinguishing btw diff types of ppl.

A 🧵 Every tweet has multiple audiences that converge in one space. Twitter doesn’t distinguish audiences. We have to do that ourselves.

And there are different tactics to speak clearly to each one.

Here are the top six audiences I'm aware of and how I engage them.

The world is going nuts. A reformation is needed. But the next great reformation will not be like Luther's reformation 500 years ago. It will be a return to normalcy. It will be a retrieval of the ordinary.

Here are 23 ways to be Ordinary Reformers in 2023: 1. Fear God and keep his commandments (Ecc 12:13). Romans 3:18, which vividly describes the sinfulness of mankind, concludes with this: there is no fear of God before their eyes."
2. Read scripture every day
3. Pray every day

1. Fear God and keep his commandments (Ecc 12:13). Romans 3:18, which vividly describes the sinfulness of mankind, concludes with this: there is no fear of God before their eyes."
2. Read scripture every day
3. Pray every day
4. Take one day a week for sabbath rest 5. Go to church every week. Resolve to never miss a week unless hindered by unusual circumstances beyond your control
6. Strive to fight sin and obey Christ in everything
7. Confess your sins whenever you fail (1 Jn 1:9)

There once was a certain kind of evangelical Christian I felt free to make fun of. I was pastoring a fast growing church in an urban environment, and a spirit of elitism had infected us. No one would correct me on it because they made fun of them too. The people we felt free to mock were conservative, uneducated, backwoods fundies who still read the KJV. They lacked the theological sophistication and cultural insight I had acquired while doing campus ministry and studying at seminary.

“All our teaching must be as plain and simple as possible.” Richard Baxter “Truth loves the light, and it is most beautiful when most plainly revealed. It is the sign of an envious enemy to hide the truth, and it is the work of a hypocrite to do this under pretense of revealing it.“