Relational Evangelism

Ben Arment has a great post about relational evangelism. People don't care about what the Bible has to do with their life and what you know about it outside of relationships. Click through to read the whole thing, but here's his main point:

In these cases, the Word has to first become flesh.
The flesh of a friendship. The flesh of some humble questions. The flesh of shared interests in music and movies. The flesh of dinner together. The flesh of an embrace during a difficult time...

JM

Ben Arment

If you don't read Ben Arment's blog you should be shot. It's my favorite. I love his writing. Right now he's doing a week of confessions talking about secrets he has. The first one is that he is a much better blogger than church planter. It's insightful to see other people's struggles and to see real transparency. JM

Live Blogging From Buzz Conference

Ben Arment is live blogging from the buzz conference in DC right now. It's great to get a feel for what's going on, but also to see what's happening through the filter of somebody who has some amazing thoughts on ministry already.
He had a post earlier today that talked about how his mind races to personal points as an offshoot of what the speaker is talking about. It's a great read, as will be all the others from Buzz and his blog in general.
Best statement in the post was this:

The worst fate, in my opinion, that our church could suffer is not running out of money, not losing people... but being ignored by our community.

Man, that's an awesome thought. JM