I often talk about the need to “reform” our approach to youth ministry in light of the astonishing statistics related to young people leaving the Christian faith. While I tend to focus on the direction I would prefer to take, I seldom spend much time critiquing the alternative strategies that other youth …
Read More »How “Danger” Turns Teaching into Training (Podcast)
In this episode of Incarnate Investigation, Jimmy Wallace (J. Warner’s son) taps into his experience as a police officer to describe the value of perceived “danger” in training young Christians to defend what they believe and grow in their confidence as Christ followers. Incarnate Investigation podcasts will be featured occasionally …
Read More »How “Danger” Turns Teaching Into Training
To work as a police officer at my agency, applicants go through several steps. If the applicant passes the written, physical, and psychological test, in addition to the interview and background investigation, we hire them and send them to a 7-month academy. If the recruit does well in the academy …
Read More »Stop Teaching Young Christians About Their Faith
In my last post, I summarized the studies and publications that describe the flight of young people from the Church. A compelling cumulative circumstantial case can be made to support the fact that young college aged Christians are walking away from Christianity in record numbers. What can we do about …
Read More »God’s Word Is To Be Used As Cover, Not Concealment
In the three years I worked on a SWAT team, I came to learn the important distinction between “cover” and “concealment”. On a number of occasions, our team was required to enter a location to engage or extract an armed suspect. In times like these, SWAT officers try to use …
Read More »How Can Pastors Equip Their Churches To Defend The Faith? (Video)
J. Warner Wallace, author of Cold-Case Christianity, was interviewed by Bobby Conway (The One Minute Apologist) and discussed a simple strategy pastors can use to better train their congregations and prepare them for the challenges they will face in the culture. (For more information related to Bobby’s great ministry, visit: …
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