Future Perfect // Present Tense

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BARRY COOPER

Tag: Evangelism

Four Reasons You’ll Love Life Explored

On September 1st, God-willing, we’ll be publishing the final piece in the “Explored” trilogy, 15 years after we first published Christianity Explored. — read more

May 12, 2016
How Can We Share The Gospel Without A “Sinner’s Prayer”?

The last couple of weeks we’ve been thinking about “The Sinner’s Prayer”. I started with a definition of what I mean by the term, and then suggested that it led to at least three serious spiritual maladies. — read more

Oct 10, 2012
When Shouldn’t We Use “The Sinner’s Prayer”?

Last week, I gave a bit of background on “The Sinner’s Prayer”, exploring what it is, and what it isn’t. Just to be clear, then, I’m not about to argue that sinners shouldn’t cry out for God’s mercy. — read more

Oct 3, 2012
Should We Use “The Sinner’s Prayer”?

It’s been the source of controversy at the Southern Baptist Convention, with David Platt calling it “superstitious”. And yet a recent Christianity Today editorial called it “a work of genius, as brilliant as the simple formulations of Martin Luther”. — read more

Sep 26, 2012
Mark In Miniature

When you read Mark’s Gospel, it’s striking how often Jesus speaks of “the kingdom of God”. Carl Laferton and I have developed a short presentation of the Gospel which majors on this theme. It does it using five simple pictures. — read more

Sep 19, 2012
How Can We Disciple Well?

Over the past five weeks, we’ve been thinking about why Western evangelical churches have not been discipling well. So now what? What practical steps can we take to improve? — read more

Aug 29, 2012
Why We Don’t Disciple #5: Our Churches Are Ashamed of the Gospel

Murmuring underneath everything we’ve seen so far is a fifth and final reason why our discipleship of others is failing so badly. — read more

Aug 22, 2012
Why We Don’t Disciple #4: Our Churches Are Program Dependent

Welcome to “Why We Don’t Disciple #4”. Or, as you may prefer to call it, “Biting The Hand That Feeds.” — read more

Aug 15, 2012
Why We Don’t Disciple #3: Our Churches Are Less Converted

Here’s a third reason our discipleship of others is so shallow, and may even be non-existent. — read more

Aug 8, 2012
Why We Don’t Disciple #2: Our Churches Are Seeker-Sensitive, But Believer-Insensitive

Let me suggest another reason our discipleship of others is so shallow, and may even be non-existent. — read more

Aug 1, 2012