Ken's Articles

Apologetic Evangelism
Walking up to someone and saying, "You should give your life to Christ!" or "You should be in church!" is kind of like shoving a plate of distasteful (to them) looking food under their noses and saying, "You should eat this!". How do you think they'd respond?  (More)

A Conversation on a Ship
Many churches can't get people interested in attending church services and, once they start, can't keep them committed. Why? Well, let's take a look at our armed forces. After all, we were on a ship with over 300 sailors who had just dropped 420 Marines off overseas to continue the war against terror.  So, it seems natural to make the comparison. (More)

A Great Work for You
God has a great work for you. Now, if you don't buy that, just close your browser and do the laundry or mow the lawn or something. No sense wasting your time. If you do think that you have a great purpose, though, read on. (More)

Helping the Hard Case
I've read witnessing programs that encourage one to avoid the hard case. Hard cases can be very discouraging to the person new at witnessing. However, avoiding them is not the answer. God aches for those that are difficult. (More)

What Are We Doing Here?
This is going to be an article that asks us to examine ourselves, our purpose, our vision, and our relevance. Are we, in actuality, carrying on the work of Christ or are we merely fooling ourselves?  (More)

Colin's Angels (A True Story)
My sister, Julie, was driving home from Colin's pre-school with Colin nestled safely in the back seat of the car. Looking in her rear view mirror, she noticed a car coming up behind her, darting in and out of traffic...(More)

God Believes in…Me?
One thing I do when I knock on doors or speak to anyone who is lost is try and let them know that I believe in them and that God believes in them. What a powerful impact that has on a life! (More)

Please Use Me
For those hungry to be used, to do something of impact, and to make a difference in the world, sitting in a pew Sunday after Sunday can result in great frustration. (More)

Not Essential to Salvation
I realize that there are many things that aren't necessary to know in order to receive salvation. My question, though, is what if the issue in question is essential to someone else's salvation? (More)

Am I My Brother's Keeper?
Years ago, I attended a church service in which a man, while standing before his church family, pleaded with those in the church to keep an eye on him.  Do you think his request was ever honored? (More)

Thinking Small
I remember when I put a "JESUS IS LORD" license plate on the front of my vehicle. That was the most daring thing I'd done for the cause of Christ up to that point. I had become "radical" for Christ. (More)

Settling for Perception
The church in Ephesus apparently thought they were in God's will and that they loved Him.  Was that perception or reality? Are we in God's will? Is He our first love? Is what we believe perception or reality? Do we want to know?
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Now What?
To increase the probability of success, follow-up is required. The type of follow-up depends mostly upon how they responded to your witness. Let's look at three responses and the follow-up to each. (More)

To Die For
On each Memorial Day, our churches conduct services across the country to pay tribute to men and women who were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for a great cause, and they are worthy of such honor. During those services, I've often thought of a different kind of soldier that was willing to give it all…(More)

Why We Don't Witness
My wife accuses me of having a "one-track mind". She may have a point. However, witnessing is a subject that needs to be brought up continually as it is something at which we, including myself, fall very short. My door has been knocked on by Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses but never by a Christian. I imagine you could say the same.  (More)

The Smartest Church in Town
Okay, I'll confess. I got hooked on American Idol. The show announced that they would be bringing in a psychic to "advise" the contestants. Now, a couple of the better contestants had honed their considerable skills growing up in their respective churches. These girls had no inkling of God's view of this psychic reading. Being raised in church, why didn't they?  (More)

Go and Tell or Come and Hear?
During a recent radio interview, I stated to the host that our thinking  is backwards.  Jesus asserted in Matthew 18:12 that if a man had a hundred sheep and one went astray, he would leave the ninety-nine and go look for the one lost sheep.  Today, this assertion seems to be incorrect.  (More)

Walking Out the Door
Let's assume that you are ready to walk out the door specifically for the purpose of witnessing.  We are going out for the express purpose of "seeking and saving that which was lost". What do we do? How do we prepare? (More)

Is Door-to-Door Witnessing Dead?
With all due respect to Mr. Twain, the report of the death of door-to-door witnessing is not an exaggeration. But don't tell the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons. After all, they are deluded enough to waste much precious time with this out-dated practice. (More)

Why Aren't People Christians?
People aren't Christians for a myriad of reasons.  To make it easier to remember, most of their reasons fall into four categories. (More)

Sowing and Reaping
Witnessing door-to-door (or any other form of witnessing) can get discouraging if you don't have a good understanding of how what you are doing fits into the grand scheme of winning someone to Christ. (More)

Are We Ready to Reach the Lost?
We talk a lot about reaching the lost.  Ask almost any pastor or any Christian, for that matter, and they'll tell you that they want to reach the lost.  Hundreds of sermons are preached and multiple books have been written on the subject. My question is, what if we did reach the lost? (More)

Reasons of the Intellect
Intellectual objections vary greatly and are all over the map. Sometimes, there are a string of intellectual objections. If so, address them one by one. Lets take a look at a few and how one might address them. (More)

Living Above Mediocrity
What a great thing it was to find out that there is a purpose for me, that God has a reason for my life, that He can use me to accomplish a great task, and that He is very aware of my existence. (More)

Power Struggles
When someone comes to Christ, they are so innocent. They just love everyone. They read their Bibles. They come to church. They walk around with a smile on their face, shaking hands and hugging others. All is right with their world.
Then, before they know what is happening, they get caught in the dreaded power struggle, factions fighting over petty issues (like the color of the church carpet).  (More)

My Experience with a Couple of Guys in White Shirts & Black Ties
A couple of guys came to my door the other evening. I had seen them walking up my street for several days. It occurred to me that they were making pretty good progress and appeared to have a "fish on the hook". (More)

Our Responsibility as a Witness
You know, we make this witnessing thing so hard.  It's really not rocket science.  When we think of witnessing to someone, we break out in a cold sweat, our pulse quickens, and we quickly think of something else to do. (More)

What We'd Like to See in a Church
I've heard there's no such thing as a perfect church and, if there was, I'd better not join it. Well, I guess that may be true but a fellow can dream, can't he? (More)

Reasons of the Heart
Many people are hindered from coming to Christ because of heart problems.  Often, these hindrances are unspoken.  These could be deeply rooted in the distant past and it hurts to talk about it.  Maybe, they don't even realize just why they can't come to God.  They just know that they can't seem to move forward.  God is a healer of broken hearts. (More)

Anger at God
Anger for a Sickness
Anger for Hard Times
Dealing with Addictions
Dealing with Homosexuality
Hanging onto a Particular Sin