Posts by J.B. Tanwell
Overcoming your fear of talking to non-Christians about Easter
What makes it so hard to talk to non-believers about Easter? If you’re anything like me, even the thought of talking to a neighbor, colleague or classmate about the death and resurrection of Jesus makes you anxious. You feel a tension in your stomach and your mind searches for reasons why this just isn’t a…
Read MoreWhat Does It Take for Someone to Come to Faith?
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that we are all about steps. Not the 12,000-a-day kind. But steps of faith that we encourage each other to take with the people we live, work, study or play alongside in our everyday life. If you’ve been a Christian for any amount of time…
Read MoreHow Do I Know When It’s Time to Speak About Jesus? (Part 1)
When you think of those who are bold in sharing their faith, what qualities do you think of? Do you bring to mind people who manage to explain the gospel to those they sit beside every time they board a plane, train or bus? Or maybe you know someone who enters every social situation…
Read MoreHow Do I Know When It’s Time to Speak About Jesus? (Part 2)
Sometimes you know you only have a short amount of time with someone. You feel like it’s your one window of opportunity to share your faith with that particular person. So you worry about letting the moment pass you by. Even in a situation like this, I still believe we need — in most…
Read MoreChoosing Steps of Faith That Make the Most of the Season
I don’t know about you, but I spend large portions of my life feeling like there’s a giant timer counting down my days in the world. For the last five years that timer was the length of a working visa I had in the United States. But even aside from that, I often have this…
Read MoreWhy Is Demonstrating The Gospel A Community Thing?
On almost any given Sunday in my home you might hear the same conversation. It takes place between me and one of my kids: “But Dad, why do we have to go to church? Why can’t we just stay home this week?” “Well, darling, we go to church to worship God, and to learn about…
Read MoreSick of missing opportunities to take a step of faith?
“So what do you believe?” she asked me. I was having dinner with my new boss for the first time. We had been laughing and telling stories as we got to know one another. I must have made one too many passing references to “my beliefs” because all of a sudden she cornered me. Or that’s how…
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