Influence Podcast with Heath Adamson


In today’s Influence Podcast, I talk with Heath Adamson about three outcomes for youth ministry: gospel-centeredness, Spirit empowerment, and personal responsibility. Heath is direction of the Assemblies of God’s National Youth Ministries and author of Until All Know, which discusses these … Continue reading Influence Podcast with Heath Adamson

Review of ‘Center Church’ by Timothy Keller


This review originally appeared at InfluenceMagazine.com. Timothy Keller, Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012). Hardcover | Kindle Although the majority of Americans continues to self-identify as Christian, American culture is increasingly post-Christian. Evangelical Christians could once assume the broader culture agreed with them about the existence of God, the shape of moral living, and the usefulness of religious organizations. They can no longer do so. The urgent question evangelicals need to ask and answer is how to minister the gospel in this new cultural environment. Timothy Keller outlines an answer to that … Continue reading Review of ‘Center Church’ by Timothy Keller