Keith Fong 3/29/15 Keith Fong 3/29/15

Words are Always Necessary

"Preach the Gospel at all times; use words if necessary" is a stupid quote. Preach the Gospel at all times; it requires words.

Keith Fong 2/3/15 Keith Fong 2/3/15

Pleading Evangelism: A Definition From Key Examples

Evangelism needs pleading — words spoken in such a way as to affect the will through the heart. In this post, I want to give a few key examples from the Scriptures of pleading, that we would understand what pleading evangelism is. This post has two sections: an example of pleading with God, and examples of pleading with sinners.

Keith Fong 1/1/15 Keith Fong 1/1/15

How To: Find a Church Home

Recognize that this is, for now, your home away from Heaven, your spiritual family in Christ.

Keith Fong 12/30/14 Keith Fong 12/30/14

Pleading Evangelism: The Need

I am afraid that what passes for evangelism today is really, at best, a bleached evangelism, void of the rich colors and hues of full-orbed biblical evangelism. It is cheap, mass-produced, and ineffective. And this bleached evangelism has crept into the church.

Keith Fong 12/29/14 Keith Fong 12/29/14

Ephesians 2:5 — The Gospel of Life

There is nothing more important than the gospel. People have been killed for believing it. And people are still being killed for it. And yes, people will continue to be killed for it. But why? ...Simple: without the message of the gospel, there is no salvation.

Keith Fong 12/29/14 Keith Fong 12/29/14

HeartCry Prayer Guide

Keith Fong 12/23/14 Keith Fong 12/23/14

Born to Die

When Christ came into the world He says, "I did not come to make sacrifices for sin. I came to take on a body, to do God's will. I came to be the sacrifice." Jesus came to be the sacrifice for sin. The once-for-all sacrifice, the sacrifice that all of the animal sacrifices pointed to. Why did He come into the world? Why did He take on a human body? Why do we celebrate Christmas? Because Jesus came to die as the sacrifice for sin.

Keith Fong 11/30/14 Keith Fong 11/30/14

The Three Offices of Jesus Christ

Keith Fong 11/29/14 Keith Fong 11/29/14

Echo of Glory?

Keith Fong 11/19/14 Keith Fong 11/19/14

Ephesians 2:4 — The Love of God

We're not good. We're not cute. We're not lovable. Rather, God is good. God is glorious. And God is love. That is why He loves us.

Keith Fong 11/16/14 Keith Fong 11/16/14

Ephesians 2:4 — The God-Centered Gospel

God is unrelentingly God-centered. He does all things to the praise of His glory. All things — including the salvation of sinners. It is within this God-centeredness that we find assurance of the gospel of mercy and love.

Keith Fong 10/29/14 Keith Fong 10/29/14

For the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven

Keith Fong 10/12/14 Keith Fong 10/12/14

Ephesians 2:3b The Wrath of God

There is hardly a more uncomfortable doctrine than this: the wrath of God. And yet, it must be taught — and heeded.

Keith Fong 10/9/14 Keith Fong 10/9/14

Ephesians 2:2b-3a — The Spirit of Disobedience

This time, we're going to learn a little bit more about Satan. There are five basic questions and five basic answers:

What is the spirit? Satan, the enemy of God.
What does God think of Satan? He will crush Him.
How does Satan work? By inciting disobedience.
What do the lusts of disobedience look like? Rebellion against God
What does disobedience deserve? The wrath of God.

Keith Fong 10/5/14 Keith Fong 10/5/14

Ephesians 2:2a — Walking in the Ways of the Dead

Now, I want to remind you again, we learn about sin because if we fail to understand our guilt, grace means nothing to us. If we want to understand the love of God, we must understand just how much we don't deserve it. The glorious truths of grace are coming (verse 4!), but we must first see our plight.

Keith Fong 9/29/14 Keith Fong 9/29/14

Ephesians 2:1 — Dead in Our Sin

This blog series will be the fuller versions of the lessons I give there, yet I do want to maintain the simplicity of the lessons, so I won't endeavor to expand them too much. If you do happen to read, please pray for the students; high schoolers are in dire need of the gospel. This is the first full lesson of the year, in which I endeavor to explain a full understanding of hamartiology and total depravity (point one of five-point Calvinism) — in twenty minutes. Difficult? No. Impossible. But, the Lord is good, and by His grace, I think I helped more than I confused.

Keith Fong 9/27/14 Keith Fong 9/27/14

Ephesians 2:1-10 — An Introduction

We are comfortable with words like salvation, Savior, thanksgiving, good news, gospel. This is typical Christian-ese. But these words should cause us to ask questions, and seek their answers. We need to be saved, but saved from what? We need a Savior, but why? We are thankful, but for what? And thankful to whom? The good news is that Jesus Christ died, but how is a crucified Son of God good?