It's CHRISTmas Eve--a time for reflection, family and praise for Christ. Since The Year of Faith over on my newsletter is just around the corner. (Be sure to subscribe to this blog for in 2014, I'll be back with a weekly column to educate and amaze!) I'm taking these last few weeks of 2013 to share some praise and worship with you. This video touches on one of my pet peeves about CHRISTmas time. There is very little Christ in CHRISTmas anymore. Most of the Christmas movies talk about it being all about family and love. A nice concept to be sure, but certainly not the focus of CHRISTmas. Some of the Christmas movie line up doesn't even talk about...
DATELINE ART OF ELOQUENCE!.....BREAKING NEWS! The new year is fast approaching and I have a lot of changes planned. Here are the headlines: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 2013 Video Countdown to CHRISTmas ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I know many of you look forward to my Video Countdown to CHRISTmas every year here on the Art of Eloquence blog. I've been doing it for about four years now. However, since starting my daily JoJoisms blog a few months back, I've decided to host the countdown on that blog instead. It fits the theme better anyway and that blog is already daily where this one is weekly. The Video Countdown to CHRISTmas began, as usual, on December 1st and will end on December 25th. Also you can subscribe...
There is no one-size-fits-all way to communicate with people and that is even more important when it comes to something as controversial as faith. In order to relate to those we minister to, we need to employ effective communication skills. Sharing our faith is as much how we say it as what we say. There no right way to communicate to everyone, but there are many wrong ways and in today's anti-Christian culture, it's even more important that we avoid those. Over the next year, I will be giving you in-depth information about the best ways to share our faith as well as how to respond to anti-Christian bias and even how to handle conflicts within the Christian community. My...
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