The countdown of the 25 most viewed posts at Faith ON Campus in 2010 rolls on…

Today we break into the top 10 — with some more great guest posts from people I respect and admire for their thoughtfulness, rich experience and burden for college students and the field of campus ministry!

As your campus grows quiet, and you have a little more time and space for thoughtful reflection on the semester that was — and the year that is to come — I pray that these posts might serve to encourage, inspire, challenge or simply bless you!

Thanks for being a part of the conversation here at Faith ON Campus!

So here you go, posts 6-10:

10. Outreach That You Will Actually Do: Sharing Jesus Using Gospel Appointments (Part I) | Paul Worcester

I want to share with you the most liberating evangelistic tool I have ever found. It is also the most effective method of person evangelism I have seen. This semester our ministry of sixty students has seen over 48 people accept Jesus as Savior and Lord! Most of these were from what we call “gospel appointments.” What is most exciting is the percentage of students that we have been able to personally follow-up and get plugged into discipleship training! Read more…

9. Why the Local Church Needs College Students

There are three primary reasons (although I’m sure we can identify more) why I think every local church NEEDS to have college students involved in their faith community. 1) College students bring energy and an ‘edge’.  College students are known for their passion and passionate belief.  They often live… Read more…

8. Brian McLaren | The 4 Stages of Faith Development

The Four Stages of Faith Development that Brian described (after briefly talking about a few of the other models/descriptions that other theologians, psychologists, etc. have put forth) are: 1) Simplicity – You’re either for us or against us.  It’s all or nothing. 2) Complexity — There’s more than one way to… Read more…

7. The Elephant in the G-String | Michael Johnson

“They tell you sex has become a mess because it was hushed up. But for the last twenty years it has not been hushed up. It has been chattered about all day long. Yet it is still in a mess. If hushing up had been the cause of the trouble, ventilation would have set it right. But it has not. I think it is the other way round. I think the human race originally hushed it up because it had become such a mess.” Read more…

 

 

 

6. Reframing the Discussion: Shifting from Abstinence to Celibacy | Christine Colon

If you glance through the names of various abstinence campaigns, one word appears again and again: wait. Whether they are asked to sign a pledge, wear a ring, or attend a ball, teenagers are repeatedly reminded that if they wish to glorify God with their bodies, they must wait until marriage for sex.

Studies have shown that this message has been successful to a certain extent. Read more…

 

There it is… the first half of the Top 10.

Stop back tomorrow when I’ll reveal the Top 5 most viewed posts of 2011!

Merry Christmas my friends!