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Lane Corley is a Church Planting Strategist for Louisiana Baptists.

Make it about the lost

July 6, 2021

By Lane Corley

ALEXANDRIA, La. – Luke 15 is foundational for church planters who want to reach the lost:

Am I approachable by lost people? “tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him” (v. 1)

Am I spending time with the lost? “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them” (v. 2)

Do I place greater value on one lost person over a crowd who are right with God? (v. 7, 10)

Is my search for the lost careful, deliberate, diligent, risky? (v. 4, 8)

Do I have compassion or contempt for those far from God? (v. 20, 28)

Reaching the lost may mean:

  • You’ll be misunderstood by religious people.
  • You should focus on fewer people, rather than large crowds.
  • You are engaging in careful, deliberate, diligent, time consuming work.
  • You’ll lay aside contempt for sin, to throw your arms around sinners.
  • You’ll start celebrations in heaven.

Let’s make it about the lost.

Lane Corley is a Louisiana Baptist church planting strategist and pastor of the Bridge Church in Madisonville.

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