Conversations between Believers and Non-Believers

I found a list of conversations between believers and non-believers in Acts (thanks to “A Forgotten Gospel” by Mark McGrath”, see my review).

The complete list comes from the book of Acts.

• 2:14-40, Peter Preaching at Pentecost
• 3:11-26, Peter in Jerusalem
• 4:5-12, Peter speaking to Jewish leaders
• 5:29-32, Peter speaking to Jewish leaders
• 7:1-60, Stephen talking to the Jews
• 8:26-40, Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
• 10:23-48, Peter talking to Cornelius
• 13:6-15, Paul in front of Serigus Paulus (not in McGrath’s  list)
• 13:16-41, Paul speaking in the synagogue in Psidian Antioch
• 14:8-18, Paul speaking to Greeks in Lystra
• 16:25-34, Paul speaking to the Jailer
• 17:16-34, Paul speaking to the Greeks in Athens
• 22:1-29, Paul giving his testimony to Jewish people
• 24:10-21, Paul speaking to Felix
• 26:1-19, Paul giving his testimony to Agrippa.

Study them

This makes a great study in evangelism conversations.  I encourage you to look at each conversation, and ask yourself,

• “How is the gospel presented?”
• What basic elements are included?  Are there any patterns?
• “What form does the gospel take?”
• “How is the message adapted to the particular audience?”
• What is the human response?

I have started a series last year on conversion stories in Acts.  Here is the table of contents to the Acts Conversion Series.