Your 50% in the work of Evangelism

The balance of evangelism scale

Steven Furtick blogs about not putting unnecessary burdens on ourselves while sharing the gospel.He calls it “Your 50%”.Essentially, Furtick calls us to remember thatWe are called to bear witness to our faith. God is responsible for calling people to respond in faith.The … [Read more...]

The Nudge of the Holy Spirit

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Have you ever felt that Spirit-led nudge that pulls you to talk or pray with a stranger about their spiritual life?This kind of nudge is more than an intuition.  It’s the voice of God inviting you to join Him in His redemptive work.It’s God speaking to you through the Holy Spirit.I … [Read more...]

30 Days of Prayer: Day 12 – The mystery of conversion

Growing the small church

"Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how." - Mark 4:27 How does the seed grow? I remember science projects I did in elementary school to make seeds sprout.We played with the variables of soil, light, water, and even gravity (by … [Read more...]

Audio Sermon: Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

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The story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch serves as the foundation of our personal evangelism teaching.At any Fear Free Evangelism seminar, or Evangelism Dunamis, this text from Acts 8 serves as the foundational teaching of recognizing how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in personal … [Read more...]

Links in the Chain Video

One of the greatest insights for my personal evangelism is the realization of the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism.The Holy Spirit is the divine agent the Father uses to draw people to Jesus.The Holy Spirit Prepares the Way by creating spiritual thirst.  Along the way, various events … [Read more...]

Can Pastors find time for Evangelism?

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In this video for an upcoming video course, I interview pastor Richard White, a man that I highly respect.He is a busy pastor, and in this video he's grumbling to God about not having enough time to model personal evangelism.Watch this video to find out what happened next.(Note: if … [Read more...]

Book Review: Reimagining Evangelism

I found a book review on a book called Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey.I knew that I need to put this on the reading list for me and quickly acquired it.  If I was an evangelism professor at a school, this book would be required reading. No more sales … [Read more...]

Links in the Chain of Conversion

Links in the chain of conversion

Last night, I spent some time preparing for a talk I'm giving this weekend.One of the jewels of scripture that spoke to me last night comes from 2 Kings 5. Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife.  She said to her mistress, … [Read more...]

Experiencing a Christian Conversion

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Last night, I watched a deeply powerful film. Note: Over the last few days and into next week, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on postmodernism and evangelism.  To keep the articles readable and short, they are spread out over a few days.  Grab the RSS feed to get new articles … [Read more...]

Systematic Theology and Postmodernism

Note: Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on postmodernism and evangelism.  To keep the articles readable and short, they are spread out over a few days.  Grab the RSS feed to get new articles automatically. When I went to seminary, great importance was placed on Systematic … [Read more...]