A moment with strangers
Have you ever been with a group of people and felt like you just needed to talk to that person over there?
A sense that God was pointing out that particular person?
Phillip (in the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch) was prompted to “Go Stand next to THAT chariot.”  Of all the [...]

When one gathers people for prayer on evangelism, either before an outreach, or if a prayer group wants to focus on of it’s meetings on prayer, I offer to you a simple guideline for such prayer meetings.
1. In the name of Jesus Christ invite the Holy Spirit to lead the prayer group.
We are Christian [...]

Discussing Faith in a Coffee Shop
Off and on over a period of two years, I met a friend for coffee at the local Starbucks.  During that season of life where our lives intersected, he and I had a long ongoing discussion about faith.
When I first met him, he was very angry about all things Christian, [...]

I remember a model of evangelism that felt like a sales pitch.
I would attend a seminar and learn the newest script for evangelism.  The idea is that I would learn a series of conversational steps that would help people

See their need for Jesus
Make a decision to follow Christ
Repeat a prayer after me.
Sign here for [...]

We know that God’s Spirit is at work in us as believers, training us, teaching us, and transforming us.
But, I also want to point out how the Holy Spirit prepares the way for evangelism to occur naturally.

Phillip and the Ethiopian
Consider Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.  Clearly the Spirit of God was at work in the [...]

Let’s look at an “easy conversion,” that of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts Chapter 8.
This conversion was as simple as picking a ripe mango ready to fall from a tree. 
It’s not so much about the Eunuch as it is about Phillip being God’s tool to help the man come to faith. 
The fruit is ready
These are [...]

To read prior parts:
An Intercessor’s Burden — Getting worked up
Cultural Connections — From Athens to Machu Picchu
This started as part of a conversation over at Evangelism Action, but will take much more than just a comment to tease out.
Spiritual Thirst propels a search
Spiritual thirst is a way of describing a person’s own search for God. [...]