My First Evangelism Experience
I remember the first time I ever intentionally focused on leading someone to Christ.
My first evangelism conversation was an amazing experience, once I got past all the mental stress I had created for myself.
The Power of Your Testimony
I’ve been thinking recently about “the testimony” — your story of conversion. As followers of Christ, most of us have a testimony of how we became a follower of Christ. Perhaps you have done workshop or devotional exercises where you
The Conversion of Cornelius
Do you have a friend who has a concept of God who will require them to pay for their actions after they die?
8 Steps to Use Your Personal Testimony
Each Christian has a personal story of how he/she came to know Jesus in a personal, life-changing way.
Check out these 8 steps to develop use your personal testimony.
Seeking the Lost Coin
When the widow found her lost coin, there was a celebration. When we lost something of value, we discovered what that joy feels like.
Jesus gives us three stories of the lost being found, emphasizing the joy in the Father's heart.
Motives: The Why Behind Evangelism
What is your motivation for Personal Evangelism? What motivates you to share your faith? Check out some of the motives I've encountered
The Nudge of the Holy Spirit
The nudge of the Holy Spirit is a filter for who to pay attention to in personal evangelism.
Since it is nearly impossible to share Jesus with every person, but pay attention to whom God nudges you towards and you'll find someone the Lord is at work in.
Stages of the Spiritual Journey to Faith
Your spiritual journey to Jesus Christ happens in discernable stages.
The work of the evangelist is detecting the current phase of the journey and pointing to a next step.
What if I Don’t Have Non-Christian Friends?
The lack of non-Christian friends will hinder your relational evangelism impact.
Yet you can be intentional in finding new relationships and discovering friendships to invest in. Check out these tools.
Faith Story Number 3: The Gospel Story
The gospel story is the one story that all Christians must master and know well.
When you learn one of these really well, you will remove a lot of fear in personal evangelism.
10 Devotional Questions about Your Evangelism
Use these 10 Devotional Questions for self-reflection on your personal evangelism habits.
These questions will help keep your passion for personal evangelism fueled up.
Why can some people share their faith so well?
Think about what you’re passionate about.
Perhaps it’s CrossFit, or gardening, or water-skiing.
Do you have any trouble telling others about your passion?
I have no problem talking about my passions. Can evangelism be like this?
You want me to explain the gospel?
A default setting is one that we have so mastered, that it is second nature to use it.
A default setting enables us to explain a few points of the gospel clearly when its appropriate.
Evangelistic Preaching: Give that Invitation to Follow Jesus
What is evangelistic preaching, if not to give an invitation to follow Christ? Is evangelistic preaching complete if we don't give that invitation?
3 Personal Evangelism Lessons from the Disciples
Evangelism Training of the first disciples is very different than what we do today. Check out these 3 lessons
5 Great Spiritual Conversation Questions
What are some spiritual conversation questions that might lead to deep spiritual discussions in your personal evangelism?
6 Obstacles to Personal Evangelism (and Fear is Not One of Them)
Many people encounter obstacles in their personal evangelism.
I know I have.
Here are some insights from my own personal journals of the obstacles in personal evangelism I have to overcome.
Evangelism without discipleship is incomplete
Evangelism without the potential for discipleship is incomplete. The evangelist needs a partner to make disciples.
How I used the Bridge Illustration with a Youth Group
For an evangelistic talk to a youth group one Friday evening during one seminar weekend, I felt led to build the message around the gospel presentation: The Bridge
The Power of Questions in Conversational Evangelism
When evangelism conversation starter questions are raised in the right time, the search for answers can move a person forward in their journey to faith in giant leaps.
Divine Appointment: A Highway Rest Stop
I received phone call from a person who has taken my Fear Free Evangelism course. You can read an approximate transcript of the conversation of their divine appointment at a highway rest stop, shared with approval from the person involved. The person wishes to remain anonymous.
Doubt in Christian Conversion
As evangelists, we have to deal with doubt in our own life, and in the life of people we share with.
Top 3 Mistakes of Personal Evangelism?
Evangelism is cooperating with the work of the Holy Spirit to share the good news to those who are ready to listen.
Even so, we are prone to making evangelism mistakes. Do you avoid any of these evangelism mistakes?
How to be ready to share the gospel
Have you seen an evangelistic moment (a potential divine appointment) develop suddenly in a conversation and found yourself not yet ready to share the gospel?
Learn two tips from Philip (Acts 8) to be ready