Example of Spiritual Thirst: A Wild Conversation
What does spiritual thirst look like in a conversation? How might you recognize it? Here is an example of spiritual thirst from one of my trips to Panama.
How to kill spiritual thirst
You’ve probably seen it: An opening in a conversation when a non Christian expresses their spiritual insight, or opens up about some restlessness in their heart. Then well-meaning Christians become a one-way torrent of gospel information about what a person needs to believe and why other religions are wrong. Or maybe you’ve seen this: Your …
30 Days of Prayer Day 8: Spiritual Blindness
Before we came to know Christ, we were sinners. Before we started following Jesus, we were spiritually dead, and spiritually blind. If we have been a Christian for a long time, perhaps we have forgotten how our spiritual eyes couldn’t see in the dark, how impossible it was to see the value of God’s truth, …
Every life has a story
Watch this video and comment below. Every life has a story. One listening evangelism exercise we do is to spend time praying for the strangers we might meet. As we go out into the streets, strangers will occasionally start talking with us about their stories. If we slow down long enough to listen, we might …
Spiritual Thirst Opens the Conversational Door
A young man came to me one evening during the camp meal and he asks, “Do the non-elect go to hell?” I was startled. This question was out of context, out of the blue, seeming to come from left field.
What does spiritual thirst look like in the Gospels?
I’ve started compiling a list of encounters with Jesus, wondering – What is the starting point of that person’s seeking? What was their spiritual thirst that propelled them to seek Jesus? What might spiritual thirst look like in the gospels? I’ve even wondered if people can follow Jesus without fully understanding their personal sin? (BTW, …
The Person of Peace
I’ve started meeting regularly with one of the men who comes to our core group. He and his family are recent immigrants, fleeing the political unrest from his home country. Truly, they are starting over. He is a follower of Christ, and we’ve started meeting recently to discuss topics like How to study the Bible. …
10 Questions to Debrief an Evangelism Conversation
Do you want to grow in your skill in talking about your faith? One discipline that I use that helps me grow comfortable in talking about my faith is through writing about that conversation in a journal. I have done a mental review of nearly every evangelistic conversation that I have. I write about it …
Experiencing a Christian Conversion
Last night, I watched a deeply powerful film. Faith Like Potatoes
Pray First then Watch
I truly believe that prayer opens conversational doors. One of the principles that I put forth in my Fear Free Evangelism Seminar is that when you pray, evangelism stuff happens. Conversations appear. You don’t have to force a conversation. Conversations about faith simply show up. The challenge is then how to listen to their spiritual …
4 Ways The Holy Spirit Prepares the Way for Jesus
One of the questions that I have received frequently via “Ask Evangelism Coach” has been on the role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism. That as a topic is broad, so I’ll begin a series of posts on that topic. Here is an older post I wrote: Role Of The Holy Spirit In Evangelism that …
Scripted Evangelism Conversations
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 …
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism
What is the role of the Holy Spirit in personal evangelism? We know that God’s Spirit is at work in us as believers. The Holy Spirit: Renews us Regenerates us Trains us, Teaches us, and Transforms us. But, I also want to point out the role of the Holy Spirit to prepares the way for …
What is Spiritual Thirst?
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 …
From Athens to Machu Picchu
A few years ago, we had the privilege of backpacking in Peru, on the Inca Trail, to the old city of Machu Picchu. Along the way, we got to learn a lot about the Inca culture that built the city, and some of its beautiful architecture, likely from the 15th century AD (1450s or so).