Take the Risk, Offer to Pray
I've learned to take the risk and offer to pray with people when they make small talk about some crisis the story of the life.
That crisis often brings out the spiritual thirst a person has.
John Stott on Evangelism and Social Action
In one my list of evangelism definitions, we looked a little at the distinction between actions and words in evangelism. John Stott speaks a little on social action and evangelism in this now classic book: Christian Mission in the Modern World (IVP Classics). The 1975 Chavasse Lectures were given by John Stott to a packed …
Two Challenges to Gospel Presentations (Scripts)
As evangelists, we need a “Default setting.” A default setting is a gospel script that we have mastered so well 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.
Are Evangelism Surveys a good tool for Spiritual Conversation?
I felt like I was witnessing, but feeling awful that I had no purpose for the evangelism survey other than to force open a conversational door.
Real Confusing Church Sign
This is a real church sign. If you are thinking about adding church signage as part of your church outreach, be a little bit more careful with how your church sign reads.
The power of testimony
I’ve been thinking recently about “the testimony” — your story of conversion. Most of us have one and most of us have done exercises where we write it the testimony of our conversion, revise our testimony for clarity, and shorten our testimony to share it in 5 minutes or less.
God is at work-Do you see it?
The basic premise of Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey is that God is at work already in the lives of pre-Christians, and our job in evangelism is to participate in that work. The author uses the metaphor of being part of a “detective agency” to explain personal evangelism.
More than one story
All of us have unique stories that God has given to us. Some of us have conversion experience stories. Some of us have had gradual awareness stories of owning why and how we believe. But our testimony is more than just coming to a place of faith.