How William Wilberforce Shared His Faith
William Wilberforce, the British abolitionist, had some habits of personal evangelism that we can mimic today. I've been reading his biography by Eric Metaxas and found this description in Chapter 15.
Create Spiritual Thirst via Conversation Starters
“You are the salt of the earth.” —Jesus Salt creates thirst. Spiritual thirst is the starting point of a person’s quest to seek God. That thirst is the restlessness of the human heart that drives one to Jesus. When you learn to recognize and identify this thirst in the human heart, you will find the …
Obnoxious Habits in Personal Evangelism – Bait and Switch
A mainstay of my personal evangelism habits when I first came to Christ was the “big event” meeting. Marketed as free, a performer or speaker would speak on a good topic about life, but then switch it to Jesus towards the end. The music would start. The altar call process would begin for those who would …
Can Pastors find time for Evangelism?
This is what I hear from pastors about their personal evangelism “I don’t have time for personal evangelism.” “I’m not good at doing this evangelism thing.” “I wish I could get out of the office and actually talk with people.” “I wish I had learned this in seminary.” “I have no experience in personal evangelism, …
A Simple Transition to A Spiritual Conversation
Sunday, our family took a taxi from our home to the location of our son’s piano recital. The taxi driver was pretty talkative. Among other things he rejoiced that the price of gas has come down over 50% from a few months ago. He rejoiced that we were his last fare before going home to …
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.