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
Do you have a friend who has a concept of God who will require them to pay for their actions after they die?
What are some spiritual conversation questions that might lead to deep spiritual discussions in your personal evangelism?
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
I found a list of conversations between believers and non-believers in Acts (thanks to “A Forgotten Gospel” by Mark McGrath”, see my review). The complete list comes from the book of Acts.
Evaluate yourself when it comes to personal evangelism. Here are 13 reflection questions to help you examine your heart.
Looking back over the last 10 days, how many conversations about your faith have happened?
If you want more, what is one action you can start to generate more?
A six week evangelism study small group to hold each other accountable in personal evangelism to increase the number of conversations. If you want a group that doesn't simply study evangelism, but does it, here is a one approach
What is the best question to ask someone that would start an evangelistic conversation?
Check out these two resources for cold opens.
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.
Fourteen months ago, my friend and I first got acquainted. We have spent much time together during those 14 months getting to know one another. When I first mentioned that I was a follower of Christ, the defensive wall went up. He didn’t want to talk about spiritual things. But as I continue to mention …
I have a friend who doesn’t believe in having a personal relationship God, but does believe that Jesus was a good teacher. My friend, like many people who are not followers of Jesus, hold this view: Jesus was a good teacher. His principles are worth following. He taught was other religions taught. He was a …
Does your devotional life seem a little dull and routine? Want to spark a fire for a new round of momentum to keep up your spiritual disciplines? Then make sure you get involved in sharing your faith with people on a regular basis.
Working in the yard, some Jehovah Witnesses come by to share some literature. Pastor and author Francis Chan tells a good story about what happened next: Watch and see what happens: Key Evangelism Values on Display: A proper heart attitude towards people who don’t know Christ. Willing to be interrupted to talk with people. Knows …
Would you agree or disagree with the question? “Many people who know me are not aware that I am a Christian.” You might be really private about your faith. I have had people tell me, “I’ve always believed in Jesus, I just didn’t talk about it.” You might be really open about your faith, where your …
I volunteered the other day and I had lunch with another volunteer. As we talked about my mother’s recent death, she startled me with the following question. I’ve always wondered, how do religious people deal with death? She wasn’t opposed to religion. She didn’t have a defined set of beliefs of her own. Spiritual Conversations occur …
In a recent Outreach Magazine article (Nov/Dec 2012), Larry Osborne put together a list of 7 detours in evangelistic conversations. Detours are conversational rabbit trails that are deflect significant evangelistic conversation elsewhere, rather than at the true spiritual need of others. We often step into those rabbit trails, thinking that we might have to: defend …
Here is a sample Christmas Party icebreaker and conversational guide that is similar to the one found on page 38 of Christmas Party Games from Creative Youth Ideas. You can use this icebreaker as a Christmas party game for adults, for youth, and for kids. You can probably find this party game for Christmas everywhere …
Since Christmas is coming soon, our church is in the swing of planning our Christmas outreaches. Your church might be in the planning stages as well Small Groups or Life Groups having Christmas parties for their fellowship Members having Christmas parties for their neighbors as their outreach Youth Groups having Christmas social outings or Christmas …
No matter how much I share my faith, there are people in my life who remain apart from Christ. As an evangelist, that’s hard. Here is how I keep going.
“How do you find forgiveness?” This was a question my neighbor asks while we visit at the poolside on a spring day. While our kids are splashing, shouting, screaming, laughing and diving into the water, my friend talks with me about deep issues of the heart. How did we get to this point? How did …
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 …
As I mentioned in my previous post on contact evangelism as a evangelism method, I share my thoughts on how to train people and evangelists who are scared of this methodology. How do I help such people improve their personal evangelism skills? By far, when I ask people about their evangelism fears at personal evangelism training …
Over the years, I’ve developed an ability to hear spiritual thirst in a conversation. Spiritual thirst is what allows me to have normal conversations about my faith and the spiritual journey of the other person. It’s their thirst that propels them to find solutions in Christ. The concept of spiritual thirst has become a foundational …
