Compelled to share the gospel?
The Greek word translated "compel" has a wide range of meaning found in the NT, including the sense of coercion.
The urgency of the gospel in personal evangelism
A driving force behind personal evangelism is a sense of urgency. Without a sense of urgency, evangelism loses one of its core motivations. Without a sense of urgency, the persecutions that believers suffer for the sake of the gospel becomes something to be avoided. The urgency of the gospel has propelled missionaries to all corners …
Who do you see? Do you have the eyes of Jesus?
Yesterday, I returned from doing ministry training in Nicaragua. We worked with nearly 200 ministry leaders from 6 different Central America countries plus the United States. Our team had some plenary sessions during the training camp. Here is a summary of the message I gave the last night. These are more notes, rather than a …
3 Evangelism Tips for Pastors
I keep adding to the list. If you have found some tips helpful for pastors to keep their personal evangelism passion high, please send them to me via email, contact us form, or simply give me a call at 804-335-1445. See these prior posts: 5 Evangelism Tips for Pastors 4 More Evangelism Tips for Pastors …
Evangelism Motives: Why bother?
I’ve been recently reading “One To One: How To Share Your Faith with your Friend” by Michael Green (unavailable from Amazon). This book focuses on personal evangelism skills, and in the opening chapters, Green reminds of various reasons to do personal evangelism (p. 8-11) God is the supreme evangelist. He loves us and pursues us. …