The title of this post is a little bit misleading, but I don’t know of a better way of summing up the following quote. It is taken from a recent article by Mark Driscoll on the subject of evangelism. I appreciate much of what Driscoll says (and does in ministry), and given my particular research [...]
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This Week at Sowing Grace (5)
December 15, 2008The following posts were made available at Sowing Grace this past week:
Sunday: n/a
Monday: n/a
Tuesday: The battle to win souls begins with the battle against sin in our hearts (Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 7)
Wednesday: Prayer in the Early Church, Part 2
Thursday: Greatness Demonstrated (chapter 4)
Friday: Fuel Friday: Leadership Network
Saturday: Preach the Gospel
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Who is Joseph Alleine?
December 3, 2008[Reformation Heritage Books has graciously provided this biographical and reprint essay on the life and works of Richard Baxter. You can find this information and others in the book, Meet the Puritans.]
Joseph Alleine (1634-1668)
Born at Devizes, Wiltshire, early in 1634, Joseph Alleine loved and served the Lord from childhood. A contemporary witness identified 1645 as [...]
This Week at Sowing Grace (4)
December 1, 2008The following posts were made available at Sowing Grace this past week:
Sunday: Paul’s Prayer to the Roman Church
Monday: Monday Is for Membership: Biblical Theologian, Part 2
Tuesday: “Holy Wordliness” (Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 5)
Wednesday: Thanksgiving Break
Thursday: Thanksgiving Break
Friday: Thanksgiving Break
Saturday: Thanksgiving Break
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DG Videos: Dever on the Gospel and Evangelism
November 29, 2008The 2009 Desiring God Pastor’s Conference’s theme is “Commending Christ: The Pastor, the Church, and the Perishing.” One of the fantastic things about DG conferences are all the media they make available both before and after the conference. Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, is one of the speakers at the conference, [...]
Missional Margin: Tuning into the Mission (Part 2)
September 24, 2008>> Read Missional Margin: Too Busy Not to Evangelize? (Part 1)
A month ago I posted the first part of the case for missional margin, beginning with my confession that too often I should hang the hotel door hanger around my neck which says, “Please do not disturb.” As much as I would like to admit [...]
Interview with “Between the Times”
September 18, 2008I have mentioned a couple of times already about the Between the Times blog–a SEBTS collaborative effort from Drs. Danny Akin, David Nelson, Kenneth Keathley, Bruce Ashford, and Nathan Finn. My good friend Doug Baker, of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, recently sat down with these gentlemen for an interview for the Insight [...]
David Platt on the Great Commission
September 7, 2008David Platt, lead pastor of The Church at Brookhills, was the guest preacher for the 2009 Great Commission Lectures at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. From those in attendance, Platt’s messages were powerfully used to impact the lives of all who were in attendance. I encourage you to download them and listen for your own [...]
Missional Margin: Too Busy Not to Evangelize? (Part 1)
August 21, 2008Twenty years ago, Bill Hybels wrote a book entitled Too Busy Not To Pray: Slowing Down to Be with God. Over one million copies of this book has been sold to a bustling people reminding them that they needed to cultivate a prayer life by slowing down to spend time with God (ironically, they apparently [...]
Content-Controlling Communication
July 15, 2008I have been reading an excellent article by J.I. Packer called “The Gospel–It’s Content and Communication: A Theological Perspective” from volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Writings of J.I. Packer (Serving the People of God). His first point is that
“the content of the Gospel must always control the method of its communication, and that we [...]
Give Me Your Eyes
July 13, 2008Flipping through the radio stations the other day, I came across this song by Brandon Heath called “Give Me Your Eyes.” Although the video is a tribute to September 11, 2001, the lyrics of this song are good for September 12 and everyday God has given us to share the gospel and love of [...]
Evangelism’s Must-Have’s
June 20, 2008Yesterday, I read something I found convicting in my study on our responsibility in evangelism. Consider the words of R.B. Kuiper, in his book, God-Centered Evangelism:
1. One must have a clear understanding of the gospel for the simple reason that vagueness and confusion can neither convey truth nor command respect.
2. He must have a strong [...]
Lawless on Evangelistic Goal-Setting
June 19, 2008My dean, Dr. Chuck Lawless (of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at SBTS) has recently written a good article on setting goals in regards to evangelism. Here are his five points in summary form:
1. Set a goal for developing relationships with non-believers.
In most cases, we get so isolated in our [...]
Our Only Hope of Success in Evangelism
May 14, 2008J.I. Packer, in his excellent treatise Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, states:
“The sovereignty of God in grace gives us our only hope of success in evangelism.”
Packer explains (emphasis mine):
“Some fear that belief in the sovereign grace of God leads to the conclusion that evangelism is pointless, since God will save His elect anyway, whether [...]
Paul and the Synagogue
May 20, 2008For the past couple of weeks, I have been spending the majority of my personal Bible study in the book of Acts, seeking to dig deeper into the mission of the early church in preparation for a summer-long teaching series in evangelism. One of the things that has provoked considerable interest in my study has [...]
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Church Planting, Evangelism, Synagogue
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