One of the best training resources available via Soma Communities is learning the “story-formed way” (go here and here for downloadable resources). In this video interview with Scott Thomas of Acts 29, Jeff Vanderstelt shares on the many ways of sharing the gospel, beginning with gospel fluency and confidence in the gospel’s work in your [...]
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Jeff Vanderstelt on the Many Ways of Sharing Your Faith
February 3, 2012Gary Rohrmayer on Engaging in More Spiritual Conversations
January 31, 2012Gary Rohrmayer has written a helpful little book (76 pages) called Spiritual Conversations: Creating and Sustaining Them without Being a Jerk. In it, he provides a lot of practical helps to engaging unbelievers and overcoming evangelistic entropy. Below are five ideas for increasing spiritual conversations with people in your life (from chapter 7): 1. Make [...]
Steps to Sharing the Gospel with Your Family During Christmas
December 8, 2011Since Crossway made it free for Kindle, I’ve been browsing through Randy Newman’s book, Bringing the Gospel Home: Witnessing to Your Family Members, Your Close Friends, and Others You Know Well. This is an incredibly important topic as I have come to find it harder to share the gospel with family members as it is [...]
Evangelize as Your Edify, Edify as You Evangelize
July 14, 2011One of the biggest tensions regarding philosophy of gathered services is the issue of breadth and depth, or who should be the priority and focus of the ministry. Obviously, everything we do should be first and foremost with a focus and passion for the honor and glory of God. But the question we are [...]
Reaching the Lives of Those Who Have Wasted It
July 1, 2011Eleven years ago, John Piper boldly proclaimed these words: I was a college student then, about to embark on my life as someone called to proclaim the gospel Jesus Christ. Never had I imagined then that I would be living in the communities comprised of tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. I live and minister 15 [...]
The Places and Purposes of My Work
March 18, 2011Yesterday afternoon, I was discussing with a few guys on Twitter how and where we spend our time working. When I came to Grace nearly three years ago, there was no “office” space for me at the church building, which meant that I was to do the majority of my work either at home or [...]
We Must Endeavor to Save Some
March 17, 2011“If the kingdom is ever to come to our Lord–and come it will–it never will come through a few ministers, missionaries, or evangelists preaching the Gospel. It must come through everyone one of you preaching it, in the shop and by the fireside, when walking abroad and when sitting in the chamber. You must all [...]
Necessary Evangelism
March 8, 2011Is the call to evangelize the lost something that all Christians are expected to engage in? This is a question that was recently raised to me. I certainly don’t think it will look the same way with each person, but I do believe we are all called to witness for Christ and live evangelistic lives [...]
What Every Unbeliever Needs to Hear
February 6, 2011Every unbeliever needs someone who will lovingly tell them the truth about a real God, a real hell . . . and real atonement found in the cross of Jesus Christ. HT :: Trevin Wax
4 Evangelistic Motivations for Paul: The Prospect of Eternity
February 1, 2011As I mentioned yesterday, I recently shared with my church family how we are to be working together with God on mission (2 Cor. 6:1). In that message, I laid out four evangelistic motivations from 2 Cor. 5. The first evangelistic motivation for Paul is the prospect of eternity. The Prospect of Eternity In the [...]
Working Together with God
January 31, 2011A couple of weeks ago, I preached a message entitled “Working Together with God.” I have long enjoyed meditating on 2 Corinthians 5, but unfortunately, my reading typically ended with 2 Cor. 5:21. It is the next verse that has arrested my thinking of late, and as you probably know, there were no chapter divisions [...]
Cloaking Cowardice with Custom-Made Bushels
March 31, 2010Don’t know who wrote this at Ligonier, but this is excellent: Martin Luther declared that a new Christian must withdraw from the world for a season, but upon reaching spiritual maturity he must embrace the world as the theater of redemptive activity. His message was, “Away with the cowards who flee from the real world [...]
The Good News of Christmas at Grace
November 23, 2009About six weeks ago, I received in the mail a bag that said “The Good News of Christmas.” In the bag was an ESV New Testament, a personalized invitation, an ESV Study Bible trial for 30 days, and a tract by Max Lucado. After discussing this with our pastoral team, we felt that this was [...]
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