Articles - Evangelism

In this excerpt from The Gospel and Personal Evangelism Mark Dever addresses why we don’t share the gospel with people around us and offers some counsel on how to remedy the situation. We love Mark’s humble tone, biblical expectations, and winsome style.

Read here or download the chapter.
______

A.T. Robertson was a famous Bible teacher and a beloved seminary lecturer. He…

“He’s being moved from the hospital,” she said “People from the hospice are going over. So you know what that means.”

And I did. It meant that they were just trying to make him comfortable.

My mom’s Uncle Ross had been in hospital for something else when they discovered the bone cancer. It was already too far—they couldn’t stop it. So we were already making arrangements…

What is the mission of the church? Are God’s people called to evangelize the lost by preaching the gospel and calling people to repentance? Or are we to spend our time and resources ministering to the needs of the poor? Are these two activities even meant to be distinguished from one another? Is the gospel preached when we act in harmony with the mercy and justice of God? Are the…

I knew I could probably only say one thing, and it had to count.

The girl was from my humanities class and we were getting ready for the final. This was one of those desperate last ditch study sessions that you leave more confused than you were to begin with. Our professor was brilliant, but vehemently against Christians. Not Jesus, Christians.

This man had a serious…

How do we continue in faith for people we love who don’t know Jesus yet?

I was reading in Pipers book The Pleasures of God. (Man I am so glad he is speaking at Na 2007.) He quotes George Mueller:

“I have also prayed daily, without intermission, for the conversion of other individuals about ten years, for others six or seven years...and still the answer is…