Love, love, love, love, love, love!!!! Aren’t we glad that GOD SO LOVED us?!!! That He sent His son!!! And, that He fills us with that love for our neighbor. Oh, how we need to pray for God to overwhelm us with that love—so that we are...
Read moreWhat Are Right Motives For Evangelizing (part 2)
This does not take a nuclear physicist to understand. God tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves. I thank God that Sue Ramage, in March of 1973, cared about the heathen guy named Chris Peeler. They both were seniors at West York High...
Read moreWhat Are The Right Motives For Evangelizing?
First, and foremost, everything we do should be done to glorify God—pure and simple. Because God has commanded us to GO, we are then glorifying Him to obey His command. Consider . . . “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who...
Read moreIs There A Cost (part 2)
Hear the words of J.I. Packer: “[Jesus] did not desire to make disciples under false pretenses. He had no interest in gathering vast crowds of professed adherents who would melt away as soon as they found out what following him actually...
Read moreIs There A Cost?
Sadly, the gospel message has degenerated into “Come to Jesus and He will be your genie in the bottle” in our day and age. Consider what Jesus said in terms of the cost of following Him: “If anyone would come after me, let him...
Read moreWhat Must I Do to be Saved?
Do you know the answer? After you have proclaimed sin, the law, righteousness, judgment, salvation through the gospel; and the lost person wants to know what he needs to do, it is imperative that you know what to say! It is not theologically...
Read moreChrist The Savior Or The Fairy Godmother (Part 2)
So if not Christ, the fairy godmother or the super-psychiatrist, THEN WHAT? Continuing from his words from last blog, Packer continues… ” . . . we have to go deeper than this. To preach sin means not to make capital out of...
Read moreChrist The Savior Or The Fairy Godmother
Oh, how we have fallen! “Come to Jesus, and He will help your marriage…Come to Jesus and He will bless you financially…Come to Jesus and He will make you feel better about yourself…Come to Jesus and He will improve your...
Read moreWas The Great Commission For the Apostles Only?
Believe it or not, this issue has been raised to me a number of times over the years. Can you see Satan’s strategy here? If he can’t keep Christ followers away from the highways and byways via lukewarmness or lack of compassion or...
Read moreJust What Is Evangelism (Part 6)
So, what is an ambassador? For the answer to that question, let’s enjoy the beautiful description offered by Packer. “He is the authorized representative of a sovereign. He speaks not in his own name, but on behalf of the ruler...
Read moreJust What Is Evangelism (Part 5)
Evangelism carries with it the roles of HERALD and AMBASSADOR. What is a herald? In New Testament days, a herald was one who would journey from one village, town, or city to the next representing the king or governor or magistrate. He would...
Read moreJust What is Evangelism (part 4)
Consider J.I. Packer’s words on this most important question: “According to the New Testament, evangelism is just preaching the gospel, the evangel. It is a work of communication in which Christians make themselves mouthpieces for...
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