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Thanks to NewAttitude.com, I was able to get a hold of this book by sending in a simple story of a time I shared my faith. I am so thankful for it too. This book has gotten me to dissect the application of the Gospel in my own life. The Gospel & Personal Evangelism By Mark Dever, is a great tool and resource for anybody. Dever did a great job at making this book; it is intricate enough for those who already are well grounded in their Christian faith, and it is simple enough for newborn Christians to be able to apply it to their walk with Christ.
Dever definitely didn’t write your average evangelism book. He made this book unique by not creating a step-by-step guide on what to say during your evangelism encounter, but he took the issue to the readers heart, to their understanding of the Gospel. The Gospel is the good news that an evangelist is to share with everybody. The Gospel is what we live by, and without it there would be nothing else to evangelize about.
Once you read this book, you will have new perspective of evangelism. You will realize that it is not just about a ten minute conversation, and it also is not just about sharing your faith in your everyday life. It is really about living through the Gospel and keeping it at the center of everything that you do. Dever tells of how it is our responsibility to share the Gospel with others, and if a person doesn’t ever here the Gospel, what the consequences will be.
So, if you consider yourself a Christian, then this is a very much past due addition to your personal library. This book will place a new desire within you to live like you should live as a Christian.
April 08 2008 | Books and Christianity and Evangelism and Salvation | No Comments »
I am a leader in a youth group, so I get the oppurtunity to talk to a lot of people about Christ, and not only am I a youth leader, but I have a certain passion for evangelism. So, I get a lot of time talking to people sharing the good news of the Gospel. But as I was just reading something, it triggered in my mind, that it is much easier to tell someone about the Gospel, at times, then it is to actually take the Gospel and apply it to yourself.
As a leader I need to have a very, very, very clear understanding of the Gospel, and a very, very, very solid application of the Gospel in my life. But it is very, very, very hard at times. Meaning, it is hard to constantly see the areas in my life which are not going in accordance with the Word. I should constantly be inspecting myself through the Scriptures, to make sure that I am really following and trusting in Jesus Christ. With so much going on sometimes, it is very easy to let little areas of my life slip into sin. I think this is a very common thing. If it were not, people wouldn’t have struggles as Christians, right?
But like I was saying, it is so important for me to remember that the Gospel is not just for the person I am speaking to, but it was also intended for me. Don’t let the worries of this world get in the way of your relationship with Christ, and make sure it is just that, a relationship. Knowledge is a great and powerful thing, but we must remember that knowledge is not what saves us. The only thing that can do that is the blood of Jesus Christ.
April 04 2008 | Christianity and Evangelism and Jesus and Salvation | No Comments »
This is going to be the first of a three post series called Christianity and Social Networking. I hope to help you understand how to witness to people through social networks such as Myspace and Facebook. Almost everybody today uses one of these two social networks, the only people that don’t are usually older and don’t find them as useful as younger people do. But besides them, pretty much everyone is on Myspace or Facebook. And this does not exclude Christians, you may think it does though. The reason I say this is because many Christians on the web don’t portray themselves as Christians. Well, they may change their “religion status” to Christian, but that is about it. Way to many times do I find myself on one of these networks browsing around, and landing on a Christians page, and finding that they mention nothing at all about their relationship with Christ. In fact they usually present themselves to be exactly the same as the rest of the world. They do this by playing filthy worldly music, posting photos which may be inappropriate, using profanity in their language, and NEVER daring to place their Christian friends in their “top friends.” In today’s day and age socializing on the Internet is seemingly more popular and more common than communicating via cell phone. So why do Christians take this “tool” and use it for the good of the world instead?
Many of these hidden Christians on these networks will never utilize them as great tools for evangelism. But for those of you who don’t hide your true colors of Christianity on the web, the following posts in this series will be just for you. I will talk about some of the things to avoid on certain networks, and great ways to simply share you faith with others.
February 19 2008 | Christianity and Culture and Evangelism | No Comments »
Last night a friend of mine and I were at the gym after a long day of work and school. The whole time we were talking very openly about the things of God. You know, we were carrying on about evangelism, sin, etc. While we were in the locker room talking to each other some more, we noticed some guy about my age who kept looking at us as if he were listening in on our conversation, but we completely ignored him and left the locker room. We continued to talk in front of the gym for a little while, and eventually this guy was leaving too and he saw us. So he asked us, “What was it you guys were talking about in there?” So we told him how we were talking about evangelism. We soon came to find out this guy was a very faithful member of the Mormon church. His name is Dustin, and he has been a Mormon his whole life. He told us that he goes to his church EVERY day. So he isn’t some ignorant Mormon, he probably actually knows what he believes in. But it is ironic that he came to talk to us, because we were talking about how ultimately it is God who allows us to be saved, and how we can say whatever we want while evangelizing but it is not our job to save the person, that is up to God. So as impossible as it is for me to imagine this guy coming to our church, and becoming born again, through God it is completely possible. So we got his phone number, and hopefully when one of us gives him a call he will be open to coming to our church to at least see what Christianity is all about.
February 08 2008 | Christianity and Evangelism and Salvation | No Comments »
There is a song written by John Reuben called What About Them? I heard this song for the first time a long time ago and was disgusted when I heard the opening lines of it. I declared blasphemy upon it, and I decided to never listen to it again, or so I thought. So the other day I was at work listening to my iPod and it heard again… This time though I listened to the whole thing, because I wanted to see what the song was actually talking about.
The opening line to the song which disgusted me so much was this:
Puff the magic Jesus
Floats around the universe
The United States is His favorite place on the whole entire earth
But I never made it past that to hear the rest of the chorus which is:
So sing your songs and wave your flag
And thank the Lord for all you have
But what about them?
Did you forget about them?
After listening, even to only this much of the song I realized that I had been wrong to judge it so quickly. Yes, the opening phrase is very obscure, but there seems to be a good reason for it. I think that phrasing is used to bluntly show the way most Americans view Jesus. They view Him as some magical being who can give them whatever they want. I like the second part of the chorus even more though. Reuben actually points out why America’s view of Jesus is so ridiculous, and that reason is we just want Him for ourselves.
Here is the rest of the song:
We came we conquered never speak of this again life
Must go on let’s not think of them
Things are comfortable now the pioneers have settled in
A perfect blend of progress and pale skin
For our sake and those to come
We’ll rewrite the text so you can forget where you came from
Tell it in a way that will build your self esteem
Repackage the product and sell the American dream
(CHORUS)
History is best forgotten and even better rewritten
And since there’s no forgetting let’s remember it different
Commit to it so strongly till you believe it
The truth is there but you aren’t able to receive it
You need to know you’re safe here
Hide your face here cuz you found your faith here
But four walls with no windows doesn’t mean you’re it
Four walls with no windows doesn’t mean they don’t exist
(CHORUS)
What a prosperous, wondrous place
Remember to say grace before we scrape our plates
And ignore the crying outside the door sure
You’ll pray for their burdens but you don’t want to make it yours
Thin lines divide but there’s a world of difference
So crawl back into your happy existence and feel the bliss of ignorance keep you warm
Blessed are those who mourn but it’s so foreign
The more you have the less you care
The less you care the more you become unaware
And sure life’s not fair but it favors us apparently
And how are we to interpret this excess
Is it God’s favor ill-behavior or simply man’s modern progress
God bless us as we sweep this mess under the rug
Don’t want to walk barefoot on the tile and step in the mud
Out of sight out of mind and pushed to the side
Left for someone else to rationalize and justify
Does this convict you? I know it convicts me. As an American I am very comfortable not worrying about the people out there who don’t have food, water, a place to live, etc.. Just because America is so great and beautiful that doesn’t mean the rest of the world is the same way. But what I find worst of all is that not only do we forget to care about those who are less fortunate, but we forget to care about those who are not born again…
January 17 2008 | Christianity and Culture and Evangelism and Jesus and Salvation | 1 Comment »
Before I became a Christian, I thought I knew everything. I also thought that everything I did was perfect, and it wasn’t until I was became a Christian that I realized humility is a good thing.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2)
Pride is what got Lucifer kicked out of heaven, and it is what keeps us from coming to God. This is important to remember while evangelizing, because people don’t want to listen to the Gospel partly because of their pride. People know what the Bible has to say about them, and they don’t want to hear it; they think it is wrong and they are right. But if we as Christians remain humble, and share the Gospel no matter what with everyone, we will be rewarded for being submissive to the Word of God, and the reward will be wisdom.
January 11 2008 | Christianity and Evangelism and Salvation | No Comments »
This is the audio from the evangelism meeting I held with the youth evangelism team from our church.
We are not only called to contend for our faith, but to show our faith. We do this by loving others as Jesus would want us to. The goal here is to realize that the people we are around everyday are actually part of a mission field, that mission field is our very own. So please enjoy this audio, and leave any questions and comments if you would like.
January 06 2008 | Evangelism and Salvation | No Comments »
It is a new year! Last night was my second New Year’s Eve as a Christian. The Spirit Filled churches in Reno/Sparks, NV had a big celebration which included music, dancing, a drama performance (which was awesome), and prayer (which was also awesome). But before I went to this New Year’s Eve celebration I stopped by one of my old friends houses, because he invited me to a late Christmas party. I was only there for about an hour, and like I expected, I didn’t enjoy it at all. It was a good reminder though, because it showed me of how I was before I was a Christian. I began thinking of what I would be doing if I wasn’t a Christian, and the thoughts disgusted me. I am so thankful that I am who I am today, and I hope to be a witness to all of my friends of the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.
January 01 2008 | Christianity and Evangelism and Life Experiences and Salvation | No Comments »
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