Tag Archives: Evangelism
Spirit-Empowered Missions
Would to God that there was as much desire on the part of God’s people to be empowered to witness in the Spirit as there is to have some ecstatic or emotional experience with the Holy Spirit.
The Preacher’s Task and the Stone of Stumbling
The preacher’s task is to leave that stone in their path. Never mind if they pick it up, look at it, and throw it away: they cannot keep on throwing it away forever. It is the cornerstone of their lives and finally they must reckon with it. The only obedience that God asks of the preacher is that he does not attempt to change the shape of that stone in order to make it fit more easily into some other place in the building. That stone is meant for judgment as well as for fulfillment. It is uncut by human hand. The preacher is as bound by its nature and its function as are those to whom he preaches. Jesus Christ is both the preacher’s message and his limitation.
D. T. Niles, The Preachers’ Task and the Stone of Stumbling, p. 15
Missions Monday
We have a base man-pleasing disposition, which will make us let men perish lest we lose their love, and let them go quietly to hell, lest we should make them angry with us for seeking their salvation: and we are ready to venture on the displeasure of God, and risk the everlasting misery of our people, rather than draw on ourselves their ill-will.
The Lamb and the Lion in Missions
In our churches, workplaces, gyms and neighborhoods, we must introduce people to the surpassing mercy of the Lamb so that they do not one day taste the judgment of the Lion.
Owen Strachan and Doug Sweeny, The Beauty of Christ, pp. 94-95
Missions and Global Worship of Jesus
Missions is about the worship of Jesus. The goal of missions is the global worship of Jesus by his redeemed people from every tribe, tongue, and nation. The outcome of missions is all peoples delighting to praise Jesus. And the motivation for missions is the enjoyment that his people have in him. Missions aims at, brings about, and is fueled by the worship of Jesus.
The Goal of Missions
The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God.
What Is the Harvest Worth?
The harvest is worth whatever it costs us to say yes to Him.
K. Neill Foster and Douglas B. Wicks, eds., Voices on the Cross, pp. 16-17
Evangelism: The Natural Response
Evangelism is the natural response of a heart that sees God as supreme.
Jim Berg, Created for His Glory, p. 38
Why Is the Church’s Passion for Missions So Weak?
Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak.
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad, p. 18
Life Is Worship 