“The increase of the kingdom is more to be desired than the growth of a clan. We would do a great deal to make a Paedobaptist brother into a Baptist, for we value our Lord’s ordinances; we would labour earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free-will into a believer in salvation by grace, [...]
Evangelism
The Invisibility of God is a Great Problem
The invisibility of God is a great problem. It was already a problem to God’s people in Old Testament days. Their pagan neighbors would taunt them, saying, “Where Is now your God?” Their gods were visible and tangible, but Israel’s God was neither. Today in our scientific culture young people are taught not to believe [...]
What Is the Gospel?
During my recent trip to California for the Alliance Defense Fund Academy, I had the pleasure to meet Greg Gilbert, the author of a wonderful book, What is the Gospel? I I would strongly encourage you to take a look. View Sample Pages What Is the Gospel? It seems like a simple question, yet it [...]
Evangelism and Apologetics by Dr. Greg Bahnsen
The very reason why Christians are put in the position of giving a reasoned account of the hope that is in them is that not all men have faith. Because there is a world to be evangelized (men who are unconverted), there is the need for the believer to defend his faith: Evangelism naturally brings [...]
Every Christian a Publisher by Earnest C. Reisinger
The Need for Truth I would like to speak to you today about the importance of the use of literature in the church, for evangelism, for instruction in Christian truth, for devotion, and for its role in planting churches. Protestants, in particular, are very weak in the proper use of literature to spread God’s truth. [...]
If Any Man Thirst: Part I by James Webster
‘If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.‘ – John 7:37. ‘And ye will not come to me.‘ – John 5:40. We have one of the sweetest offers ever Christ made, and ushered in with a great solemnity; the offer is made, not upon an ordinary day, but a feast day, and [...]
If Any Man Thirst: Part II by James Webster
Now for the proof of this unwillingness to come, consider first, the black picture the Scripture draws of sinners in their natural state. What is their picture? First, the father of all sinners is represented as an abstract vanity: Every man in his best state is altogether vanity. The word in the original will read, [...]
If Any Man Thirst: Part III by James Webster
The last thing in this use of lamentation is to consider the evil of this unwillingness to come! O what might be said here! I shall only give you two, three thoughts. First, it is the perfection of folly. Thou art thirsty, there the water, and yet thou wilt not come to it. Thou art [...]
Warrants to Believe: Part I by David Dickson and James Durham
For building our confidence upon this solid ground, these four Warrants and special Motives to believe in Christ may serve. The first whereof is God’s hearty invitation, holden forth, Isa. 55:1-5. ‘Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy [...]
Warrants to Believe: Part II by David Dickson and James Durham
The third Warrant and special Motive to believe in Christ, is the strait and awful command of God, charging all the hearers of the gospel to approach to Christ in the order set down by him, and to believe in him; holden forth, I John 3:23. ‘This his commandment, That we should believe on the [...]
Present Day Evangelism by Arthur W. Pink
Most of the so-called evangelism of our day is a grief to genuine Christians, for they feel that it lacks any scriptural warrant, that it is dishonoring unto God, and that it is filling the churches with empty professors. They are shocked that so much frothy superficiality, fleshly excitement and worldly allurement should be associated [...]
Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats? by Charles Spurgeon
An evil resides in the professed camp of the Lord so gross in its imprudence that the most shortsighted can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years it has developed at an abnormal rate evil for evil. It has worked like leaven until the whole lump ferments. The devil has seldom done [...]
Evangelism – What is it? by Earnest C. Reisinger
Evangelism is the communication of a divinely inspired message that we call the gospel. It is a message that is definable in words, but must be communicated in word and power. “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance…” (1 [...]
The Doctrines of Grace and Passion for the Souls of Men by John A. Broadus
‘For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren.’ Romans 9:3 Concern for the salvation of others is not prevented by a belief in what we call the doctrines of grace; is not prevented by believing in divine sovereignty, and predestination and election. Many persons intensely dislike the ideas which are [...]
The Altar Call: Is It Harmful or Helpful? by Fred G. Zaspel
Introduction It would be all but impossible to give an accurate description of the modern evangelical church without mention of the invitation system, or the ‘altar call,’ as it is called. The altar call is a custom in virtually all Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Wesleyan, Pentecostal, and Charismatic circles. Immediately following the sermon the congregation will sing [...]
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though a Mighty Power by John Kennedy
Historical Introduction by Sherman Isbell In Reformed circles in Scotland today, John Kennedy of Dingwall (1819-1884) is regarded as the greatest champion of the Reformed faith in the Highlands during the latter years of the nineteenth century. If Kennedy was outspoken about the dangers resulting from a superficial presentation of the gospel, he had reason [...]
Evangelism and the Reformed Faith by David J. Engelsma
Introduction Strange to say, some suppose that the relationship between the Reformed Faith and evangelism is uneasy and uncomfortable. Stranger still, some charge that the Reformed Faith and evangelism are incompatible. Many outside of the Reformed Churches contend that the Reformed Faith makes evangelism (or ‘soul-winning,’ as they like to call it) impossible. Many who [...]
Evangelism and Apologetics by Stephen C. Perks
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers. (Eph. 4:11) And we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist. (Act. 21:8) But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Tim. 4:5) They that [...]
Co-operation in Evangelism by John Murray
CAN WE CO-OPERATE WITHOUT COMPROMISE? The question with which we are concerned in this article is whether evangelicals may properly co-operate with modernists in the actual conduct of evangelism. When we say ‘properly ‘, we mean whether it is in accord with the revealed will of God as set forth for us in Holy Scripture. [...]
Compassion for the Lost by Charles Bridges
“Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.” —Psalm 119:136 If the Lord teaches us the privileges of his statutes, he will teach us compassion for those who keep them not. This was the mind of Jesus. His life exhibited one, whose “heart was made of tenderness.” But there were [...]
Are You Born Again? by J. C. Ryle
This is one of life’s most important questions. Jesus Christ said, ‘Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’ (John 3:3). It is not enough to reply, ‘I belong to a church; I suppose I’m a Christian.’ Thousand of nominal ‘Christians’ show none of the signs of being born again [...]
Another Gospel by John Cheesman
Many who have read thus far may well feel that they do not recognize the gospel with which they are familiar in what has been said. It is my contention that there is a real and basic difference between the biblical gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and the prevailing manmade substitute. To substantiate this [...]
Advice to the Inquiring Sinner by W.G.T. Shedd
‘Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.‘ Acts16:29-31 It is not right [...]
A Word to the Anxious by Kenneth MacRae
This tract is for the anxious. Others probably will scarcely trouble to read it. Those who have no anxiety as to what is to become of their souls are not likely to find much of interest in it. But the Lord may see fit to bless it to the anxious, awakened soul. That He would [...]
A Gospel Summary by Jeffrey C. Nesbitt
This is a reply to the question often asked, “What should we include in our Gospel presentation?” What follows is only a summary and the bare minimum that should be included in the whole Gospel. I also believe that it is not necessary, nor many times possible, to bring the whole gospel to everyone at [...]
