“Ministers” & “Witnesses”
article by Clint Morgan The Great Commission + One: Acts 26:16-18 Most believers are aware of the Great Commission where Christ told His disciples to go into all of the world and make disciples. Obviously, awareness doesn’t always translate into obedience, but even so, the command remains. It would be dangerous ground to add another passage to the Great Commission. Yet there are many biblical passages that broaden our vision for what...
July 2013: Global Evangelism Month
All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age (Mt. 28:18-20). In some of His most definitive words, Jesus called His disciples to teach others the very things He had taught them during His...
A Legacy Remembered: An Interview with Evangelist Bobby Jackson, author of “Yesterday”
One of the unique memories of my childhood was the trips from my home church to the annual Free Will Baptist Convention. Occasionally other pastors and their wives would hitch a ride with us on the large buses we would charter. On one occasion, I remember wondering why some old preacher and his wife were riding along with us. Nevertheless, this didn’t stop me from running up and down the aisles of the bus! Little did I know that if I...
Lessons from Mars Hill
by Dr. Jeff Cockrell A recent survey suggests that a question once firmly identified with American evangelism is no longer pertinent: “If you were to die tonight, do you know for sure that you would go to heaven?” [1] While societal ideology may be changing somewhat, people are searching for truth [2]. The myriad of voices offering their views and opinions makes it difficult for the credulous person to know what to believe. Thus, they...
A Defense of Ethical Evangelism
How Religion Spoils Everything is the subtitle of Christopher Hitchens’s New York Times best-seller God is Not Great. And there are many who share Hitchens’s feelings about religion. Increasingly, it seems, many see religion as a dangerous thing. Still, the vast majority of people (especially Americans) are religious. Despite the prevalence of religious peoples, increasing pressure mounts nevertheless to privatize faith. For religions...
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