7 Characteristics of Highly Evangelistic Christians

Excerpt from Thom Rainer’s article. To view original, please click on this link   Seven Characteristics It is inevitable that, when we do research on evangelistic churches, we learn about one or more members in the church who, to use the book title by Charles H. Spurgeon, embody the traits of “The Soul Winner.” Oftentimes [...]

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The ‘Camel Method’ of Evangelism is Not Biblical

 By Paul Proctor – January 13, 2010 – NewsWithViews.com I have addressed, on numerous occasions, the Church’s ongoing efforts to reinvent Christianity into a global religion of Results & Relationships by using the powers of pragmatism and consensus to artificially grow itself into something more widely accepted by the world instead of faithfully proclaiming the [...]

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Excerpt from The Legacy of Antioch

  Foreword: The Legacy of Antioch was preached by John Piper on October 25, 2009, his exposition on Acts 11:19-26 interspersed with a topic on partnering for missions. Hereunder is an excerpt from that sermon which I would like to share to you with the hopes as well that anyone who is called in the “sending” or in [...]

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Quote from George Whitefield (1714-1770)

  Man hath a free will to go to hell, but none to go to heaven, till God worketh in him to will and to do his good pleasure.” – George Whitefield   George Whitefield was born on December 16, 1714, in Gloucester, England. The youngest of seven children, he was born in the Bell [...]

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Excerpt from ‘John Calvin: Comeback Kid’

Foreword My cousin, Susan, brought my attention to an article entitled ‘John Calvin: Comeback Kid’ by Timothy George posted in Christianity Today on September 8, 2009.  Although I do not fully agree always with some of the  views of the various contributors published in this magazine, may I direct you to view the full printer-friendly article though this LINK, while [...]

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Christmas or Redemption Story?

A major Philippine e-newspaper announces, “Christmas came early this year for a lucky bettor who hit the P150.9 million jackpot in Sunday night’s 6/49 SuperLotto draw…” Christmas has been traditionally associated with the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25 since Rome adopted it for a pagan holiday (winter solstice) around 354AD. How the world has [...]

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A Darkened Mind

And  even  if  our  gospel  is  veiled,  it  is  veiled only to  those  who  are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim [...]

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