The gospel of Christ has never needed the gimmicks of man to effect conversion in the soul — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
From the time of Cain until the last believer before Christ's return, we are all fundamentally in the same boat. We suffer… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether we live in the 19th or 21st centuries; we face the same basic problems that everyone who lives… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
If you have no interest in actually committing yourself to an actual group of gospel-believing, Bible-teaching Christians, you might question whether you… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
According to the New Testament, the church is primarily a body of people who profess and give evidence that they have been… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
The important thing when you are tied down is to continue to model Christ's love. This will ensure that your words, perhaps… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
You have to push on both pedals to make the wheels go 'round. Similarly, you need faith in Christ as well as… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
When a person becomes a Christian, he doesn’t just join a local church because it’s a good habit for growing in spiritual… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Testimonies are great things about what the Lord has done for us, but no-one will be offended when you talk about what… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
The more you come to know the Bible - both in reading it extensively and also meditating on it deeply - the… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
My task as a pastor is to remind people of the need for balance. If someone wants to stress personal union with… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
We need to be realistic and recognize that there will be times when we won't be sharing our faith out of an… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I know a girl who has become a really enthusiastic Christian. I remember meeting her several years ago. She lived in a… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
It's fine to deal with people's doubts and explain why they have good reasons to believe in Christ. But until we tell… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
The difference between apologetics and evangelism is that in apologetics, you are answering objections that the world raises, whereas in evangelism, you… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
There is simply so much reason to believe the good news of Jesus Christ in history, in Scripture, as well as in… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Once we see more of our need and understand more of what Christ has done for us, he will become more precious… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“not the writings that come from prophets inspired by the one true God revealed in Jesus Christ, then why do we find those passages… — Mark Dever Copy Share
I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers. — Mark Dever Copy Share
People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense. — Mark Dever Copy Share
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share
What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene. — Mark Dever Copy Share
I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have to be… — Mark Dever Copy Share
“The motive for discipling others begins in the love of God and nothing less. He has loved us in Christ, and so we love… — Mark Dever Copy Share
If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort of fullness… — Mark Dever Copy Share
“Yet the Bible teaches that the local church is the natural environment for discipling. In fact, it teaches that the local church is itself… — Mark Dever Copy Share
Some believers are faithful in the way that they live, but at the end of the day, they will not share the gospel with… — Mark Dever Copy Share
We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail only if… — Mark Dever Copy Share
Once we see more of our need and understand more of what Christ has done for us, he will become more precious to us.… — Mark Dever Copy Share
Unfortunately, many of our churches calibrate their life to these nominal Christians. The predictable result is that you get fake, hypocritical churches that confuse… — Mark Dever Copy Share
![“T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a…” quote by Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7a4/mark-dever-3175_blood_t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-bu_3297.jpg)
