People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
God’s Word has always been His chosen instrument to create, convict, convert, and conform His people. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
We mustn't be content to just sit around pointing out the errors in others; we actually need to be sharing the gospel… — 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
Some believers are faithful in the way that they live, but at the end of the day, they will not share the… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I think many people in the church are probably concerned that they can't answer all the questions that might come up. I… — 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
Most people are glad for somebody else to share their own story of how they have found spiritual help. The problems start… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
We need the word proclaimed so that we hear the gospel clearly, but then it's also very natural to have people talk… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Our culture is becoming more hostile to the gospel. This trend may be more established in Australia than in the USA, but… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I heard about a pastor in a church of 5,000 people who employed two seminary students whose main responsibility was to get… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
If you say that the gospel lays a claim upon people, then you are invading their personal space, and they feel as… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Every believer should evangelize. I know some Christians think that evangelism is only for people with special gifts for it, but I… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Let's say that you want to do everything out of the joy that comes from knowing the Lord. Well, a lot of… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Sadly, there are some fine Christian people who believe that the only way to advance the gospel is to pray for revival… — 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
We live in a time when people are increasingly skittish about evangelism - Christians and non-Christians alike. People are suspicious of evangelism,… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
We are called to love others. We share the gospel because we love people. And we don't share the gospel because we… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I think that honesty in presenting the gospel goes out the window when you want people to respond to the message, but… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have… — 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
I love people thinking about apologetics. I just think that we have to be careful. We need to realize that we can… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Evangelism is not simply looking at someone and saying, "Look, you have to become a Christian". Instead, an evangelist tells us the… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Too often preachers want to deal with people simply at the level of publicly accessible reason. We participate with them in their… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I don't have any way to control the Spirit or create revival. I pray that the Holy Spirit would move upon the… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Let's say you don't want to stress the urgency of the gospel. Imagine that you are a hyper-Calvinist, and you just figure… — 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)
