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
I think that there are many things in the New Testament that show us that the godliness of our conversation plays an… — 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
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
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
Unfortunately, many of our churches calibrate their life to these nominal Christians. The predictable result is that you get fake, hypocritical churches… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
As long as quick numerical growth remains the primary indicator of church health, the truth will be compromised. Instead, churches must once… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I love Iain Murray's definition of worldliness: towards the end of Evangelicalism Divided, he says that worldliness consists of loving idols and… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Advice on evangelism needs to be tailored to individual situations. For instance, I know someone who needs to be encouraged to speak… — 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
If you think that the gospel is all about what we can do, that the practice of it is optional, and that… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted.… — 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
“Part of being a Christian is recognizing that sin deceives us, and we need other believers to help us see the things… — 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)
