What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary… — 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
Christians are defined not by our heritage, but by our mission; not by our blood, but by His. — 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
Indeed, some secularists are so worried about Christianity, they think Christians are about as dangerous as Muslim terrorists. They get really worried… — 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
“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
Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Christians, like everyone else, are prone to be selfish and scared, and wanting others to think well of them. So, although we… — 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
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
“Being united to Christ means being united to every Christian. But that universal union must be given a living, breathing existence in… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Humility is not an 'added extra,' one of the lesser Christian virtues. If you don't have humility, you may be lost. — 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
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
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
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
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
For a Christian, our fears about the future are rooted in those places where our will differs from God's will. — 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
“You and all the members of your church, Christian, are finally responsible before God for what your church becomes, not your pastors… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, “I am not what I ought to be. I… — 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
Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I don't mind talking about a football game - that's fine. I don't want Christians to be unnatural. But I do want… — 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 Image
I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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