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Christianity Quotes by Mark Dever

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Dever stresses that telling the gospel without joy or urgency leaves a testimony feeling empty. He warns that churches focused on appearances become hypocritical and fail their mission. He reminds believers that true identity comes from sharing Christ’s message, not from family background.

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A gospel that in no way offends the sinner has not been understood.

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The church is the gospel made visible.

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To evangelize properly by delivering the gospel, we need to follow God's agenda.

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The gospel of Christ has never needed the gimmicks of man to effect conversion in the soul

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Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in…

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Christians are defined not by our heritage, but by our mission; not by our blood, but by His.

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What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary…

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The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.

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There is no gospel without the offence. This is God's wisdom. It never seems sensible to us in our flesh.

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If you say that the gospel lays a claim upon people, then you are invading their personal space, and they feel as…

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Every believer should evangelize. I know some Christians think that evangelism is only for people with special gifts for it, but I…

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I recognize that not all of us may have the same abilities and talents in sharing the gospel. But I want to…

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I want to defend the right of employees to share the gospel in appropriate situations. Every situation requires wisdom and insight. I…

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Christian proclamation might make the gospel audible, but Christians living together in local congregations make the gospel visible (see John 13:34-35). The…

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Some believers are faithful in the way that they live, but at the end of the day, they will not share the…

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“Discipling in the gospel means that sometimes you lead the way in confessing weakness or sin. By doing so, you demonstrate what…

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As a pastor, I have the opportunity every week to share the gospel publicly in a way that most of the members…

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Indeed, some secularists are so worried about Christianity, they think Christians are about as dangerous as Muslim terrorists. They get really worried…

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“Yet the Bible teaches that the local church is the natural environment for discipling. In fact, it teaches that the local church…

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Sadly, there are some fine Christian people who believe that the only way to advance the gospel is to pray for revival…

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We live in a time when people are increasingly skittish about evangelism - Christians and non-Christians alike. People are suspicious of evangelism,…

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“You and all the members of your church, Christian, are finally responsible before God for what your church becomes, not your pastors…

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“Given our disagreements over some points of the Bible, denominations are good, not bad, because they allow each church to follow Jesus…

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Our culture is becoming more hostile to the gospel. This trend may be more established in Australia than in the USA, but…

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There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted.…

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You have to push on both pedals to make the wheels go 'round. Similarly, you need faith in Christ as well as…

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“J. C. Ryle said, "There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have…

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We mustn't be content to just sit around pointing out the errors in others; we actually need to be sharing the gospel…

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All evangelists want to do is share a message about the forgiveness of sins and reconciliation with God. But our world is…

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If you have no interest in actually committing yourself to an actual group of gospel-believing, Bible-teaching Christians, you might question whether you…

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I love Iain Murray's definition of worldliness: towards the end of Evangelicalism Divided, he says that worldliness consists of loving idols and…

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I think that there are many things in the New Testament that show us that the godliness of our conversation plays an…

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If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort…

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I don't mind talking about a football game - that's fine. I don't want Christians to be unnatural. But I do want…

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Unfortunately, many of our churches calibrate their life to these nominal Christians. The predictable result is that you get fake, hypocritical churches…

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There is simply so much reason to believe the good news of Jesus Christ in history, in Scripture, as well as in…

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The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, “I am not what I ought to be. I…

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Christians, like everyone else, are prone to be selfish and scared, and wanting others to think well of them. So, although we…

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We need the word proclaimed so that we hear the gospel clearly, but then it's also very natural to have people talk…

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We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail…

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I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers.

People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

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…

What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.

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I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have to be…

“The motive for discipling others begins in the love of God and nothing less. He has loved us in Christ, and so we love…

If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort of fullness…

“Yet the Bible teaches that the local church is the natural environment for discipling. In fact, it teaches that the local church is itself…

Sin claims to free but in fact it kills.

Some believers are faithful in the way that they live, but at the end of the day, they will not share the gospel with…

We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail only if…

Once we see more of our need and understand more of what Christ has done for us, he will become more precious to us.…

Unfortunately, many of our churches calibrate their life to these nominal Christians. The predictable result is that you get fake, hypocritical churches that confuse…