If you are not a member of the church you regularly attend, you may well be going to hell. — 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
If we feel that our ministry has come to an end in one place, then it seems reasonable to move on. — 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
Evangelists have absolutely no desire to physically or emotionally coerce anyone. In a sense, we are like doctors: we have a duty… — 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
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
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
We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
“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
