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
I recognize that not all of us may have the same abilities and talents in sharing the gospel. But I want to… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I want to defend the right of employees to share the gospel in appropriate situations. Every situation requires wisdom and insight. 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
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
We should want to evangelize because of the joy that God puts in our hearts. Ultimately, that's the best reason for sharing… — 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
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
Do you want to know that your new life is real? Commit yourself to a local group of saved sinners. Try to… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
All evangelists want to do is share a message about the forgiveness of sins and reconciliation with God. But our world is… — 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
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
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
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 do want to pray for the Lord to glorify himself and, yes, I also will pray for an outpouring of his… — 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
