Mark Dever

“not the writings that come from prophets inspired by the one true God revealed in Jesus Christ, then why do we find…

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

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

— Mark Dever

Prayer is the preview of God's action.

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

Sin claims to free but in fact it kills.

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

Friend, the church finds its life as it listens to the Word of God. It finds its purpose as it lives out…

— Mark Dever

Evangelists have absolutely no desire to physically or emotionally coerce anyone. In a sense, we are like doctors: we have a duty…

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

“what the Scriptures teach unsettled by their encounter with the book of Providence. This is often the case when it comes to…

— Mark Dever

If you are not offending people, then you are not an evangelist.

— Mark Dever

God's eternal plan has always been to display his glory not just through individuals but through a corporate body.

— Mark Dever

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

— Mark Dever

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

It's fine to deal with people's doubts and explain why they have good reasons to believe in Christ. But until we tell…

— Mark Dever

I love people thinking about apologetics. I just think that we have to be careful. We need to realize that we can…

— Mark Dever