LIFE AFTER BAPTISM
Desertification The desert of the Sahara is spread out like an eternity. The vast expanse of nothingness is large enough to fit the entire…
GOD’S METHOD OF EVANGELISM
Although He was not on any conference payroll and never held an official church office, unequivocally, Jesus was the greatest evangelist that ever lived.…
TUBERCULOSIS MODEL OF EVANGELISM
I recently started a new job. It’s exactly like the old job, but with a new company. Same territory. Same facilities. Better paycheck. “Better”…
FISHING EVANGELISTICALLY
The Greek words εὐαγγελίζω and εὐαγγελίζομαι sound very much like our English word “evangelism”. Even without knowing Greek, the sound of the word leaves…
OBNOXIOUS EVANGELISM
“Where hustle’s the name of the game…” 1 I don’t remember his name, but he represented a well-known Adventist evangelistic ministry, and had some…
EVANGELISM FOR SHY PEOPLE
Many of us came of age in a generation taught that the requirements for faithful discipleship with Jesus were daily Bible study, prayer, and…
REFRAMING THE FOCUS
The Seventh-day Adventist Church prides itself as the custodian of a specific message found in Revelation 14:6-13. The global scope of the proclamation embedded…
“A PLACE THEY MADE UP IN THE BIBLE?”
Writing a book can be an all-consuming endeavor requiring an intensity of focus and an amount of energy that seems absurd for the amount…
(POST)-MODERN EVANGELISM
A few years ago, I was hanging out with an older friend, and we were talking about the trustworthiness of the Bible. A Yale-…
EVANGELISM – WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE?
I grew up in a home that ate, drank, and breathed “evangelism.” It was important to us because evangelism introduced the Gospel to my…