Evangelism
Book Review: Missionary Methods, by Roland Allen
Review by Caleb Greggsen | 04.30.2020Allen’s philosophy of missions is full of tempered wisdom and careful consideration of how the goal of missions should shape its practice.
Why We Produced the Church Questions Series
By Sam Emadi | 04.09.2020The church isn’t just one aspect of the Christian life, it’s the context of our Christian life—it shapes all the other aspects of our Christian obedience.
Must You Share the Gospel in Every Sermon? Invitation Without the Altar Call
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020Sometimes the road to Christ is wider, and sometimes it’s narrower. But it’s always there, and the faithful preacher will call believers and unbelievers alike to repentance and faith whenever the Book is opened.
Building a Culture of Evangelism Takes Time, So Be Patient and Get to Work
By C. Greggsen, S. Emadi | 02.24.2020It takes time to grow a culture of evangelism. Hopefully some of these practices will help.
All Christian Ministry Is Supernatural
By William Farley | 01.27.2020Paul had no illusions. He would either have a supernatural ministry or go home. He was totally dependent. There were no other options.
Essential and Indispensable: Women and the Mission of the Church
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019The essential and indispensable nature of women for the mission of the church does not depend upon any form of programmatic or paid ministry. It depends on what Christ has made women through dying and rising for them: disciples, witnesses, priests, fellow-workers.
Can Women Be Sent Out as Missionaries?
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019So can women be missionaries? Yes, of course. But also yes to the biblical teaching on gender distinctions in the life of the church. The two are not at odds.
The Great Commission Is Guaranteed, So Let’s Get to Work
By Dayton Hartman | 11.01.2019Every church that takes seriously the Great Commission must take seriously the need to plant more churches that will make disciples who plant more churches . . . and this is the pattern until Christ returns.
10 Reasons Why You Should Preach through Romans
By Bob Johnson | 10.25.2019John Piper waited until the end of his pastoral ministry before he preached through Romans. I didn’t have that much wisdom, so I dove in.
6 Reasons You Should Preach through Acts
By Jeramie Rinne | 10.07.2019The book of Acts is the narrative of how God’s end-times promises have begun to be fulfilled by the risen Lord Jesus through the Spirit-empowered apostolic preaching of the gospel to all people and the establishing of local churches.
Book Review: Planting Missional Churches, by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
Review by Nathan Knight | 09.26.2019Stetzer and Im have produced a useful book on planting, but you’ll need other books to fill in your understanding of what the church is and the responsibilities of pastoral ministry.
Explaining Penal Substitutionary Atonement in Our Personal Evangelism
By Elliot Clark | 9Marks Journal: The Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitutionary Atonement | 08.20.2019In our personal evangelism, to what degree should we explain PSA as we seek to make sense of the bloody cross, the vanguard of our Christian gospel?
Book Review: You Found Me, by Rick Richardson
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 08.08.2019You Found Me provides some healthy directives to churches which have grown stagnant in their evangelism. His book also left me with several important questions for Richardson that discerning readers need to consider.
Book Review: Evangelism as Exiles
Review by Caleb Greggsen | 07.11.2019Elliot Clark’s book is a gift to Christians tempted to feel discouraged by their increased sense of alienation in America. More than that, it is a clarion call to confidently declare the gospel in a world that desperately needs it.
Book Review: To the Ends of the Earth, by Michael Haykin and C. Jeffrey Robinson Sr.
Review by Brady Bowman | 06.21.2019Read this book devotionally to stir up your own affections for missions and evangelism. Be reminded of the deep resources in the reformed tradition that can help you cultivate a heart to spread God’s glory among the nations.
