The Heart of Evangelism

FRONT COVER......Page 1
SECTION TWO THE KINDNESS AND PERSEVERANCE OF GOD......Page 8
SECTION FOUR MAKING THE GOSPEL KNOWN......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
SECTION I - MISSION TO THE WORLD......Page 14
1. SENT TO ALL NATIONS......Page 16
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST......Page 17
THE PRESENCE OF JESUS......Page 18
2. THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT......Page 20
AVAILABLE POWER......Page 21
THE FINAL COMMISSION (ACTS 1:6-11)......Page 24
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH......Page 25
THE FIFTH HORIZON......Page 26
APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY......Page 30
THE DEMONSTRATION OF PENTECOST......Page 31
5. “WHOM SHALL I SEND? AND WHO WILL GO FOR ME?”......Page 36
6. WHAT ABOUT ME?......Page 42
7. WHERE DO WE BEGIN?......Page 46
PRAYER......Page 47
THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR FRIENDS......Page 50
OPEN DOORS FOR THE GOSPEL......Page 51
PRAYER FOR YOURSELF FOR COURAGE......Page 52
PRAYER FOR CLARITY......Page 53
LIVING FAITHFULLY......Page 56
10. LIVING FAITHFULLY IN THE WORKPLACE......Page 60
11. A LIFE OF LOVE......Page 64
12. AN OPEN HOME......Page 70
A PREGNANT TEENAGER......Page 71
STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSION......Page 72
AN ELDERLY WIDOW......Page 73
13. THE NEW COMMUNITY......Page 76
THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP......Page 77
THE POWER OF HUMILITY......Page 78
THE POWER OF CARING......Page 79
SECTION II - THE KINDNESS AND PERSEVERANCE OF GOD......Page 82
14. IS GOD RELUCTANT?......Page 84
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH (ACTS 8:26-40)......Page 86
CORNELIUS THE CENTURION (ACTS 9:43—10:48)......Page 90
A PROVIDENTIAL PLACE TO STAY......Page 91
A VISION OF ANIMALS......Page 92
AN EXPECTANT CROWD......Page 93
A REQUEST FROM CORNELIUS......Page 94
A RELUCTANT EVANGELIST FINALLY GETS IT......Page 95
A CRITICAL FOLLOW- UP......Page 96
THE CONVERSION OF SAUL (ACTS 8:1; 9:1-30; 22:2-16; 26:4-18)......Page 98
THE SALVATION OF TIMOTHY......Page 100
17. GOD’S INFINITE VARIETY OF MEANS I......Page 104
NAAMAN THE SYRIAN (2 KINGS 5)......Page 105
THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH (1 KINGS 17)......Page 107
18. GOD’S INFINITE VARIETY OF MEANS II......Page 112
MANASSEH, A REBELLIOUS SON (2 KINGS 21:1-18; 2 CHRONICLES 33:1-20)......Page 114
LOVING PARENTS......Page 118
LEWIS AND TOLKIEN......Page 119
GOOD BOOKS......Page 120
THE GLORY OF CREATION......Page 121
A FRIEND IN NEED......Page 122
GOD’S WORD......Page 123
FAITH FROM INFANCY......Page 124
SECTION III - BARRIERS IN THE WAY OF COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL......Page 128
THE WALL OF GUILT......Page 130
LACK OF CONFIDENCE......Page 131
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT EVANGELISTIC METHODS......Page 133
OVERCOMMITMENT......Page 134
THE LOSS OF TRUTH......Page 136
FAITH WITHOUT LIFE......Page 138
THE LOSS OF A COMMON LANGUAGE......Page 140
INTIMIDATION......Page 142
CONDEMNATION......Page 143
RETREAT......Page 147
SEPARATION......Page 148
THE FAILURE OF REASON......Page 150
THE LOSS OF AUTHORITY......Page 152
MORAL UNCERTAINTY......Page 153
PRACTICAL IDOLATRY......Page 155
PAGANISM......Page 158
THE PROBLEM OF TRUTH......Page 160
THE PROBLEM OF JUDGMENT......Page 161
THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORITY......Page 162
PRIDE......Page 164
A CRITICAL SPIRIT......Page 166
EXTERNAL SPIRITUALITY......Page 167
A COMFORTABLE LIFE......Page 168
26. MEMORIZED SUMMARIES OF THE GOSPEL......Page 170
FIVE QUESTIONS EXPRESSING BASIC CHRISTIAN CONTENT......Page 176
SECTION IV - MAKING THE GOSPEL KNOWN......Page 180
27. ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE......Page 182
PAUL AMONG HIS CONTEMPORARIES......Page 184
JESUS, PAUL’S MODEL......Page 186
PAUL IN PISIDIAN ANTIOCH (ACTS 13:13-43)......Page 188
PAUL IN LYSTRA (ACTS 14:8-20)......Page 189
PAUL IN ATHENS (ACTS 17:16-34)......Page 190
PAUL IN EPHESUS (ACTS 19:23-41)......Page 191
PAUL IN THE COURTROOM (ACTS 24, 25, 26)......Page 192
THE IMAGE OF GOD......Page 193
THE REALITY OF SIN......Page 194
29. JESUS SHOWS THE WAY......Page 196
THE PROBLEM OF FALSE RELIGION......Page 197
THE PROBLEM OF SIN......Page 198
SETTING ASIDE CUSTOM......Page 199
REVEALING OUR NEEDS......Page 200
GENTLENESS AND GRACE......Page 201
QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER REFLECTION......Page 202
THE SERMON IN THE SYNAGOGUE IN PISIDIAN ANTIOCH (ACTS 13:16-41)......Page 204
THE MESSAGE ON MARS HILL (ACTS 17:22-31)......Page 205
BUILDING BRIDGES TODAY......Page 207
31. UNDERSTANDING WHAT OTHERS BELIEVE—PRINCIPLE III......Page 212
JEWS AND GOD- FEARERS (ACTS 13:16-41)......Page 213
THE GREEKS IN ATHENS......Page 214
A CHALLENGE FOR US TODAY......Page 218
32. REVEALING THE HEART’S SECRETS I......Page 222
A WORD ABOUT PARABLES......Page 224
LESSONS IN EVANGELISM......Page 225
33. REVEALING THE HEART’S SECRETS II......Page 230
A DIVINE STRATEGY......Page 232
LESSONS IN EVANGELISM......Page 235
34. SPEAKING THE RIGHT LANGUAGE—PRINCIPLE IV......Page 238
PAUL ON MARS HILL IN ATHENS (ACTS 17:22-31)......Page 239
THE APOSTOLIC PATTERN......Page 241
THE MINISTRY OF JESUS......Page 242
FREEDOM......Page 243
35. REASONED PERSUASION— PRINCIPLE V......Page 246
PAUL IN THE SYNAGOGUE (ACTS 13:16-41)......Page 247
PAUL AMONG THE PAGANS (ACTS 14:15-17; 17:22-31)......Page 248
OBJECTION: PAUL RENOUNCED REASON......Page 249
WAS PAUL’S PREACHING IN ATHENS A FAILURE AND A MISTAKE?......Page 252
HOW DOES LUKE PRESENT THE PREACHING OF PAUL?......Page 254
WHY DOES PAUL USE SUCH STRONG LANGUAGE ABOUT “MEN’S WISDOM” AND “PERSUASIVE WORDS”?......Page 259
37. CLARIFYING THE GOOD NEWS— PRINCIPLE VI......Page 262
PAUL IN THE SYNAGOGUE (ACTS 13:16-41)......Page 263
PAUL AMONG THE PAGANS (ACTS 17:22-31)......Page 264
THE TEACHING OF JESUS......Page 265
38. CHALLENGING THE HEART AND MIND—PRINCIPLE VII......Page 268
PAUL IN THE SYNAGOGUE (ACTS 13:16-41)......Page 269
PAUL AMONG THE PAGANS (ACTS 17:22-31)......Page 270
CONCLUSION......Page 278
SCRIPTURE INDEX......Page 280
GENERAL INDEX......Page 286
BACK COVER......Page 290