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Once we see more of our need and understand more of what Christ has done for us, he will become more precious to us. And this, in turn, will enable our obedience far more than sheer grunt effort.

Mark Dever

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Mark Dever
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 28
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Sadly, there are some fine Christian people who believe that the only way to advance the gospel is to pray for revival and nothing else. You don't know if they have any non-Christian friends or if they have ever shared the gospel with anybody in the last 30 years. It's depressing going to prayer meetings like that. I don't want to pray like that.
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God can use even stray, honest comments to bring people to himself.
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The difference between apologetics and evangelism is that in apologetics, you are answering objections that the world raises, whereas in evangelism, you are bringing the message that Christ brought. So unbelievers tend to set the agenda in apologetics, and you set the agenda in evangelism.
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Forgetfulness of God's grace is one of the greatest tools in the enemy's war against our souls.
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Christians are defined not by our heritage, but by our mission not by our blood, but by His.
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As long as quick numerical growth remains the primary indicator of church health, the truth will be compromised. Instead, churches must once again begin measuring success not in terms of numbers but in terms of fidelity to the Scriptures.
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Correct division should be preferred over corrupt unity.
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We may be sinking in the North Atlantic in the most famous ship disaster of all time, but God can still use us to reach out and save others through our witness.
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The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.
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There is no gospel without the offence. This is God's wisdom. It never seems sensible to us in our flesh.
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I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers.
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Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture.
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Membership is the church's corporate endorsement of a person's salvation.
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Every believer should evangelize. I know some Christians think that evangelism is only for people with special gifts for it, but I don't believe the New Testament teaches that. While Paul does say that some believers have the call to be evangelists, all of us have the responsibility of evangelism.
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What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.
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Sin claims to free but in fact it kills.
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