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If you are not offending people, then you are not an evangelist.
Mark Dever
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Mark Dever
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 28
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the United States of America
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Today is what the Lord has prepared you for.
Mark Dever
Evangelism is not simply looking at someone and saying, Look, you have to become a Christian. Instead, an evangelist tells us the truth about who God is, and explains where we stand as a result of that. People can ignore us - indeed, they have every legal right to do so.
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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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Membership is the church's corporate endorsement of a person's salvation.
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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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Worldliness in the church is a lot more pervasive than a lack of passion for evangelism. Nevertheless, one of the results of worldliness is a waning enthusiasm for evangelism.
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Avoiding the doctrine of Hell is one step away from denying it altogether.
Mark Dever
When a person becomes a Christian, he doesn’t just join a local church because it’s a good habit for growing in spiritual maturity. He joins a local church because it’s the expression of what Christ has made him—a member of the body of Christ.
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The church is the gospel made visible.
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If you need wisdom and guidance, then pray to the Lord to guide you.
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An evangelist no more imposes his views on others than a pilot imposes his views on his passengers when he lands a plane on a runway. I bet the passengers are glad!
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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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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.
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God can use even stray, honest comments to bring people to himself.
Mark Dever
By the grace of God I am what I am
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Testimonies are great things about what the Lord has done for us, but no-one will be offended when you talk about what God has done for you. You need to be specific about sin, about Christ's death on the cross, about others' need for a saviour, and about their need to repent and trust in Christ.
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I guess I tend to see divine appointments everywhere. I am always on the alert for opportunities. So I prefer to err on the side of witnessing too often than not enough.
Mark Dever
A gospel that in no way offends the sinner has not been understood.
Mark Dever
Sin claims to free but in fact it kills.
Mark Dever
The more you come to know the Bible - both in reading it extensively and also meditating on it deeply - the more integrated your understanding of all of life will be. And this means that there will be fewer steps between what you are doing at work and sharing your faith in Christ.
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