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The Message in Missions

What Is the Most Biblical Way to Evangelize?

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  • Michael Horton

Believers tend to struggle with how to do evangelism well. This article explains that having a good grasp of the gospel and its storyline is of great help in evangelism.

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Keeping the Evangel in Evangelism: Why Evangelicalism Can’t Abandon the Old, Old Story

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

How has Western culture affected evangelism? This article explains that society's claim to the right to define all meaning for itself makes it a culture hostile and indifferent to evangelism. The author encourages the church to stay the course and remain faithful to the call to keep the gospel and person of Christ central in evangelism.

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What Is the Gospel Message?

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  • J. I. Packer

Evangelism is all about the gospel. What makes the message a gospel message? The gospel message is about God, sin, Christ, and faith and repentance. This article explains these four ingredients.

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Preaching Christ to a Godless Generation

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  • Simon Gay

This article shows how Acts 17 set an example in preaching Christ to a godless generation. This passage starts with God, creation, and providence and ends with Christ, serving as an example for modern evangelism.

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This Culture is Overrated

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  • William H. Willimon

This article is about the purpose of preaching, and about the relation of preaching and culture. It is also relevant for missions and preaching.

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Making the Gospel Clear

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  • Jeremiah Montgomery

The author emphasizes the fact that we have to communicate the gospel clearly in our societies today. He also looks at church history and the confessions in this regard.

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Missionary Church: Help…? The Message of God's Judgment in Evangelism

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  • Henk Drost

The most important question for believers and the church is whether they will one day be allowed to enter the joy of their Lord, out of the great oppression.

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Missions and the Book of Acts

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  • Arie DenHartog

The book of Acts is essential to understanding mission work. This article points to the ascension of Christ and Pentecost as the two events recorded in Acts that are important for the mission of the church.

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Mission Preaching in the Established Church: The Burden of the Messenger

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  • Jason L. Kortering

Mission preaching is bringing the message God wants an unconverted person to hear. This article explains the role of the messenger in this kind of preaching. He seeks the salvation and spiritual well-being of those to whom he preaches.

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Mission Preaching in the Established Church: The Character of the Message

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  • Jason L. Kortering

Mission preaching is bringing the message God wants an unconverted person to hear. This article explains the character of mission preaching by discussing its nature and purpose.

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The Use of the Law in Evangelism

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  • Sinclair B. Ferguson

This article considers how to incorporate the law into evangelism.

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If God Is Your Enemy

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  • James Smith

This article looks at the state of the unconverted before God, pleading with them that they should not perish in that state and face God as their enemy.

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Doctrinal Content of the Message of Evangelism

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  • Ernest C. Reisinger

Evangelism flows from doctrine. From Luke 24:46-48 this article offers the doctrinal content that must form the message of evangelism. It is the death of Christ, his resurrection, and repentance.

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Paul in Athens (2)

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  • Arie DenHartog

God calls His church to do mission work. How can the church practice effective evangelism? This article looks at Paul's mission work in Athens (Acts 17), drawing implications for the church today.

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Paul in Athens (1)

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  • Arie DenHartog

God calls His church to do mission work. How can the church practice effective evangelism? This article looks at Paul's mission work in Athens (Acts 17), drawing implications for the church today.

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The Gospel Message

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  • Ken Wimer

The gospel of Christ is the good news about Christ. True preaching of the gospel seeks to honour Christ and proclaim the redemption we have in Christ.

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Is it Conceit or Compassion?

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  • John Piper

Abraham Heschel, an orthodox Jew, held the view that "Christians must abandon the idea that the Jews must be converted". Is the preaching of the love of God for sinners in Jesus Christ "one of the greatest scandals in history" when the sinner is a Jew? Is it a scandal to practice evangelism towards Jews?

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Pastoral Advice to the Impressed, but "Unconverted" AN OPEN LETTER

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  • Joel R. Beeke

How can you help the unconverted who are in the church? This letter offers three pieces of pastoral advice to the unconverted that may lead them to conversion.

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The Gospel and Evangelism: An Assessment

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  • William Webster

This article reviews a number of positions held on the nature of salvation. The article refutes the Roman Catholic accusation that the Reformation rejected all works of holiness and the need for moral transformation in the life of converts. Other unbiblical approaches to evangelism are antinomian elements that deny the necessity for commitment to Christ.

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Preaching the Law of God

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  • Walter J. Chantry

When the man asked the Lord Jesus what must he do to be saved, Jesus pointed to the law as recorded in Mark 10:19-21. Why? He did it because the preaching of the law is essential for evangelism. This article explains.

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Is Calvinism the Gospel?

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  • Mitch Cervika

TULIP shapes Calvinism's understanding of evangelism. It carefully defines man’s need of God’s grace, and summarizes the great acts performed by the Triune God to save men from their sins. This article shows that the Calvinistic way of presenting the gospel follows in the footsteps of Christ as he presented the gospel.

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Accepting Christ

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  • I. C. Herendeen

"Accept Jesus as your personal Saviour." What view of salvation is promoted by such a statement? Does it match the biblical view of salvation? This article argues that this statement is a result of evangelism gone wrong. It betrays the biblical teaching on salvation.

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Doctrinal Content of the Message of Evangelism

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  • Ernest C. Reisinger

This article discusses what the author calls "the doctrinal content of the message of evangelism," with the discussion based on Luke 26:46-48. The author lists the points of this doctrinal content as (1) the necessity of the cross, (2) the resurrection, and (3) repentance and remission of sins.

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