Evangelism is sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with people who do not know him yet. It’s the first part of the Great Commission (Mt. 28:18-20) because the church cannot baptize and disciple people who are not following Jesus. And because it’s part of the Great Commission, it’s something every Christian should be doing. There are lots of approaches and methods and ways to do evangelism. One of the most popular methods during the 1970’s and 1980’s was called Evangelism Explosion (“EE”). It started at Coral Ridge Presbyterian [...]

Meditation on Luke 8:15 “As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.” Luke 8:15 This verse is part of Jesus’ parable of the sower. In this parable, he says that whenever the seed of the word of God is sown, one of four things happens. Sometimes the word is sown and the devil comes in and takes it away so that a person may not believe (8:12). Sometimes the [...]