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Criticizing the Messengers Can Impede the Message
This blog explores the importance of guarding our words and attitudes when discussing preachers, especially in front of non-Christians. Reflecting on a personal encounter, it offers practical principles for examining our motives, heart, and words to ensure we uplift rather than hinder others in their spiritual journey.
Get Good with Telling
Discover how a solo birthday dinner led to a profound reflection on sharing the gospel. Learn three key steps—knowing your why, getting training, and practicing—on how to confidently and effectively share your faith with others, inspired by a personal encounter with God’s grace.
Responding to Unbelievers Who Struggle as They Observe Fallen Church Leaders
Few things bother a non-Christian more than when a believer’s lips say one thing and his life says another. Witnessing to an unbeliever who has observed such a contradiction can be difficult. So how do you respond? Bearing several principles in mind can determine if that hypocritical believer becomes a barrier or a bridge to sharing the gospel.
I Just Need to Live the Christian Life in Evangelizing the Lost, Is That Enough?
It is important to live a life around unbelievers that commends the Savior to them. But that is not enough! They need to hear the greatest message they have ever heard – Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead.
Evangelism Misconceptions: “I’m Responsible if Someone Says ‘No’ to the Gospel”
Discover the truth about evangelism misconceptions and learn why you’re not responsible if someone says “No” to the gospel. Explore personal experiences, biblical reasons, and key lessons to help you understand that your role is to share the message, not to convert. Embrace your evangelistic journey with confidence and leave the results to God.
When Your Fear of Others Keeps You from Sharing with Others
Struggling with the fear of sharing your faith? Learn how “the fear of man” can trap believers and how trusting in God can help you overcome this obstacle, allowing you to share the gospel confidently and lovingly.
Confronting the Fear of Rejection
This blog offers practical and biblical insights for sharing the gospel fearlessly. Learn how to handle rejection, stay faithful to God’s message, and cultivate boldness through four actionable steps. Overcome fear and continue your evangelism with confidence.
How to Be “For Culture” Without Being “Of Culture”
Discover how Christians can navigate the balance between being “sent” and “sanctified” in the world. Explore principles from Jesus’s prayer in John 17:15-20 and practical steps for engaging with culture while maintaining a Christ-like holiness.
How Our Worldview Impacts Our Witness
Discover how our worldview shapes our approach to sharing the gospel through contrasting perspectives and explore the profound implications for evangelism. Gain valuable perspective on the importance of aligning our convictions with our actions for a compelling witness to the transformative power of faith.
Further Reading
Prioritize These Three Relationships During Christmastime
It’s so easy to sprint through the presents to buy and the food to make and the places to be. If this happens, our hearts can feel empty whenever the time comes to pack up the tree and stockings.
But this Christmas doesn’t have to be that way. If we prioritize relationships during the holiday season, we can find contentment and joy even in the long list of “to-do’s.”
Beyond the Manger
How do you use a manger scene to lead someone to greater mission of what Jesus has accomplished for us? This blog shows you how to lead someone to message beyond the manger.
From “Failure” to Fruitfulness
Failure in evangelism can be a great place to build a foundation for fruitfulness. Learn how God uses people to accomplish His purposes and creates gospel opportunities.
Three Common Lies About Failing in Evangelism
What if we have misunderstood what failure in evangelism is? If we misunderstand what evangelism is, we can easily think we have failed even if we haven’t. Understand what the Bible says about evangelism and learn to see failure for what it truly is.
One Crucial Principle when Sharing Christ with Relatives
When sharing the gospel with relatives, we need to approach the subject of evangelism and family with intentionality, prudence, and care. Learn how to apply the “Golden Rule” when sharing the gospel with your family members.
How to Uncover the Gift of Evangelism in Your Church
Learn why the gift of evangelism seems nonexistent in the church and how to characterize the gift of evangelism in your church.
Reaching the Reluctant Relative
It can be difficult moving conversations toward the gospel with reluctant relatives. People who have not chosen to follow Jesus can fall into certain categories regarding their reasons for rejecting Christianity. Learn four of the most common categories for persistent unbelief and offer some short suggestions for moving a conversation toward the gospel.
Q3 Missionary Update | The Gospel Spreads in Mexico and East Africa
See how Christians are being trained and gospel is being spread across South America and East Africa as God works through EvanTell to change lives for His glory!
Four reminders for reaching family members in today’s culture
Sometimes, our relatives seem to be the hardest ones to talk to about spiritual things. So, how do you go about reaching those with the gospel in your own family? Four ideas may be both encouraging and helpful.
3 Steps to be More Relational in Evangelism
You don’t have to have a long relationship with someone before you share your faith. But we always want to be relational when we share. Here are three steps to becoming more relational in evangelism.
Why Resistance to the Gospel is Ultimately Spiritual – Every Time
Learn about the real reason for resistance to the gospel and how understanding the real problem helps us in sharing our faith.
Navigating Conversations with Religious People
We are called to reach nonbelievers, even those with religious convictions apart from the gospel. Learn eight tips on how to navigate conversations with people who have religious convictions.
How to Reach Religious People with the Gospel
There is comfort and challenge behind reaching religious people with the gospel. The comfort is you’re usually talking to a God-fearing person, even though they may differ with you on who God is. The challenge is sometimes their mind is made up. Learn seven practical tips on how to share the gospel with religious people.
Three Mistakes to Avoid When Reaching Religious People with the Gospel
Obvious as it may be, we can often fail to think carefully about how to approach someone with another belief system. Learn three mistakes to avoid when sharing the gospel to religious people.
Empowered Witnesses
While the term “witness” can be used as something that we do, Scripture uses this word as something that we are. Learn more about what it means to witness to others.
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