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Rebuke Publicly or Privately?
March 3, 2010 in ministry by admin
REBUKE PUBLICLY or PRIVATELY? -by Andrew Strom. Read the rest of this entry →
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To Pose as a Minister Without Abandoning Sin is Lying to God
August 11, 2008 in Character, eternity, ministry by dan
Eileen and I have been in prayer about ministry — ministry here in Fresno at our church serving in the role of training our church up in evangelism, and this is something our pastor and our church has felt a deep hunger and need — to reach the lost for Christ, to see souls saved and discipled. Read the rest of this entry →
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Don't Attempt to Minister Without Grace
May 15, 2008 in ministry by dan
Evangelism is not about making a sales pitch and getting someone to repeat a prayer they don’t understand. If that’s all we do, then we’re merely innoculating people against the Gospel and increasing the danger that their soul will be lost for all eternity.
True evangelism is about multiplying after our own kind. Like it or not, we all do exactly that. So, if we’re liars, we can tell people to be honest, but our example will be one of hypocrisy and that is the role model we will present for them to follow. How can we teach someone to trust in Christ if we don’t? If we’re entertaining sin, if we’re living in sin, if sin is our Lord, if sin is the one that gets our trust and obedience in practical matters? If that is our condition, then how can we lead others to heaven while going to hell ourselves?
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