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The New Testament Understanding of Following Jesus

January 22, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Discipleship, evangelism, Following Jesus, imitating Jesus

A friend sent me some comments and asks my thoughts: Interested in your opinion. I am trying to craft a reasonable response to the “follow Jesus to be saved” concept.  I noticed something: the only times people are told to follow Christ is when He is present and able to be literally followed. The terminology abruptly stops

Another Look at the Convicting Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the World (John 16:7-11)

January 12, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, John 16:7-11, the convicting work of the Holy Spirit

Recently I wrote a blog in which I discussed John 16:7-11 and the fact that the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. In the blog, which you can see here, I suggested that the Holy Spirit does the convicting work directly. That is, I suggested that every human being knows that

November 16, 2020

Limited Atonement: What Does it Really Mean?–Is it Biblical?

cross, evangelism, John1:29, limited atonement

What is the Calvinist belief of Limited Atonement and how does it differ from universalism? What is the role of the cross in evangelism? Listen to Bob and Shawn’s excellent discussion on Limited Atonement versus Free Grace teaching.

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Persuading Church People about the Promise of Everlasting Life

November 16, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, evangelism, saving faith, sharing the promise of everlasting life

A pastor asks a very important question: I have been extremely blessed by the ministry of GES and the clarity you all teach with. I recently held a class at my church about eternal security and assurance, and my question is, how do you converse and disciple church members who think that it’s not good

Dinner Church Evangelism: Some Issues and Recommendations

July 27, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - dinner church, ecclesiology, evangelism, Verlon Fosner

I’ve been reading about different ways of doing church that try to adhere to how the first Christians met. One model is the “dinner church” model, which tries to recapture the fact that the early Christians met to eat meals together. For example: So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread

How to Avoid False Professions

May 20, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, evangelistic invitations, False Professors

I did not know that your email account would shut down if you got to 15 gig of data. And I had no idea anyone could accumulate that much stuff. That happened last Friday. I was forced to clear out a lot. I ended up deleting 12 gig worth. I hope I didn’t delete anything

Tips for Having an Evangelistic Conversation (Colossians 4:5-6)

April 6, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - apologetics, Colossians, evangelism

How can you have a conversation with people about your faith? I mean a real conversation. Not a fight. Or an argument. Or a clash of egos. I mean a dialogue in which you’re hearing the other person, and that person hears you, and both sides are genuinely listening. Here’s a video by apologist Greg

C. F. W. Walther on Horrible Evangelism

March 3, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - evangelism, preparationism, Walther

Not everyone believes the promise of life the first time he hears it. Some people are so committed to salvation by works that they think the promise of eternal life is ridiculous. Before such a person will believe, he will probably have to go through a process of conviction first. He will need to be

Try Using Questions in Evangelism

December 30, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - communicating with unbelievers, dialogue versus monologue, evangelism, using questions in evangelism

I recently read a book called Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did, second edition (Kregel, 2004, 2017). It is by Randy Newman, who for a time was on college campus staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. Newman’s purpose is not to explain what the saving message is. For the most part he

Are You Cross Wise?

September 30, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, assurance is of the essence of saving faith, evangelism, the cross and evangelism

There has been confusion for twenty years now concerning what Zane Hodges wrote about the cross and resurrection. In 1999 at our national conference, he delivered two messages on how to lead a person to Christ. In those messages he said that believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose bodily