Evangelism…

I’m not a very good evangelist….at least I’m not a very good personal evangelist.  With that being said, there’s nothing else I’d rather do than stand on a stage and declare the glory and the grace of our great God, but put me one on one with someone I don’t know and all my courage and boldness seems to disappear. 

I was encouraged this week as I listened to some great sermons on evangelism at the recent Pastor’s Conference put on my Desiring God Ministries.  They were informative, encouraging, challenging, and convicting.  Whether you’re looking at evangelism through the pastoral lens (how to instill a heart of evangelism to your congregation) or an individual lens (how can I be a better evangelist), these sermons may be of help to you.  Throw them on your iPod and listen while you run/drive/work/whatever.  You can find audio and video of all sessions here.

Finally, a quote from Charles Spurgeon that Mark Dever shared in his last sermon that has stirred my soul:

I am occupied in my small way, as Mr. Great-heart was employed in Bunyan’s day. I do not compare myself with that champion, but I am in the same line of business. I am engaged in personally-conducted tours to Heaven; and I have with me, at the present time, dear Old Father Honest: I am glad he is still alive and active. And there is Christiana, and there are her children. It is my business, as best I can, to kill dragons, and cut off giants’ heads, and lead on the timid and trembling. I am often afraid of losing some of the weaklings. I have the heart-ache for them; but, by God’s grace, and your kind and generous help in looking after one another, I hope we shall all travel safely to the river’s edge. Oh, how many have I had to part with there! I have stood on the brink, and I have heard them singing in the midst of the stream, and I have almost seen the shining ones lead them up the hill, and through the gates, into the Celestial City.

(HT: Desiring God Blog)