Evangelism, in its purist form, is an overflow of worship.
I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor of education. I had known that they had an impact on a lot of people, but people came out of the woodwork who have said, "You know, without your father, I would never have gone to college," very successful people. And so I learned how widespread their educational evangelism really was.
Technology evangelism has always been my passion since I learned how to use computers.
Don't wait for a feeling or love in order to share Christ with a stranger. You already love your heavenly Father, and you know that this stranger is created by Him, but separated from Him. . . so take those first steps in evangelism because you love God. It is not primarily out of compassion for humanity that we share our faith or pray for the lost; it is first of all, love for God.
We wrote about having five kids and bringing them to church. A journalist at The Washington Post wrote this article where the headline was "The New Catholic Evangelism Of Jim Gaffigan. " And it was a bit terrifying.
At the end of the day, the biggest obstacle to evangelism is Christians who don’t share the gospel.
Advice on evangelism needs to be tailored to individual situations. For instance, I know someone who needs to be encouraged to speak less and work more. That would be a better testimony for him because he has certainly let his work colleagues know about Jesus. It's not that I don't want him to witness about Jesus, but I have a lot of sympathy for his employer. He is paying for work to be done.
I just want to lobby for God.
Any method of evangelism will work—if God is in it.
Let us. . . once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable.
Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.
Evangelism and the local church are inseparable. It's like the Good Samaritan seeking an inn for the one he rescued.
People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.
The simple definition of evangelism: Those who know, telling those who don't.
But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him, you desire to put many crowns upon His head, and this you can best do by winning souls for Him. These are the spoils that He covets, these are the trophies for which He fights, these are the jewels that shall be His best adornment.
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.
The secret of evangelism is Guy's golden touch - whatever is gold, Guy touches. That’s very different than saying whatever Guy touches turns gold.
Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.
Today's evangelism is just as likely to take place via chat rooms and viral videos as it is in a personal conversation or a sermon.
The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.
