THE EVANGELISM HANDBOOK: How All Christians Can Effectively Share God’s Word in Their Community

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Christian Publishing House, Jan 7, 2017 - Religion - 354 pages

 THE EVANGELISM HANDBOOK is a practical guide (for real life application) in aiding all Christians in sharing biblical beliefs, the Good News of the Kingdom, how to deal with Bible critics, overturning false beliefs, so as to make disciples, as commanded by Christ. Matthew 24:14; 28:19-20; Ac 1:8

Why do Christians desire to talk about their beliefs? Jesus said, "And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Matt 24:14) This is the assignment, which all Christians are obligated to assist in carrying out. Jesus also said, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Matt. 22:39) Jesus commanded that we "go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them" and "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." (Matt. 28:19-20) If one failed to be obedient to the great commission of Matthew 28:19-20, he or she could hardly claim that they have a genuine faith. All true Christians have a determination to imitate God, which moves us to persist in reflecting his glory through our sharing Bible beliefs with others.

Within the heart of each true Christian, is the desire is that we "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matt 22:37) If this is the case, we too would be patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.' (2 Pet 3:9) For the true Christian, "for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks." (Lu 6:45) The apostle Paul helps see the importance of the work that lies ahead,

Romans 10:14 Updated american Standard Version (UASV)

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how will they hear without someone to preach?

 

Contents

PREFACE
10
INTRODUCTION How to Approach This Book
37
Why Study the Bible?
49
Who Determines the Meaning?
67
Which Meaning is the Meaning?
77
The Importance of Personal Study
94
Ways to Witness to Others
101
Effectively Communicating With Others
115
The Modestly Dressed Evangelist
184
The Body Language of an Evangelist
191
Effectively Reasoning From the Scriptures
204
The Reasoning Evangelist
215
Teaching Our Children
231
Apart From Jesus You Can Do Nothing
244
The Good News Will Be Proclaimed In Our
250
Studying the Bible with a New Believer
261

Overcoming Dismissive Comments 123 How the Unbeliever Listens to Us 126 Effective Listening and Responding 128 CHAPTER 7 Quality of Purp...
130
The Extroverted Person 134 The Introverted Person 135 The Ambiverted Person 136 Be Renewed In the Spirit of Your Mind 138 CHAPTER 9 Beco...
139
Loving Communication 144 CHAPTER 10 Active Listening to Fully Understand
147
Getting Beneath the Surface 153 CHAPTER 11 Look for Opportunities to Establish Rapport
155
Evangelizing with the Right Attitude
161
Speak Words Clearly
172
Pay Attention to Punctuations
270
Examine Yourselves to See Whether You Are In
305
Helping Your Bible Study to Overcome
332
Bibliography
353
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 EDWARD D. ANDREWS (AS in Criminal Justice, BS in Religion, MA in Biblical Studies, and MDiv in Theology) is CEO and President of Christian Publishing House. He has authored fifty-five books and coauthored and updated and expanded five books, as well as over 200 articles. Andrews is the chief translator of the Updated American Standard Version.

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