Here are two videos that help with an understanding of the prosperity gospel. This corruption of the true gospel is alive and well in our backyard and is exploiting people in poor contexts across the world. Awareness of this false gospel should profoundly impact the Christian's missiological perspective. Take a look.
In my Personal Evangelism course here at Southern we are required to memorize 40 key verses for evangelism. I have found the list to be quite helpful, so I thought I would pass it on.
Scripture is so important in evangelism; since we claim it to be the ultimate authority in our lives, using it in our witness only makes sense. I would encourage you to adopt this list or a similar list to memorize as together we seek to be obedient proclaimers of the Gospel of Christ.
God
Psalms 19:1
Revelation 4:11
Matthew 22:37-38
Leviticus 19:2
Rebellion
Isaiah 59:2
Isaiah 53:6
Romans 3:23
Romans 6:23
Hebrews 9:27
Matthew 10:28
Atonement
John 3:16
Luke 19:10
Romans 5:8
1 Peter 2:24
Isaiah 53:5
1 Peter 3:18
2 Corinthians 5:21
John 3:36
Conversion
John 3:3
John 1:12
Acts 16:31
Romans 10:9
Romans 10:13
Matthew 11:28
John 14:6
Acts 4:12
Luke 13:3
Isaiah 55:7
1 John 1:9
Isaiah 1:18
2 Corinthians 6:2
Revelation 3:20
Ephesians 2:8-9
Eternal Life
John 10:10
John 6:37
1 John 5:12-13
Romans 8:16
John 5:24
2 Corinthians 5:17
2 Timothy 1:12
I haven't seen Dispatches from the Front yet, but just the trailer gets me excited about missions...
This weekend I read J.I. Packer's work, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. The cumulation of my thoughts concerning the book are as follows.
Even though God's total sovereignty and the command to do evangelism are seemingly at odds, they are both taught in Scripture. Therefore, no one can claim the Bible as the ultimate authority and then state that God is not totally sovereign or Christians need not evangelize. If an individual denies God’s sovereignty or the mandate to evangelize, then he or she has proven that he or she does not view Scripture as authority, but rather his or her own logic.
