Education in the Red-Light District

When my wife and I went to Dallas Seminary, we decided we wouldn't live in the "cemetery" housing. Instead, we lived in the high-class, ...

More Than a Formula

It is the temptation of this pragmatic age to presume that technique is the secret of evangelism.

Destiny in the Slums

In More than You and Me, Kevin and Karen Miller write of the power of a God-given vision:

One couple lived in London 130 years ago. For the first 10 years ...

Invitation to a Banquet

Evangelism is witness. It is one beggar telling another beggar where to get food. The Christian does not offer out of his bounty. He has no bounty. He ...

An Attractive Spirit

You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you must cultivate, not a spirit ...

Making Truth Desirable

The Gospel cannot be preached ... tangibly enough. A truly evangelical sermon must be like offering a child a fine red apple or offering a thirsty man ...

Preaching and Sweating

The British missionaries who led my family to Christ made all the cultural mistakes in the book. I remember as a little boy sitting in the front row, ...

Behind Enemy Lines

While carrying tracts to Union troops, one preacher was seized by Confederates as a spy.

John Vassar distributed tracts for the American Tract Society ...

Carey's First Indian Convert

Krishna Chandra Pal

(d. 1822)

Carey's first Indian convert

Krishna Chandra Pal lived a life of "firsts." He worked near Serampore as a carpenter ...

Come to the Cross

It's quite futile saying to people, "Go to the cross." We've got to be able to say "Come to the cross." There are only two ...