Two Very Different Ways to Be an Evangelist

Leader, author, and evangelist Leighton Ford wrote the following as he remembered his wife, Jean Graham Ford, and her brother, Billy.

“Don’t ...

A Preacher Goes to the Doctor

David Roseberry writes in a recent blog on LeaderWorks:

I went to see a doctor for a pain in my shoulder. My shoulder was just hurting all the time, whenever ...

Saved by an Unknown Layman

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in the minds of some of us, was the greatest preacher since the apostle Paul. When he was 22 years of age, he preached sermons ...

Angels Cannot Preach

Angels cannot preach the gospel, only beings such as Paul and you and I can preach the gospel.

Forwarding the Gospel

The gospel must be preached afresh and told in new ways to every generation, since every generation has its own unique questions. The gospel must constantly ...

Preaching with Fire

Audiences will listen to a very poor voice, as long as there's fire in it.

Hell Is Serious

Charlie Peace, a criminal in England, on the day he was being taken to his execution, listened to a minister reading from the Word. And when he found ...

Preaching for Life

Still thinking I had but little time to live,

My fervent heart to win men's souls did strive;

I preached, as never sure to preach again,

And as a dying ...

Words to the Dying

[My constant sickness] made me study and preach things necessary, and a little stirred up my sluggish heart to speak to sinners with some compassion, ...

A Method of Evangelism

When I evangelize, I'm simply trying to describe people's deepest concerns and show how Jesus addresses them.