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Welcome to the Gospel Coalition Podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

Today, you'll hear a message from David Platt on five exhortations in evangelism.

This message was originally delivered at TGC's 2019 National Conference.

If you have a Bible and if you do or smile around you does, you can look on with

them. Let me invite you to open the meet to Mark chapter two. As you're turning out,

I also just want to thank Dr. Carson for the invitation to stand before you today.

I have, like many of you, for decades had a high esteem for him from a distance,

and he's ministered to me in countless ways through his preaching and his writing,

from a daily basis through his devotionals for the love of God.

But over the last year or two, when I was walking through some personal and ministry challenges,

he was so kind to reach out to me, to pray for me, to encourage me in ways that made all the

more clear to me that what he preaches and what he writes is how he lives. And he genuinely loves

pastors. And I praise God for his leadership in TGC. And with that said, I know I'm the least

serving pastor person to be on the stage right now, and need God's help to honor Jesus and hopefully

encourage you. Before we journey into this remarkable text, I want to invite you to journey

with me into the heights of Himalayas, where Lord willing, I will be a month from now.

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