Overcoming Fear and Passivity in Evangelism

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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How can we become bolder in evangelism? Pastor John shares a story of his stumbling attempts to love a neighbor, and God’s patient persistence through it all.

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0:00.0	Two weeks back, we looked at missions and personal evangelism, the goal of it all.
0:09.2	Why did Paul specifically give his life to spreading the gospel?
0:13.8	And we got the answer.
0:14.8	Paul was all about winning.
0:17.4	Winning.
0:18.4	He mentions the word win five times and four verses in 1 Corinthians 9 verses 19 to 22.
0:24.4	Now is our focus in APJ 1898 recently.
0:28.5	It's pretty easy to speak of evangelism in the abstract like that.
0:32.4	It is far more challenging to actually do evangelism.
0:36.6	So today I want to encourage you with a story.
0:39.2	This is the story of one man's attempt to win another man to Christ, a story of two
0:44.4	neighbors.
0:45.4	It's a story that will challenge us to consider the all-important question behind all of our
0:50.1	evangelism.
0:51.6	What is Jesus' worth to me?
0:55.8	Your answer to that question becomes your shareable testimonies, what you offer others
1:01.0	as you seek to win them to Christ.
1:04.5	When it comes to personal evangelism, I'm encouraged by gritty and honest stories of
1:09.8	doubts and hesitation and overcoming fears.
1:13.9	And that's what we get today.
1:15.3	The story of one man, Pastor John, seeking to win his next door neighbor to Christ, a man
1:20.6	named Alan.
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