Monthly Archives: September 2007
Prayer and Personal Evangelism
Prayer has been summed up as simply talking to God and Bible reading as listening to God. When we focus on prayer and our personal evangelism I think prayer can fall into three categories. First, prayer is talking to God about a person before … Continue reading
The Awareness Factor in Personal Evangelism
I think a lot of us go through life not living in the moment we are living, but living in the next thing we are going to do. Even now, I am thinking about my list of “to do” things. If you … Continue reading
Getting Permission to Share the Gospel for Evangelism
It is hard for most of us who want everyone to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to be patient enough to gain permission to share Christ with someone. Why get permission anyway? Didn’t Jesus command us to go … Continue reading
Directive Questions Help You Find a Person’s Spiritual Address (part 4 of 4)
Directive questioning is a great conversational way to find out the background, values, and spiritual address of a person. People like to talk about themselves. When you ask a series of questions about them, beginning with the general and moving to … Continue reading
How to Use Directive Questions in Personal Evangelism, Pt. 3
Using the acrostic of F.I.R.E to help remember certain directive and progressive questions will help you guide conversation onto spiritual things in a natural way. The “F” and the “I” are covered in previous articles. After asking the “important” question … Continue reading
