Evangelism - Gentle Reformation

Pliny the Younger’s Christian Persecution: 3 Lessons for Faith and Endurance

August 14, 2024

Explore Pliny the Younger’s persecution of early Christians and its relevance today. Learn lessons of faith, endurance, and the unstoppable spread of the gospel through history.

Great Commission

Empowered by His Presence

July 31, 2024

The Great Commission calls us to make disciples with the assurance of Jesus' presence. Biblical figures like Jacob, Moses, and Joshua were strengthened by God's promise to be with them, a promise that continues today, empowering us to share our faith confidently.

Evangelism

Fear in Sharing Your Faith

July 10, 2024

Share your faith as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19. Start conversations, build relationships, invite friends to church, and learn to share the gospel. Be bold; the Holy Spirit empowers you. Start today!

Homosexual

From Pride to Prayer: A Call for Humility

June 12, 2024

Turn Pride Month into a time of preaching and prayer, embracing humility and sharing God's justice and mercy with the LGBTQ+ community.

Evangelism

Imperfect Vessels: God’s Glorious Plan to Use Us All

May 29, 2024

God uses imperfect people to spread His message. You don’t need to be perfect to share the gospel—focus on the message, not your flaws.

Evangelism

One Flock

April 17, 2024

Jesus aims to unite all diverse sheep, preaching that His expansive grace and gospel apply to all, regardless of ethnic. cultural, and languistic differences.

faith

The Rainbow of Grace

March 20, 2024

Exploring the risks of taking grace for granted. A call for vigilance against complacency in faith and life. Inspired by rainbows.

Evangelism

Sovereignty and Evangelism

September 29, 2023

The power of God unto salvation is not emotional manipulation. So, we must open our mouths. Salvation does not hinge on your eloquence. Eternity does not depend on our persuasiveness.

Confessionalism

"If you had one shot . . ." OR: Polemics about Confessions...

April 08, 2022

If you’re a Protestant Christian, imagine that someone you don't know asks you to explain in one sentence (no run-ons!) why your church doesn’t pray to Mary or the

beauty

The Bible's Beautiful Both/And

October 08, 2021

In the Psalms, dogmatic doctrine is a work of art.

Evangelism

Delicious First-fruits!

October 01, 2021

By briefest way of giving encouragement to all hard-working pastors, elders and members, I just want to share my present delight at a harvest of first-fruits. Two summers ago I purchased a couple

Evangelism

Election & Evangelism

June 28, 2021

Introduction How should the doctrine of God's Eternal Choice in Christ shape the way we seek stray sheep, build disciples up, or evangelize the lost? It is my prayer, while certainly

Evangelism

Springing to Life at RPTS

May 17, 2021

The following post is sponsored by Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary [https://gentlereformation.com/2021/05/18/springing-to-life-at-rpts/www.rpts.edu]. As I look around the grounds outside Rutherford Hall, the main building that

Evangelism

Back to Basics

May 08, 2021

Sometimes I wonder if we have not complicated church life more than we ought - there is a flurry of activity, but focus is obscured and fruitfulness is absent. Priorities > And when

Psalm 126

He who goes out weeping...

November 18, 2019

I've just returned from a pastoral visit which I have been meaning to chase up for a while. As far as I can tell, without wanting to presume, it gives me

The Gospel

The Bare Bones of the Gospel

July 29, 2019

Intro Recent fossil discoveries have left paleontologists stroking beards - a triceratops in the States and a unidirectional shoal of fish in SW France, near Cognac, hit headline news this week. Ambition I

Christian witness

Boldness for Jesus

January 12, 2019

Introduction I've just been working through the Gospel of Matthew in my devotions recently, and I came this morning, 15th of December, the Year of our Lord, 2018 (some four weeks

Bryan Chapell

Evangelistic Preaching

April 04, 2016

In conversations I have had recently with both seasoned ministers and young men preparing for pastoral ministry, the subject of what constitutes evangelistic preaching has been discussed. As we wonder why we do

Evangelism

Harvest Eyes

January 25, 2016

I grew up surrounded by the cornfields of Minnesota and now I live encompassed by the ones in Kansas. Truth be told, they're my favorite landscape. I know some people prefer

Evangelism

Keep Your Line in the Water

May 11, 2015

Recently in several contexts I have had discussions with others about evangelism. In particular, the question that has been raised is, "Why do Presbyterian churches seem to have fewer records of adult

Church

The Rural Church Potential

September 26, 2014

“In short, I like living in a small town. The urbanites may say that this is sentimentality, but I refuse to let the word frighten me. I believe that small-town life has values

Calvinism

Flower Power: T.U.L.I.P. Analyzed and Applied

March 19, 2013

James tells us in 1:22 that the person who hears God’s word without doing God’s word is engaged in self-deceit. Obviously, self-deceit is subtle. How are we to know when

Common Grace

God's Love and Evangelism

February 27, 2013

Recently I was asked by a young lady, a lover of the gospel as well as people, this question, "Does God love unbelievers?" She obviously was wrestling with working out her

Christian and Sports

Sports and the Lord's Day

March 23, 2012

Note: This is a follow-up to “The Christian and Sports [../2012/02/20/the-christian-and-sports-dr-rich-holdeman/#more-3557]” which I posted on James Faris’ page before I got my own! Our love for sports as both