tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post8134326142860145393..comments2023-06-01T10:52:44.280-04:00Comments on The Gospel-Driven Church: The Gospel Word is Central to Gospel WorkJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454966527986478217noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-74242077604727738472008-12-14T23:33:00.000-05:002008-12-14T23:33:00.000-05:00...if it depends on our actions I'd say the best o......if it depends on our actions I'd say the best of the best of us (not me for certain) have no shot. They will know us by our love, but I am afraid our good works can't be our hope for sharing Jesus and his gospel. This is a great clip. I so much appreciate your blog Jared---and have for some time. Keep blogging and more importantly keep your eyes on Jesus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-48944968615907729732008-11-22T10:00:00.000-05:002008-11-22T10:00:00.000-05:00People talk about "life style" evangelism to mean ...People talk about "life style" evangelism to mean that your proclimation of the gospel is only what you do, only how you act. <BR/>I think that falls way short if there is no verbal proclimation too. As you said in the last line of your post, it's "a story to be told." <BR/>There are a lot of moral, well meaning, tender hearted people who don't know the One who is Truth and Life. It's talking about Him that brings people to a relization of what real Life is about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-62539527811301984862008-11-21T13:24:00.000-05:002008-11-21T13:24:00.000-05:00Wow. I was just thinking about that a few weeks a...Wow. I was just thinking about that a few weeks ago as I heard that quoted for the nth time. God's Word commands us and enables us to use words as we faithfully live out all the implications of the Gospel.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post.David Regierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766862583586784668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538825134834187144.post-9334467475455809142008-11-21T09:52:00.000-05:002008-11-21T09:52:00.000-05:00Jared:I run into this all the time. Our ministry i...Jared:<BR/><BR/>I run into this all the time. Our ministry is focused on church planting and primarily conducts campaigns of one-on-one evangelism and discipleship. <BR/><BR/>It is staggering how much easier it is to raise money for a "holistic" projects: Water, food, buildings, etc, than it is for the proclamation of the Gospel. <BR/><BR/>There are also quite a few very large, well-known ministries who, IMHO, operate totally on Assissi's quote and they totally leave out actually telling people about Jesus. I have first-hand experience with them. It's sad, they give real bread, but not the bread of life.<BR/><BR/>I've only heard of one case--and it was miraculously spectacular--where someone professed faith in Christ without another person actually telling him or her the Good News. <BR/><BR/>Proclamation and personal discipleship are the most important, and challenging, commands of Jesus; therefore, those receive the highest amount of spiritual warfare and opposition. It's where "we" make the most excuses, where we attempt to outsource the job, and where we fear the most. <BR/><BR/>One last thing, I've take a couple hundred people onto the mission field. Every one who comes with me comes to proclaim the Gospel with real, out-loud words. Of all those people, off the top of my head less than five had a primary gift of evangelism. Less than five. <BR/><BR/>It's obedience, not giftedness. And thank goodness for those of us not gifted, but willing...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing this. I can't stand that quote any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com