
Recapturing Evangelism

Simpson submits that this fourfold, or full, gospel allows believers to experience the fullness and blessings of the gospel in their lives.
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
Third, he regenerates those who repent and believe the gospel
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
Doing so necessitates that believers and churches evangelize in such a way that their hearers anticipate the demands of discipleship without preaching a “works salvation.”
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
Third, blood can be removed by a constant commitment to our task.
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
Our Lord left the work of his evangelistic enterprise neither to coincidence nor to convenience; nor did he promote a strategy of lobbying, begging, or shaming others into enlistment.
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
“The ‘force’ of faith is that it ‘forces’ God to work! God becomes man’s servant, waiting to do his bidding—if he has enough faith. When God acts apart from faith, it is considered an example of His grace. But when the ‘force of faith’ is exerted, God is required to work. The basis of a believer’s relationship to God is turned upside down. Grace is
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formulae. William Baird said that Dodd understood the gospel as “a formula of facts and doctrines about God’s action in Christ,” whereas Bultmann viewed it as “God’s powerful act in which Christ is dynamically present calling men to a decision of faith.”
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
This term, therefore, serves as the primary biblical reference to understand the basic tenets of the gospel.
Matt Queen • Recapturing Evangelism
Therefore, Paul demonstrated an openness to evangelism over short and long times.