Saving belief is not mere mental assent, but a believing in—a living in—the knowledge of that news. It is a leaning on, a relying on. We must come to grips with the fact that we are unable to satisfy God’s demands on us, no matter how morally we try to live. We don’t want to end up trusting a little in ourselves and a little in God; we want to real

According to the Bible, good motives for evangelism are a desire to be obedient, a love for the lost, and a love for God.

The Christian call to evangelism is a call not simply to persuade people to make decisions but rather to proclaim to them the good news of salvation in Christ, to call them to repentance, and to give God the glory for regeneration and conversion. We don’t fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not converted; we fa

But if you’re anything like me, you’re probably not quite so blunt about your failures in evangelism. You’ve altered your mental records. In fact, even at the time you’re not witnessing, you’re busy spinning, justifying, rationalizing, and explaining to your conscience why it was really wise and faithful and kind and obedient not to share the gospe

I said that Islam has a shallow understanding of man’s problems because it teaches that our problems are basically a matter of behavior. The solution to our problem is merely a question of the will. However, Christianity, I said, has a much deeper, more accurate understanding of the human situation, which includes a frank admission of human sinfuln

Peter exhorted Christians in the first century toward the glory of God: “Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us” (1 Pet. 2:12). Peter knew that the Christian life that bears witness to God and the gospel will be a ground for God to be gl