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Our Redeemer R. A. Torrey, the second president of Moody Bible Institute, explained why Jesus’ sacrifice meets the need of every person: “The gospel, with a crucified Christ at its center, meets the needs of all conditions and classes of men as well as of all races. It meets the need of the millionaire and the need of the pauper; it meets...

Go! If you’ve ever watched a track event or participated in a 5K or marathon, you know the building excitement at the start of a race. Runners shake their legs and arms in anticipation, line up at the start, and wait for the sound of the starter’s pistol. On your mark . . . Get set . . . Go! In today’s passage, Jesus’ words are like a starter’s...

Reconciled and Reconciling Louis Zamperini was a World War II veteran who survived a plane crash, several weeks adrift in the Pacific Ocean, and two years of torture in a Japanese POW camp. But years after those dramatic events, something even more significant happened: Zamperini became a Christian. In 1950, he traveled back to Japan and...

All Have Sinned Published in the late 1680s, The New England Primer was the standard textbook for schoolchildren in the American colonies during the eighteenth century. To teach the alphabet, the Primer used short, rhyming couplets. Perhaps the most famous of these was the verse for the letter A: “In Adam’s fall, we sinned all.” For the next...

New Life in Christ In the 1950s, believers in the Wolaitta district of Ethiopia adopted a saying to describe their conversion. “With two hands,” they would say. “With this hand I renounce the devil and all his works! With this hand I surrender to Jesus Christ! All I am and all I have.” We come today to the final part of our evangelistic message.

An Evangelist’s Heart: Conviction In 1521, the Diet of Worms demanded that Martin Luther retract his teachings. He courageously answered: “My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. I cannot do otherwise. May God help me.” In today’s passage,...

Doing Good and Evangelism In 1865, Londoners William and Catherine Booth had a goal to serve the poor of their city: “First, soup; second, soap; and finally, salvation.” Their ministry, The Salvation Army, now serves over 25 million people in 127 countries every year with its mission to “preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human...

Giving and Evangelism When institutions and organizations want to construct a new building, they often invite their supporters to purchase a single brick. The bricks are inscribed with the supporters’ names, and they serve as a reminder that many people contributed a small part to make a larger project possible. Today we will consider how...

Christian Love and Evangelism In Charles Dickens’s story, A Christmas Carol, the miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge lives a solitary, stingy life. But a series of ghosts visit his dreams to show him a different life—one filled with the love of family and friends. In response, Scrooge awakens from his dream and immediately embarks on a...

We Are Weak, but He Is Strong Since 1862, children around the world have been singing the words of Anna Bartlett Warner’s hymn, “Jesus Loves Me.” Its first stanza contains a line that is true for children and adults alike: “Little ones to Him belong—they are weak but He is strong.” At this point in our study of evangelism, you may be feeling...