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Graham Beynon is Director of Free Church training at Oak Hill College and a mate of mine. About 10 years ago Graham discovered that he could quite easily make a mint by just publishing his sermons, which is something that has served a lot of American pastors well. Graham doesn't do long series so...

The marks of effective personal evangelism we have surveyed so far are love , tenacity , boldness , consistency , understanding and prayer . The seventh mark of the effective personal evangelist is faith . With prayer is allied faith. Think of how the apostle speaks at the beginning of the letter...

In case you have not already picked it up, Steven Lawson's "Long Line of Godly Men" treatment of The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon is free on Kindle at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk .

While immensely thankful for the benefits of modern travel, there are elements of it that are not in the first rank of Walker enjoyments. I tend toward dislike of the experience of being herded and managed, with even the temperature of the environment sometimes being adjusted in order to prompt...

No doubt, gentle reader, you have thought to yourself, "Where can I read more Reformed articles and find great Reformed resources on the web?" Well, the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is happy to answer that question with the launch of Place for Truth . Now, in addition to the Reformed musings...

The marks of effective personal evangelism we have surveyed so far are love , tenacity , boldness , consistency and understanding . The sixth mark of the effective personal evangelist is prayer . The place of prayer in this list is not a marker of its relative insignificance. Could it be that one...

Michael Ives, pastor of the Presbyterian Reformed Church of East Greenwich, RI, wrote a helpful piece on Halloween that is well worth reading. With the day fast approaching, this thought provoking article will assist us as we seek to live as Christians in this fallen and wayward world. The article...

To date, we have looked briefly at love , tenacity , boldness and consistency as particular features of the effective personal evangelist. The fifth mark of the effective personal evangelist is understanding . We have said that we do not need special training - a degree course, or formal, academic...

On my way back from a meeting in Edinburgh I picked up Stephen Hawking's newly published memoir at Glasgow airport, a short hardback aptly titled ' My Brief History ', which I read on the plane journey home. Did you know he once smuggled Bibles into Russia...?

Last Sunday we had a session over lunch for those involved in welcoming at our congregation. Penny Chew (it is her real name) who has the gift of greeting (!) gave our folk a number of top tips and others weighed in. 1. Approach people, welcome them, don't wait for them to come to you. 2. Show new...