A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
Table of Contents
1 The Christian’s Duty in a Hostile World
2 Our Testimony as Salt and Light
3 Praying for the Lost
4 Who is God?
5 The Reliability of Scripture
6 Amazing Prophecies
7 The Reality of Sin
8 The Virgin Birth and Deity of Jesus Christ
9 The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
10 The Great Commission
11 How to Witness
Selected Quotes
- “This means realizing that we are already in the last days and that our Lord and Savior could return at any time. With that as an incentive, we are to hold ourselves and other believers accountable for holy living that overflows in God-honoring evangelism of the lost.” (24)
- “Pleading for the salvation of people who do not know Christ is very high on God’s priority list of what believers should be praying for. Evangelistic prayer is both a spiritual duty and a commitment that requires much time and energy.” (35)
- “Only an all-powerful, all-knowing, sovereign God could, through the prophets of Scripture, speak of events long before they happened and have absolute confidence that His words were completely accurate and would be 100 percent fulfilled.” (88)
- “The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the culmination of redemptive history, the primary events of God’s plan of salvation.” (115)
- “Without exception, every genuine apostle, prophet, and teacher from the early church centered his preaching on the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And those great truths also should be at the heart of our evangelistic message to lost relatives, friends, and coworkers.” (130)
- “We become effective witnesses to the truth of the Gospel when we are available, worshipful, submissive, obedient, and dependent on God’s power.” (138)
- “An effective witness will also recognize that he or she is dependent on the Holy Spirit’s power for fruitfulness.” (154)
- “Who does the Bible say Jesus is? The living God, the Holy One, the Savior, the only valid object of saving faith, the sovereign Lord, and the righteous Judge.” (169)