The Right Moment for Witnessing

David Brainerd, the great missionary to the American Indians, was on one occasion witnessing to a chief, who was very close to deciding for Christ. But ...

A Trip to the Bathroom

While serving with Operation Mobilization in India in 1967, tuberculosis forced me into a sanitarium for several months. I did not yet speak the language, ...

Invitation to a Banquet

Evangelism is witness. It is one beggar telling another beggar where to get food. The Christian does not offer out of his bounty. He has no bounty. He ...

Singular Voices

Prayer and praise are the most explicit and clearest testimonies to the reality of God in a God-denying or God-indifferent world.

An Attractive Spirit

You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you must cultivate, not a spirit ...

Making Truth Desirable

The Gospel cannot be preached ... tangibly enough. A truly evangelical sermon must be like offering a child a fine red apple or offering a thirsty man ...

Seeing God Within

Are we attractive Christians? Do we give people the impression that the most marvelous thing in the world is to be a Christian and to have the Spirit ...

Behind Enemy Lines

While carrying tracts to Union troops, one preacher was seized by Confederates as a spy.

John Vassar distributed tracts for the American Tract Society ...

Ministering at Any Age

Elizabeth Dole writes in Christian Reader:

My grandmother practiced what she preached and lived her life for others. When it became necessary for her, ...

Silent Witness

Beverly Hamilton writes in Today's Christian Woman:

For several months, I'd been trying to lead Sharon, a co-worker, to the Lord. One day, she ...