EFFECTIVE INVITATIONS Have you ever wondered how you could improve the effectiveness of your preaching? Improving the invitation may be one of the keys. An invitation is simply a speaker persuading and convincing an audience to respond to, obey, and receive the Word of God, and to seek God as a result. Biblical illustrations abound. …
Dear Pastors, Friends, and Prayer Partners: 2017 is well under way. We have been able to be home a bit more than normal this month. This has been partially by design (my college kids have been home and I am enjoying as much time with them as possible) and it has been partially due to…
Yesterday I perused the Christmas story as told by Luke in the first two chapters of his book. Both chapters are loaded with exciting and captivating events. It is almost as if God suddenly begins moving in “fast-forward!” Angels appear to all sorts of people Announcements are made. Miracles happen. Prayers are answered. Two babies…
11 Biblical Examples of the Work of the Evangelist “Evangelists are supposed to be church planters,” a well known leader of an IFB church and Bible College stated to an evangelist friend of mine. “Biblically, an evangelist isn’t a traveling preacher, but a missionary,” a teacher said to her students in a recent class. “The…
I have been preaching local church revival meetings for almost 23 years and am increasingly asked to put an emphasis on the home and family in our meetings. We run them similarly to a revival campaign, except that I focus the messages on our being right with God so that we can succeed in our lives,…
More than a few times in recent months I have been asked about this particular question. My daughter asked me about it because of a teacher she heard say it in a classroom. Several preacher boys asked about it because they desire to become evangelists and have become confused by the variety of opinions being…
“What do you guys do all day?” is a question that we get asked quite frequently. It is a good question. Here are ten things that happened today: I spent some time reading devotionally and praying. I emptied the septic tank on the RV. Today was easier than some weeks in the sense that the…
A few days ago, I wrote a blog post and talked about some things I would do if I were a pastor. Most of them were things that I have seen other pastors do and with great success. One was offended (although they were anonymous in their expression), a few expressed further ideas, a few…
I preached my first revival meeting 29 years ago! I was only 17 and, apart from knowing that I was supposed to preach the Bible, I am pretty sure that I had no idea what I was doing. Some would probably say that I still don’t. I preached several revivals over those next few years,…
Pastor/Evangelist Dave Young 