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…
“Keep thy heart with all diligence,” Solomon wrote, many, many years ago. He followed that up a few verses later with a challenge to “ponder the path of thy feet!” That word ponder contains the idea of “building a road.” In order to guard our heart we have to build a road to purity. I…
Five Gifts You Should Give This Christmas This is a wonderful time of the year. For us, it is a time of being able to be home, of being able to attend services with our own church family, and of being able to buy presents! We love it all, and especially the gifts. I have…
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…
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…
I am contacted quite frequently by people who have served in one ministry and are now making plans to transition to a different one. Reasons vary and each situation is likely rather unique. However, generally speaking, I would suggest several things TO DO and several things NOT TO DO. I recently addressed the latter HERE. …
I am contacted quite frequently be people who have served in one ministry and are now making plans to transition to a different one. Reasons vary and each situation is likely rather unique. However, generally speaking, I would suggest several things TO DO and several things NOT TO DO. Today, I will address the latter. …
Pastor/Evangelist Dave Young 