We are in a mess, aren’t we? Murder is so often in the news it sounds almost normal. Adultery is glamorized and glorified in commercial after commercial and in one television program after another. Homosexuality is applauded along with transgenderism and every other kind of morally questionable “ism” as well. Divorce is so common-place that…
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. …
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…
One of the marks of our ministry has been our emphasis on reaching children. For 13 years, I devoted a great portion of my summers to the Junior Camps of the Bill Rice Ranch in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Most weeks anywhere from 10-30 boys and girls would pray to be saved. For the past 16 years,…
A few weeks ago a missionary did a presentation at our home church. His presentation was enjoyable and helpful and one thing in particular “stood out” to me. It was a phrase that he used twice. He said it when he told of meeting a person who had never heard the name of Jesus Christ…
Pastor/Evangelist Dave Young 