Prayer is the preview of God's action.

By the grace of God I am what I am

We are all called to have faith. So all of us are called to evangelize, while some are specially gifted for this ministry.

Humility is not an 'added extra,' one of the lesser Christian virtues. If you don't have humility, you may be lost.

We should want to evangelize because of the joy that God puts in our hearts. Ultimately, that's the best reason for sharing our faith.

There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted. If you think about what has happened in Latin America, Africa and East Asia all in the last hundred years, it is breathtaking. We have seen an expansion of the gospel as we have never seen before in the history of the church.

As long as quick numerical growth remains the primary indicator of church health, the truth will be compromised. Instead, churches must once again begin measuring success not in terms of numbers but in terms of fidelity to the Scriptures.