Perhaps a general answer would be similar to Peter’s words in 2 Peter 1:12-15: …I intend always to remind you of these…, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. {13} I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of [...]
Answers about preaching
Christians should spread the word. Check out the following passages from Scripture: Matt 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. (15) Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the [...]
The Bible makes some strong statements about people distorting Scripture: There are some things in them [Paul's letters] that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. (2 Peter 3:16) For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this [...]
In 1 Corinthians 7, the apostle Paul encourages believers with unbelieving spouses to stay together, saying “the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband.” (v14). He goes on to say “For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or [...]
This is not a direct quotation from the Bible, but is the common experience of those preaching the gospel. People who are worried about where their next meal is coming from may not be immediately attentive to your preaching.
In Luke 10:2 Jesus says “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field”.
A good way to talk to someone who does not believe in God is to start by asking them for their reasons for not believing in God. That way you will possibly discover the topics you need to discuss. Different people will have different needs; there isn’t an approach that will fit every situation. This [...]
In Titus 2 and 1 Timothy 3:1-11, Paul gives advice to those who wish to preach the gospel. They should make their own lives and households are in order first. For example Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that [...]
Q: God welcomes everyone, regardless of what we eat or when we rest, doesn’t he? We were taught to not open the door to people we do not know well. Why should I welcome people that I don’t know right into my house? Should people wishing to spend some time in my house explaining some [...]
There are no verses that say this. Both men and women can preach. Priscilla (Acts 18:2) is an example in the Bible of a lady who preached: {24} Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. {25} He had been instructed in [...]
