The Blog of Hobbes

…if our minds have been shaped by what the Bible teaches about God and how he works, as well as by what it teaches about the gospel and what sinful human beings ultimately need, then a right understanding of evangelism will generally follow. We will attempt to spur on evangelism principally through teaching and meditating on the gospel itself, not through learning methods for sharing it.

Mark Dever, What Is A Healthy Church?, p90

“…if our minds have been shaped by what the Bible teaches…” Note that Dever does not say “regular bible reading” or “believing in the authority of Scripture”. A right understanding of evangelism will follow if our minds have been shaped by biblical truth.

If our church members sought out biblical wisdom more than silver and gold, we would have an abundance of shaped minds ready for the harvest field.

To finish what Christ has given us to do will require martyrdom. There are about 3,000 peoples where the church is not self-sustainingly planted. Most of these do not want us to come. Since even so-called evangelicals today have lost their nerve, it will be a work of white hot allegiance to Jesus, not public opinion, that listens to love and takes the gospel where it is not wanted.

http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1236/

Hands-up all those who are prepared to be killed for the sake of the gospel.