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YOU CAN SHARE THE GOOD NEWS

GREG LAURIE

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Copyright ? 2016 Greg Laurie All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

978-1-4336-9014-3

Published by B&H Publishing Group Nashville, Tennessee

Dewey Decimal Classification: 248.5 Subject Heading: WITNESSING \ EVANGELISTIC WORK \

CHRISTIAN LIFE

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Contents

Introduction

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1.Something Christians and Non-Christians Have

in Common

9

2. Effective Sharing Starts with Caring

17

3. Why Share Your Faith?

25

4. Where to Preach the Gospel?

33

5. When Should We Share the Gospel?

49

6. The How-To (Jesus-Style Evangelism)

53

7. The How-To (The Big One That Got Away)

71

8. The Power of Your Personal Story

81

9. What Is the Gospel?

89

10. Closing the Deal

101

Epilogue: My First "Sermon"

117

Postscript: Five Steps to Start and Keep an

Evangelistic Culture

127

About the Author

133

Notes

135

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CHAPTER 1

Something Christians and Non-Christians Have

in Common

Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matt. 28:18?20). In Mark's Gospel, Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone" (Mark 16:15 nlt).

This is the command from Jesus Himself, often referred to as the Great Commission. Yet, whenever you bring up the topic of evangelism, people often cringe.

It's been said, "There is one thing that believers and nonbelievers have in common: they are both uptight about evangelism,"

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