“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.” (Matthew 28:19)
Southern Gospel songwriter Phil Cross tells a great story about growing up in a small northwestern Georgia town. One of his neighbors, a pastor as I recall, had a small AM radio transmitter in his home.
Every morning, he would awaken early, turn the transmitter on and deliver his sunrise sermon to his listeners. “Hello world,” he would always begin. Cross later reflected on that memory. “He was lucky if someone two blocks away could pick him up. But, he did his part in his world to spread the Gospel as only he knew how.”
We should be so faithful. The above verse, referred to in many circles as The Great Commission, commands believers to spread the Gospel. Yet, very few of us, I regret to say, are doing it. The truth is we have relegated evangelism to either the church or the televan...
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