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08/01/2021 – A Book Study Possibility: “The Master Plan of Evangelism” by Robert E. Coleman // Thoughts?

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Summarized from the back cover:

“For more than fifty years, “The Master Plan of Evangelism” has challenged and instructed more than 3.5 million readers. This abridged version for time-starved readers is as fresh, relevant, and effective as ever. Join the movement and discover how you can minimize to the people God brings into your life.”

A recommendation: “Few books have have had as great an impact on the cause of world evangelization in our generation as “The Master Plan of Evangelization.” Billy Graham” The author, Robert E Coleman served as dean of the BIlly Graham International Schools of Evangelism as well as director of the Billy Graham Center Institute of Evangelism at Wheaton College.

Some selected quotes:

-“The times that we come apart from the world are not a release from the conflict, but only a strategic maneuver to gain more strength for the attack.” – pg 117 – epilogue

– “… After all, if Jesus, the Son of God, found it necessary to stay almost constantly with his few disciples for three years, and even one of them was lost, how can a church expect to do this job on an assembly line basis a few days out of the year?” pg 47

• “No wonder Jesus so indelibly impressed on his disciples the necessity and inevitability of life reproducing its kind. An illustration of this was the parable of the vine and the branches (John 15: 1-17). Here in the most simple yet profound analogies of the Lord, Christ explained that the purpose of both the vine (himself) and the branches (believers in him) was to bear fruit. Hence any branch that did not yield produce was cut off by the husbandman – it was worthless. What is more, those branches which did produce were pruned by the husbandman that they might yield more fruit (John 15:2).

It was clear that the life sustaining power of the vine ws not to be bestowed endlessly on lifeless branches. Any branch that lived on the vine had to produce to survive, for that was its intended nature. Jesus then made the application to his disciples. As surely as they were participants in his life, even so they would bear his fruit (John 15: 5,8), and furthermore, their fruit would remain (John 15:16). A barren Christian is a contradiction. A tree is known by its fruit.”

I have recommended the FAI production documentary movie available free on youtube: “Sheep Among Wolves – Part 2”. It is the inspirational story of the fastest growing church in the world, that being Iran. In that movie, they emphasize their “Disciple to Convert” approach, which is opposite from the western church, “Convert to Disciple”. Jesus’ approach was the former, not the later.

Soli Deo Gloria!

This is now our queue. Thoughts? Add to our list.

 Study – “Wish List” QueueBook:

• “The Master Plan of Evangelism” by Robert E. Coleman // ISBN = 978-0-8077-8808-7 //Blog post(s): 08/01/2021

• “Pray Big” by Alistair Begg // ISBN = 9781784983369 //Blog post(s):  08/04/2021

• “An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophetic Books by C. Hassell Bullock // ISBN 978-0802441546 //Blog post (s): 03/06/2021