the act of proselytizing to Christianity
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What happens to people who have never heard about Jesus? [closed]
There seems to be general consensus inside Christianity that in order to be saved, you must have faith, and that this faith has to be in Jesus Christ. Here is one verse sometimes cited for the ...
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Should Christians proselytize other Christians?
I've seen many instances of Christians trying to convert believers from other denominations into their own. However, the teaching I've heard of this has always been against the practice. My personal ...
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Is it right for a church to be wealthy?
Jesus preached that the faithful should give up their wealth and worldly possessions and spend a humble existence in servitude of God. A church must have a certain amount of wealth in order to ...
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Why do Christians seek to convert everyone?
This may touch a nerve, but why do Christians seek to convert everyone, especially people who have no interest in being converted? It always comes off like a drug dealer saying, "Try it, you'll like ...
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Was Billy Sunday the first evangelist to equate the “altar call” with salvation?
According to this article from the The Society for Effective Evangelism:
Up until Billy Sunday, altar calls were invitations for seekers to come to an after-meeting or inquiry room where ...
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Could Hell be seen as a reward?
I live in a very atheistic land. People hate religion because the main religion in my province has abused the people. Thus sometimes when I speak to friends and coworkers I present Hell as follows.
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Is the following rationale for sharing the gospel consistent with reformed theology?
One can ask:
if one believes in predestination, then why share the Gospel?
A common response one often hears is:
because God also said to share the gospel or
perhaps God predestined you to be ...
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Which groups of Christians hold signs about Jesus or Christianity in public, and why? [closed]
I often see people standing on the sides of the road holding signs that say things like "Trust Jesus".
Is this something that Christian groups do regularly? Is it specific to a particular ...
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A paradox that arises from Christian duty as “ambassador”
Consider the question "Is the Sabbath made for man or man for the Sabbath?" A rhetorical question, because Jesus said that it was the Sabbath that was made for man. But this is not a question directly ...
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What is the “Hell's Best Kept Secret” teaching that's circulating in various Evangelical Churches?
There's a teaching called "Hell's Best Secret" that's been circulating for several years, originally preached by Ray Comfort, the a New Zealand-born minister, and founder of Living Waters ...
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How to conduct missionary work through literature
It seems utterly superficial, but one of the most frequent methods of promulgating information about Christianity for fallen away folks or getting the word out to people who are teetering on the edge ...
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Why don't we use the abundant life as a way to reach the lost? [closed]
In this age of self-help mantras, why doesn't the Church offer Jesus as a way to have the abundant life? After all, that is what Jesus came for as well.
The reason I ask is because when people used ...
