Missions and Evangelism

In the past decade, there has been a rise of a new breed of street preachers—a move, especially among Generations X and Y, through YouTube, and on college campuses, to preach the Bible with striking clarity, much more so than is currently heard in most churches today and in the recent past. But with the renewed focus on open air preaching, there needs to be a return to sound doctrine as found in the soteriology of the Great Awakening. The author takes his lead from John Wesley, as The Gospel of Jesus Christ is intended to be a practical manual for street preachers, evangelists, missionaries, pastors, and all Christians to preach...

Deep anxiety about salvation is the most reasonable thing in the world. As immortal spirits destined for eternal bliss or everlasting misery, no question is more important than “What must I do to be saved?” This book answers that question in classic fashion. The author skillfully guides the seeking soul to the one and only source of salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ and his finished work on the cross. Biblical repentance and saving faith are clearly explained. The reader is also offered much practical advice on dealing with common mistakes, perplexities and discouragements encountered by those seeking salvation. Although written primarily...

Someone has said that the task of the preacher is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. The messages found in this book most definitely fall into the latter category. In these pages the author sounds a bugle call to Christian soldiers—a call “not to a holiday, but to a campaign. Our tent is pitched not in paradise, but on the field of battle…. The primary and only adequate figure of Christian service is that of the military conflict…. World missions under Christ's captaincy means war, total war, total mobilization for total conflict." This book was written and published toward the end of L. E. Maxwell's long and...