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“A Direct Word from God about Witness” by G.W. Schweer . . . . . . . . . . . .193
“Let’s Go Fishing” by Clarence Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
“The Obvious Priority of Evangelism” by Bailey E. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
“Seven Reasons Christians Share the Gospel” by Jack R. Smith . . . . . . . . . .209
“The Seeking Savior” by James H. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
“Witnessing to People of Other Religions” by Maurice Smith . . . . . . . . . . .219
“Mastering the Master’s Method of Sharing the Good News”
by Jack Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
“Following With a Whole Heart!” by H. Bailey Stone Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
“The Sum of All Fears” by Jay Strack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
“Decisions” by John Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
“The Heart of a Soul-Winner” by Jerry Vines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
“My Mission in the Marketplace” by Rick Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
“The Obedient, Biblical Christian” by Robert Witty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
“What Everyone Needs” by C. Thomas Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Appendix A: Illustrations, Statistics, and Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Appendix B: Invitation Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Appendix C: “My Mission in the Marketplace: It’s Not Just A Job”
by Rick Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Scripture quotations marked GNB are from the Good News Bible—New Testament:
© American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976. Used with permission.
Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International
Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission.
Scripture excerpts marked TJB are from The Jerusalem Bible, copyright 1966 by
Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Used by permission
of the publisher.
Verses marked (TLB) are taken from The Living Bible © 1971. Used by permission of
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible, © The
Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used
by permission.
Scripture quotations marked RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible,
copyrighted 1946, 1952, 1971, 1973. Used with permission.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Appreciation is expressed to the Holy Spirit for inspiring the
collecting of these soul-winning motivational sermons and to
each of the preachers for being willing to prepare and submit
them. None of the writers are receiving pay for their contributions
to this book. It is a labor of love for Jesus Christ.
I was greatly encouraged in this task by two coworkers, who
also supervise my work at the Home Mission Board (HMB), Darrell
Robinson and Thad Hamilton. My pastor, Ike Reighard, also
encouraged and wrote letters to many of the preachers whose
sermons are in this book.
Other coworkers who labored with me include my faithful
secretary, Jo Still, and word processor Faye Kingsland.
Thomas Wright, director of Materials Development for the
Evangelism Section of the HMB, and his staff worked with Mary
Branson, director of the Editing Department, and Pat Cravens,
director of the Design Department at the HMB. Many other
hands touched these sermons on their way to print, including
those of Alice Felton, typographer, and David Sharpton, who
assisted with reading and making suggestions.
Bill Junker, former director of the HMB Materials Production
Department, edited the overall manuscript, and Paul Obregón
took the photograph for the cover. Rick Head, director of the
Marketing Department, bridged some chasms that could have
stopped the publication.
Compiling these sermons has brought an awareness of many
other great writers of soul-winning motivational sermons who
would have been willing to contribute sermons. Perhaps a second
book, entitled Fifty More Great Soul-Winning Motivational
Sermons, will be possible in the near future.
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