The Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission

Best Kept SecretThe Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission:
Promoting the Gospel With More Than Our Lips
By John Dickson (Zondervan)
A 2011 Outreach Resource of the Year

“Not all of us will proclaim the Gospel as Paul did, but all of us will answer for the Gospel whenever opportunity allows. And, God willing, sometimes those answers will blossom into perfectly natural opportunities to explain the whole Gospel to someone. When that happens, don’t rush off to find an evangelist! Say what you know of Christ’s life, death and resurrection. Taste for yourself the sweet “icing on the cake of mission.” —John Dickson, from the book

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