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Are We Evangelizing the Way We are Meant to Do? – Notes on Evangelism from a Former Unbeliever

I often share this little story with my Christian friends.

A thief breaks into a pastor’s home one night while he is sleeping. When the thief is about to leave after stealing to his satisfaction, he finds the pastor’s Bible on the reading table.

Intrigued by the book, the thief starts reading it randomly. It turns out to be the Gospel of John. He finds a person called Jesus making extraordinary claims about himself like “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”. After reading the Gospel of John, the thief realizes that he is a sinner.

The thief wants to get baptized and become a follower of Christ by worshipping God in spirit and truth. Overwhelmed by the joy of knowing Christ, he tries to wake up the pastor. But the pastor is in deep sleep. The thief wakes him up again. No, the priest does not wake up this time too. So, the thief goes to a refrigerator, grabs some snacks and comes back. He gives few more nudges to the pastor to wake him up but of no use.

The thief gets tired and falls asleep. When the pastor gets up in the morning, he is shocked to find someone sleeping near his feet. The pastor screams with fear. The thief wakes up and immediately explains his Gospel experience begging the pastor to baptize him with water.

The thief runs out to a near-by well and draws out water to fill up a big tub. The pastor baptizes the thief, and the thief is filled with joyful tears.

While the above example may seem to be unrealistic, as if a lost soul coming to Christ happens so quickly, I do not think it is impossible. Because God is always working. Though in a real world, it is generally a slow process that an unbeliever is seeking the truth and coming to Christ by himself. There are many people involved in witnessing Christ to an unbeliever whether they do it knowingly or unknowingly.

Though some of my friends tell me that I was proactive in seeking the truth and studying about Jesus, these are some of the people who opened me up to know more about the Lord.

• A missionary friend who I respect for her friendly nature
• An hospitable Christian couple who I visit regularly ( mostly for the delicious food they serve )
• A compassionate pastor who has adopted an orphan
• A Christian friend who took time to visit me on the weekends to teach me free guitar lessons
• An elderly Kenyan ministry woman who showered her motherly love on me
• An elderly missionary couple who witnessed Christ to young friends like me through their time, by volunteering in various activities.

However, I don’t think these people influenced me to make a decision about becoming a Christian. It is God Himself who enabled my heart to seek after Him in Christ, and it is in Christ where I am convinced of the perfect and true nature of the living God.

Many unbelievers are sincere and have good questions. They will open up their minds to knowing Christ if we as Christians accept them first with a genuine friendship. But many times the fruits of Spirit especially such as love and gentleness are not manifested in our lives; we try to use only logic or condemn them in a priggish manner. Sometimes we directly attack their theories and philosophies without even understanding where they are coming from. We should pray for God’s insight to respond unbelievers with wisdom and power. To some unbelievers, our responses must be very direct, but to some, our responses must be just suggesting, and God will reveal His truth to them at His own time.

The two most important reasons that we evangelize unbelievers are because firstly our Lord said so, and secondly that we love them and are concerned about them sincerely about their life and eternity. If we remind ourselves of how sinful we were, and how our Lord Jesus Christ died for us while we were yet sinners, is it difficult to learn to be more loving and accepting, when responding to an unbeliever?

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This article provides free online resources for topical bible study. It offers bible studies, sorted by word, topic, subject or biblical character in the bible. Many times, studying a particular word or subject or topic throughout bible can bring whole new insights and understanding about the biblical principles.

Nave’s Topical Bible Study:

This free online study tool offers an excellent exhaustive resource for bible studies according to the words. The list is in alphabetical order for easy lookup.  It consists of more than 20,000 topics, subtopics and more than 100,000 scripture references.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary:

Originally compiled by Dr. William Smith in 1863, Smith’s bible dictionary provides another great resource for topical bible studies and bible reference book for students of the bible. It offers more than 4,500 topics, subjects about biblical characters, peoples, places, history, geography etc.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary:

Also referred as the ‘Illustrated Bible Dictionary, authored by Matthew Easton and published in 1897.  It contains about 4000 entries and topics related to bible, Christian living, peoples etc.

Torrey’s Topical Textbook:

Torrey’s topical bible index contains over 600 topics, 20,000 subtopics and biblical references.  It was authored by R.A. Torrey.  It offers subject index guides to topics found in the bible. Great free resource for bible teachers, ministers etc.

Bible Topics: What the Bible Says About:

Wonderfully compiled topical bible study list which provides relevant bible verses on particular topics or subjects

Other Resources:

• Index of Christian library – list of topical bible studies arranged by title or topics
• Christian Topics Index: List of topical bible studies, arranged in form on quiz and answers.

(The resources provided in this article must be checked with the Bible as the final authority. Inclusion does not mean that we necessarily endorse the any materials. Please share any other free topical bible study resources with us.)

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This post provides an extensive collection of free Bible clip art from variety of online resources. It includes bible images, graphics, clip arts which can be used for different program bulletins, flyers, templates, brochures,  announcements for church events, Sunday School, VBS, Bible study Group etc.  Most of the sites listed here are free for personal use.  (Please refer to individual site’s terms and conditions for using it for commercial and publishing purposes. Resources provided here are strictly meant for clip arts only, we do not necessarily endorse any other materials on these sites.)

GospelGifs.com is a great source for clip art related to christian themes, images etc.  This Bible Cliparts link provides about 35 different free bible clip art. It offers colored bibles, bible as sword of the spirits, bible verses, woman with bible, the bible pictures.

Christiansunite.com has an extensive collection of about 44 bible clip arts in colored and b&w.  It offers various themes such as bible with cross, bible with earth, animated bible, with flowers etc.

This Bestfreechristian.com link offers about 30 different clip arts with different themes, such as black and white bible, boy with bible, girl with bible, teen with bible,  bible clip art in different colors.

Another resource for Bible pictures provides about 16 actual bible pictures that can be used for bible study flyers, VBS and other programs.

Christart.com also provides nice collection of bible clip arts which can be here in these links. bible clipart Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6. The themes includes family bible reading, studying bible, boy, girl, teens holding bible, bible as a word of god, bible and church, with cross, as a treasure, as a cornerstone, bible study group, as a sword, with many other funny cartoon characters bible clip art. This source is especially useful for clip arts related to VBS, Sunday School or Children programs.

This bible and scroll clipart resource offers about 15 different bible clip arts, mostly in black and white.

Here are  some more miscellaneous free bible clipart resources. Bible books, clip arts for kids.

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Here is the list of miracles Jesus performed during his earthly ministry. It gives an overview of the nearly exhaustive list of Jesus’ miracles recorded in the Gospels. These miracles include physical healing of individuals, casting out demons and his power and control over the nature. The list is made according to the order of gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Miracles of Jesus Christ:

Healing and Casting out Demons:

• Man with Leprosy Healed – Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45, Luke 5:12-14
• Roman Centurion’s servant – Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10
• Peter’s mother-in-low healed – Matthew 8:14-15, Mark 1:30-31, Luke 4:38-39
• Two demon-possessed men – Matthew 8:28-34, mark 5:1-15, Luke 8:27-39
• Man with Palsy – Matthew 9:2-7, Luke 5:18-26, Mark 2:3-12
• Woman with bleeding – Mat 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48
• Raising Jairus’ daughter from dead – Matthew 9:18-26, Mark 5:21-43, Luke 8:40-56
• Two blind men healed – Matthew 9:27-31
• Dumb, demon possessed man – Mat 9:32-33
• Man with the Withered Hand: Matthew 12:10-13, Mark 3:1-5, Luke 6:6-11
• Blind, dumb demon-possessed man healed – Matthew 12:22-23, Luke 11:14
• Canaanite woman’s daughter healed – Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30
• Boy with Demon – Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:17-29, Luke 9:38-43
• Two blind men healed including Bartimaeus – Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43
• Devil – possessed man in the synagogue – Mark 1:21-28, Luke 4:31-37
• Blind man in Bethesda – Mark 1:21-28, Luke 4:31-37
• Widow’s son at Nain healed – Luke 7:11-17
• Crippled woman – Luke 13:10-17
• Man with dropsy – Luke 14:1-4
• Ten men with Leprosy – Luke 17:11-19
• The high priest’s servant – Luke 22:50-51
• Nobleman’s son in Capernaum – John 4:46-54
• Sick man at the pool of Bethesda – John 5:1-15
• Man born blind healed – John 9:1-41
• Raising Lazarus from dead – John 11:1-44

Miracles of Jesus Christ:

Exercising His Power and Control over the Nature:

• Jesus calms the storm – Matthew 8:23-27, Luke 8:22-25
• Jesus feeds the 5000 – Matthew 14:14-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-14 (Only miracle of Jesus recorded in all four gospels)
• Walking on water: Mat 14:22-32, Mark 6:47-52
• Jesus feeding 4000 – Matthew 15:32-39, Mark 8:1-9
• Fish with the coin – Matthew 17:24-27
• Fig tree withers – Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:12-14, 20-25
• Huge catch of Fish – Luke 5:4-11, John 21:1-11
• Miracle of Jesus at Cana Wedding: Water into wine – John 2:1-11

These list of miracles of Jesus Christ are associated with individuals. Gospels often talks about the multitude of people healed by Jesus, the accounts of which are not recorded in the Bible. (Jesus healed Many, performed many miraculous signs and wonders-  Matthew 8:16, Matthew 12:15, Matthew 15:30, Mark 1:32-34, Mark 3:10, Mark 6:13)

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This article features the collection of Baptism clip art from variety of sources. These clip arts include black and white and colored images, pictures and graphics. (These resources are only meant for the clip arts, we do not necessarily endorse other materials or doctrine of the particular site. Please use it at your discretion. Many of these clip arts are free for personal use. Always refer to individual resource before using the baptism clip art for commercial or publishing purposes.)

Baptism clip Art Collection:

ChurchSupplier.com offers free images of the sacraments used in the baptism, child (baby) baptism clip art, various symbols of baptism. The collection is also offered in PDF format to be used for church and baptism fliers. (You will need adobe acrobat reader to view pdf files.)

Baptism Clip Art Resource:

Pictures of water baptism, and other related adult baptism pics. (In order to download the image, right click on the image, and click ‘Save Image As’, and browse to the folder in which you want to save the picture.)

Pictures of Baptism of Jesus:

Drawings and pictures of Jesus’ baptism with information about each image.

Free Printable Baby Baptism Cards

• Great resource for free printable baby baptism invitation cards
• It offers variety of invitation cards with clip arts such as cross, family, priest, baby, church, etc
• Free  printable pdf downloads

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Welcome! This is your “one-stop” place for finding huge collection of Jesus clip art, pictures, images  on different themes and incidents of the books of Bible. Most of these resources provides free access and download to clip art (Please refer to the specific source for using the clip art for commercial purposes). So Enjoy this collection of pictures of Jesus. (These resources are strictly meant for the pictures and clip-art of Jesus only, we do not necessarily endorse other doctrine or materials of the particular site. Use it at your own discretion.)

Jesus Clip Art Collection by Topics and Themes:

• Jesus clip art: His Anointing and Jesus’ Baptism
• Jesus clip art: His Miracles:
  • Calming Storm
  • Feeding five thousand
  • Healing the blind
  • Healing the sick
  • Raising Jarius’ daughter
  • Raising Lazarus
  • Wedding at Cana
• Jesus Clip art: Parables and Teaching:
  • In synagogue
  • Jesus’ teaching
  • Jesus’ ministry clip art
  • Talking with Nicodemus
  • Sermon on the mount
  • Good Samaritan
  • The Prodigal son
  • Window’s mite
  • Samaritan Woman
  • Jesus with Zacchaeus
• Jesus with Children clipart
• Jesus the Shepard clipart
• Jesus and disciples clip arts

Jesus Christ Clip art:

Collection of over 70 Colored pictures, images and clip art of Jesus Christ with children, His life and ministry, His death and resurrection

Jesus clip art Resource:

Black and white pictures of Jesus: portraits, shepherd, Jesus the teacher, Jesus and children, miracles clip arts

Another Resource of Clip arts:

Colored and black & white images of Jesus ministering to people, his portraits, Jesus praying etc.

Nativity and Birth clip art:

Collection of birth  and nativity scene pictures.

Jesus Christ Pictures:

This site offers collection of free colored pictures. (not cliparts)

Check out: Christian Clip Art: Jesus, Psalms, Scripture, Signs & Symbols – on Amazon

(Please share with us, any other useful and free resources and collection of Jesus clip art here. And we will add to the list. Thanks.)

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1. E-Sword (Windows)

E-Sword is a free bible study software program for windows pc. It offers rich, user-friendly and effective way to study the books of bible.  The basic software package includes KJV bible with Strong’s numbers, and Strong’s dictionary. But the additional resources can be added into the program with free installations packages for different bible study materials. It includes,

• Many free bible translations such as ASV, KJV, Good News, ISV, BBE, RV, YLT etc.
• Bibles are also available in number of different languages
• Collection of Bible commentaries such as Adam Clark’s, John Gill, Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes, JFB commentaries and many more
• Free Bible dictionaries include Easton, Smith, King James, Fausset dictionaries, Nave’s topical bible etc
• Free Bible maps, time-lines, graphics and many Christian classic books, bible devotionals
• You can also purchase any other bibles, commentaries or dictionaries.
• All in All, E-Sword is an excellent free bible study software library.
• Check out: Youtube videos for E-Sword at the end of the post.

2. BiblePro (Windows)

• BiblePro provides many bible versions, bible commentaries, dictionaries, maps, etc.
• It also has free online version of the software.
• You can get the free CD if you would like the complete package, you will need to pay for the shipping, however.
• Good free bible study tool

3. Theophilos (Windows)

• Theophilos offers similar free bible study packages such as Authorized KJV bible (Red colored for Christ’s words)
• Matthew Henry’s concise commentary, Easton’s bible commentary
• Multi-lingual support in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Afrikaans and many other languages

4. Bible Explorer (Windows and Mac)

• Bible Explorer is freely available for Windows and Mac.
• Fully features free bible study software with large collection of bibles, commentaries and dictionaries (similar to E-Sword bible program)
• You can find the information about all the free bible modules here.
• In addition, 32,000 popular bible resource volumes are available for purchase.
• Check out demo youtube video of Bible Explorer 4.0 at the end of the post.

5. The Word: Bible Study Software (Windows)

In the Beginning was the Word bible software provides useful free bible study tool for any Christian desiring to study the Word of God, the Bible.

• It offers multiple, multi-lingual translations of Bible, Parallel bibles
• Allows user-highlighting and personal study notes
• Greek and Hebrew support
• Also offers Portable software, so you can take the entire bible library with you in USB flash drive
• Customized look of the Word with different skins available
• Add-on modules which allows you to expand the Word library with huge collection of bibles, commentaries, dictionaries, devotionals, graphics, maps etc (Similar modules listed for E-Sword bible software)

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Free Bible Study Software -- E-Sword Video Tutorials

How to use E-Sword : E-Sword 101 Part 1/3

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How to use E-Sword : E-Sword 101 Part 2/3

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How to use E-Sword : E-Sword 101 Part 3/3

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Bible Explorer 4.0 Demo

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There are many Free resources for listening Bible audio online. This article features some of these free resources for online audio bibles. They are available in different formats such as mp3, real audio, flash etc. The Bible translations included are NIV, KJV, TNIV, ESV and NASB translations. and other languages such as Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Urdu, Vietnamese etc. Some of the resources also allows you to download mp3 files for personal, non-commercial use.

1. NIV Online Audio Bibles:

(New International Version)

• NIV Audio Bible in Flash Player
• NIV Audio Bible in Real Media Player
• (You will need a Real Player to play this online bible. You can get a free download here.)

2. KJV Online Audio Bibles: (King James Version)

• KJV Audio Bible in mp3 format
• KJV Bible Audio in Real Player format

3. TNIV Audio Bible: (Today’s New International Version)

• TNIV Audio Bible in Real Medial Player

4. ESV Online Audio Bible: (English Standard Version)

• Browse Online ESV bible by books here

5. NASB Audio Bible Online: (New American Standard Version)

• Audio Bible Online in NASB (Real Media Player)

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• Arabic – Arabic New Testament Audio, Arabic bible books: Gospels and Psalms
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• French Bible
• German mp3 bible
• Hindi Bible New Testament in mp3
• Spanish New Testament mp3
• Tamil Bible
• Urdu New Testament mp3 bible
• Vietnamese bible

If you know any other free bibles online resources in different bible translations or languages, please share with us.

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With the advent of Internet, one can find great Free resources to learn and play guitar chords, tabs  for Christian praise and worship , contemporary and christian rock songs. This article features four popular Christian resources for guitar chords, tabs and lessons. These websites offers excellent resources for Guitar enthusiastic from beginners to the expert Christian guitarists and worship leaders.  If you are looking for free guitar chords or tabs for christian songs, want to play your favorite christian songs, or just want to learn guitar with christian songs, This is the list for you.

1. Christianguitar.org

Christian Guitar is one of the largest catalog of guitar tabs, chords and lessons resources online. It features,

• Thousands of christian worship songs chords and tabs, sorted by bands, artists, song titles
• Guitar Chords collections with graphical interface to find specific chords
• Free Detailed Guitar lessons
• Christian guitar forum with active community of over 150,000 Christian music fans, providing discussions, topics, galleries, chords help etc. (It also allows you to add your submission or corrections.)

2. Worship Archive:

• Great resource for worship leaders
• It offers guitar tabs, chords and lyrics for christian worship songs
• Nice clear, minimal interface for easy to follow songs lyrics with guitar chords
• Songs are sorted by title or the artists

3. Guitar Praise

• This blog is dedicated to offering free electric, acoustic and bass guitar video lessons
• It also offers guitar theories, techniques and arrangements (video lessons)
• Active GuitarPraise forum community

5. YouTube Videos

Youtube is by far the greatest resource for free christian guitar chords and lessons. It offers many videos from beginners to the expert level. The following are few example of youtube videos of christian Guitar lessons and song chords. You can also check out Guitar Chord Encyclopedia (Ultimate Guitarist’s Reference) on Amazon.

This list is just few of many excellent FREE Christian guitar resources available online. If you know any other helpful sources (free), please list it here.

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Published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, The Nelson Study Bible has been best seller study bible for pastors, bible teachers and students of bible. It is available in New King James Version (NKJV). Its features include,

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• Usual features such as Word studies, Maps, Timelines, Book introductions, concordance, topical index
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