Cold Call Evangelism
I’m trying to think if there is a scriptural reference to cold call evangelism.
A “Cold Call” is a term used in sales when you go up to someone or call them and offer (try hard to sell) your product. You don’t know them AND they have expressed NO interest in buying your product.
To my knowledge every conversion in the Bible happened 3 ways:
Blog stats
I have many people find my blog everyday because of specific topics they are looking for. They search those topics in google and then I show up around the top because there are very few other sites out there that discuss the same topic. Here are the top 10 search terms people used and how many times that term has brought someone to my blog.
| james dean hair | 1,420 |
| checkmate painting | 322 |
| robin steele | 204 |
| checkmate painting devil | 189 |
| israel temple rebuilt | 142 |
| painting checkmate | 142 |
| how to get james dean hair | 122 |
| the king has one more move | 97 |
| scripture keys | 91 |
| men wearing hats in church | 90 |
My Resume
I’m NOT looking for a job, but had to craft a resume for Chase bank who possibly could give the church a loan. Here is what I came up with…
Books I’ve Read Lately
Here are the books I have read lately that I would recommend to pastors. Just because I suggest book doesn’t mean that I agree with it all or even a majority of it. However, they helped shape my direction and I think they are relevant to ministry today.
- When God is First | Mike Hayes
- Organic Church | Neil Cole
- Servolution | Dino Rizzo
- Silent No More | Rod Parsley
- Revolution in World Missions | KP Yohannan
- Made to Stick | Dan and Chip Heath
- Leadership Transitions for Growth | Michael Fletcher
- Seven Practices of Effective Ministry | Andy Stanley
- Studies in Doctrine | Alister McGrath (in the middle of it)
- Natural Church Development | Christian Schwartz
- The Life Giving Church | Ted Haggard (written many years ago)
Here are the other books I’ve read. Same disclaimer as above…
- Radical | David Platt
- Crazy Love | Francis Chan
- The Broken American Male and How to Fix Him | Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
- 25 Ways to Win With People | John Maxwell
- Anything from Joel Rosenburg (I’ve read all his fiction and non-fiction) the latest was The Twelfth Imam
- The Scarlett Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne (in the middle of it)
- Loving Your Kids on Purpose | Danny Silk (in the middle of it)
I have focused on the Old Testament “Prophets” this year.
Any books you recommend??
+ Robin
Where was Daniel?
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego begin the book of “Daniel” all together. Daniel is promoted in Chapter 2 because he interprets the dream of Nebuchadnezzar. However, they all stay in Babylon. In fact, Daniel has the other 3 promoted as well.
In chapter 3, we see the famous story of the fiery furnace. At this point, Daniel disappears for a critical point in the story. The king makes everyone in the kingdom bow to the statue and worship it. If anyone chooses not to bow, they will be thrown into the fiery furnace. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego choose not to bow because of their devotion and faith in the one true God, Jehovah. As a result, they are thrown into the fire. However, we never hear about Daniel at this point.
Did he bow?
Was he traveling to another part of the country? (out of the office and scenario)
If he was around, why didn’t he speak up to save his friends?
Why did he not get in trouble if he didn’t bow?
Robin Steele 