Book Review: Conversational Evangelism by David and Norman Geisler

Conversational Evangelism: How to Listen and Speak So You Can Be Heard by Norman and David Geisler is a practical guidebook which focuses on meaningful personal interactions in pre-evangelism and building bridges to the Gospel. It is not a script or method book – rather, it is a substantive training tool for finding out where people are and communicating with them effectively. As Ravi Zacharias puts it in the introduction, “the all-important key in evangelism is to listen beyond the question to the questioner. To answer the question but not the questioner is as much a breakdown as a faith that is not lived out in the practical.” (10) And so the overall goal of the book is to train Christians to thoughtfully approach their interactions with others while using an approach that is appropriate: “Not everyone is at the same point in their openness to the Gospel, and we need to use different approaches depending on someone’s spiritual openness.” (18)

Conversational Evangelism Training by David Geisler MP3

In this talk based on his book Conversational Evangelism, David Geisler explores the concept of pre-evangelism. Geisler discusses the four types of conversations, asking questions, clarify terms, shifting the burden of proof, surfacing uncertainty, discerning the types of objections and more. You'll also learn good introductory questions that open the door to talking about the Gospel. Includes sample clips of actual conversations.

For Powerpoints with this content see Geisler's website www.meeknessandtruth.com. For similar audio, see a past post here.

Audio file compressed to a swift 9mb file from original 70mb file here.
Full MP3 Audio here. (78min)

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Conversational Evangelism MP3 Audio by David Geisler

David Geisler presents a talk on Conversational Evangelism. He shares tips and keys on "pre-evangelism" and practical apologetics in everyday conversation. See his website: Meekness & Truth for other audio, powerpoints, and resources. Get his book here.

Full MP3 Audio here.

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What was last year's post? See here.