Paul's charge to Timothy two thousand years ago remains a clarion call to pastors: do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. Because evangelism is central to a Christian's life, there is a real need to understand what it is and what makes it effective.

Much of modern evangelical culture has turned it into memorized conversations, prepackaged formulas and programmatic approaches, and John MacArthur works instead from the biblical pattern: the content of the message, the character of the messenger and the sovereignty of God in the result. Part of The MacArthur Pastor's Library.