A D R I A N R O G E R S

Pastor, teacher, and author Adrian Rogers

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This booklet is taken from Session X of Adrian

Rogers’ series What Every Pastor Ought to Know.

The complete series is available at the link below.

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IntroductionBY DR. CHUCK KELLEY

Through the years Southern Baptists developed a process to help every church be an evangelistic church, regularly reaching, baptizing, and discipling the people in their communities. The foundation of that process, the necessary component that made all the other parts of the process work effectively was decisional preaching: the use of the public invitation in all worship services. For churches of any kind to be evangelistic, there must be an evangelistic climate within that church affirming the importance and priority of evangelism for the congregation. Decisional preaching, the use of the public invitation is important for those who give their lives to Christ in a worship service, but it is also important for reminding the whole congregation why evangelism is such an important priority for the church.

Each time a pastor concludes his message by giving those present an opportunity to respond to the gospel, he is saying to all who have gathered, you are not right with God because you are in church. You are not right with God because you have Christians in your family. You can only be right with God when you yourself repent of your sins and turn to Christ in faith, becoming a child of God by being born again. The pastor is also saying

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to the Christians and church members who are present, the people you love and hold dear are not right with God because of their connection with you or their participation in the activities of the church. Those you know and hold dear, and all others in the community and the wide world are facing the wrath of God, living without salvation until they make a personal commitment to Christ and receive His gift of new life. The consistent use of the invitation keeps the importance and priority of evangelism constantly before the church. It gives those present an opportunity to be saved, and it reminds those present why evangelism must be the priority of the church.

This invitation handbook for preachers comes from an outstanding practitioner of the public invitation. Adrian Rogers was as effective in his use of the invitation as any pastor or evangelist I have ever known. Every church he served experienced significant evangelistic growth under his leadership. His use of the invitation was a major factor in that growth. Whenever I taught a class on preaching at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, I always used a video of Dr. Rogers extending an invitation in his church. I was careful to pick a typical Sunday morning service, not a special event or an evangelistic meeting. Week after week his invitations were always simple, clear, relevant, and powerful. He was a master expositor of God’s Word, and he demonstrated consistently how systematic biblical exposition and the evangelistic invitation go hand in hand. His inclusion of a public invitation meant every sermon, whatever its primary text, had to include the Gospel. For Dr. Rogers, the invitation is not tacked on to a sermon. It completes it. I can think of no better model for how to incorporate the invitation into normal worship services of a church than that of Adrian Rogers.

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Preaching for a Verdict

I’ve heard some preachers who are great preachers; they preach the birds out of the trees. But then they flop at invitation time.

I’ll hear them preach, there will be conviction, there will be tears, there will be motivation, and then they will say something like: “Alright, we’re going to stand and sing hymn number 162. Won’t you come?”

That’s it. And I put myself in the place of an unsaved

man and say, “Come? Where are you going? What’s all this about?”

He doesn’t explain, he doesn’t give the invitation. Matthew 10:32-33, “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father, which is in Heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father, which is in Heaven.”

I want to teach you how to give an invitation that will be both Biblical and fruitful.

THE BIBLE IS FULL OF EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC INVITATIONS

On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached a great sermon… and then he gave an invitation. The Bible says, “And with many other words, he did testify and exhort saying, ‘Save yourself from this untoward generation.’” That means the sermon

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was over. But “with many other words,” now he’s testifying, “This is what Jesus has done for me.” He’s exhorting, “Let it be done to you” with many other words. That’s an invitation that he gave.

The Bible starts with an invitation. In the Garden of Eden, God came walking in the garden. He said, “Adam, where are you?” Now God knew where he was. This was not the voice of a detective. It was a voice of a broken-hearted God, inviting Adam to come to him.

Joshua said, in Joshua 24:15, “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served which were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

That was an invitation. He’s saying, “Choose!” Elijah on Mount Carmel gave an invitation. He

said, “Listen folks, make up your mind. Don’t halt between two opinions. If God be God, serve Him. If Baal be God, then serve him.” And he gave an invitation.

A public invitation.

THE BIBLE ENDS WITH A PUBLIC INVITATION

The way the Bible ends is this, Revelation 22:17, “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is of thirst come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.”

And by the way, I believe in a whosoever gospel. “And whosoever will,” let him come. Now, I know a lot of people who believe that you can give an invitation personally and privately, that is in soul-winning. But for some strange reason, and I’ve never been able to discern it, they don’t believe

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you ought to give an invitation publicly. But in the scripture that I read to you from Matthew, Jesus is talking about confessing before men. All good preaching, all of it, every bit of it, all good sermons have an invitation. I don’t care whether it’s about tithing; I don’t care whether you’re dealing with war, or whatever. You give an invitation.

Now that does not necessarily mean a “come forward” invitation. But it means you are preaching for a verdict. You have a proposition. There is something you want your people to know, do, and believe; and you are asking them to do it. You’re asking for the order. That’s the invitation.

Let me tell you, and most of the time in our churches, in our tradition, it is, “If you’re ready to receive Christ, won’t you leave your seat and come forward to trust Christ.” And I’ll talk a little bit more about that in a moment, but let me tell you some ways to give the invitation.

You are preaching for a verdict. There is something

you want your people to know, do, and believe.

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Ten Marks of an Effective Gospel Invitation

1. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN COURAGEOUSLY

Be courageous when you give an invitation. You know why some men will not give an invitation? Because they are afraid that there will be no response. And because they’re afraid there will be no response, they won’t give an invitation. They’re so anxious to keep people from saying no, they won’t give them a chance to say yes. You have to be courageous to give an invitation because it costs, it hurts.

I preach in Bible conferences where we don’t give a public “come forward” invitation. That’s so easy. Man, just preach and tell the truth, get up and leave. But oh, when you’re preaching for souls, when you’re preaching evangelistically, or preaching as a pastor to his church, you give an invitation. You get up and die a little, every time you give an invitation.

Do it courageously. There are people who will criticize you for giving an invitation. They don’t like it. Friend, let me tell you what to do. Don’t apologize for giving an invitation. Just go ahead and do it. You say “Well, they will leave.” Let them go. For every one you lose, you’ll gain ten. And the ones you gain will be a whole lot better than the

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ones you lose. Be courageous. Give an invitation. Give it courageously.

2. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CLEARLY

Don’t just stand up and say, “Now we’re going to stand and sing, so won’t you come?” Tell them exactly what you want to do. Be aware of clichés like, “Are you willing to make a profession of faith?” Or one of the worst is, “Would you like to move your letter?” That means absolutely nothing to 90% of this generation. They have no idea what moving their letter means. Just make certain when you give the invitation, you give it clearly.

You know there are a lot of preachers who think they preach the gospel; and they haven’t preached the gospel. They may preach a Bible message. It may be pertinent. It may be applicable but, it’s not a gospel message.

What is the gospel? In 1 Corinthians 15, we learn:

■ Christ died for our sins. ■ He was buried. ■ He was raised again the third day.

That’s the gospel.Always get the gospel into a sermon somehow,

somewhere. It doesn’t matter what you’re preaching on. Preaching on tithing? You say, “Listen, God doesn’t want what you have, He wants you! Jesus came to this earth to save you. He suffered, bled and died on the cross, and was buried, and He rose again. And the Bible says if you trust Him, He will save you.”

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Get the gospel into whatever you’re doing. It’s so very important that you are very clear. If you had a child that was lost, and that child calls you on a cell phone, the child doesn’t know how to get home, wouldn’t you make it clear? You wouldn’t use a lot of obtuse terms.

You’d say, “Now sweetheart where are you now? Look up, see the street sign? Do you see it? Okay, now look down the street, do you see the department store down there?”

“Uh, yes.” “Alright, right across the street, you see the

drug store?” “Yes.” “Alright now darling, go down to where that is

and then look to your left. Do you see a house with a white fence?”

“Yes.” “Now you go down there, okay, and when you

get there, then I want you to look to your right. You’ll look to your right and you’ll see this street with a lot of tall trees. Go down that street about a block and look up, and you’ll see our house.”

You want her to come home. Do you want your people, the people that listen to you, to be saved? Make it clear, make it plain. When I give an invitation, and I give different kinds, there’s always a part like this. I say, “Now look, when I’m finished,

Christ died for our sins. He was buried. He was raised again the

third day. That’s the Gospel.

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I want you to bow your heads with me for a moment of prayer? You know, God loves you so much, and He wants to save you.”

By the way, it’s always best to start with the fact that God loves you and that you’re a sinner. That’s the way the Bible starts, with the love of God and then man fell into sin.

“Friend, salvation is a gift of God. Jesus bought it for you when He died upon that cross and shed His blood for you. If you would like to know the Lord Jesus Christ and know that every sin is forgiven, and know that God is in your heart to live in you, and you want to know that when you die you’re going to Heaven, I want to invite you to pray a prayer like this with me:

“Dear God.” That’s right, just go ahead and say it. “Dear God, I know that I’m a sinner.” Pray it, pray it and mean it. “I know that I’m a sinner, my sin deserves judgment, but I want mercy. Jesus, You died to save me and You promised to save me if I would only trust You. I do trust You. I believe You’re the Son of God. I believe You paid my sin debt with Your blood on the cross. I believe that God raised You from the dead. I believe You will save me if I will trust You, and I do trust You. Right now, this moment, with all of my heart like a little child, I trust You. Come into my life Lord Jesus, forgive my sin. Cleanse me. Save me Jesus.”

Friend, pray that. Did you ask Him? Pray it from your heart, “Save me Lord Jesus.” Did you ask Him to do it? Wonderful. Now by faith I want you to pray this way:

“Lord, thank You for doing it. I don’t deserve it. I receive it as a gift of Your love. I don’t ask for feeling, I don’t look for a sign.

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I just stand on Your word. Thank You Jesus for saving me. And now begin, Lord Jesus, to make me the person You want me to be. And Lord Jesus, help me never to be ashamed of You, because You died for me. Lord Jesus, give me the courage this morning to make this public. Thank You for doing it. I will obey You in Your Holy name, Amen.”

That’s the way I would give an invitation as a pastor. But I wouldn’t just say, “Alright, we’re going to stand and sing.” I would say, “Folks in a moment, we’re going to stand and sing a hymn that we call an invitational hymn, standing at head of each of these aisles all the way across the front will be a man of God to welcome you. A minister of this church.”

I don’t say a “counselor.” If I didn’t have a minister; I would say a “friend” or “a man of God to welcome you.” Some people think if you’re coming to a counselor you’ve got to spill your guts and tell your life story, and that’s not what it’s about. There is a place for counseling, but this is not the time. Say, “There will be a friend to welcome you. And I want you just to step out and come.”

Some in the congregation may be thinking, “Pastor, I’ve never done that before. What would I say when I go down there?”

“Well, you prayed and asked Christ to come into your heart, didn’t you? Just tell that man I’m trusting Jesus.”

I give them something to say, because they may not know what to say.

They may think, “Pastor, what will happen?” “Number one, we’ll rejoice. Number two, we

will give you some scripture to stand on. Number three, we’ll answer any questions you might have. And number four, we’ll seal it with you in prayer. It

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will take just a few moments. It will shame the devil, it will give you joy. It will give God glory. Don’t look around to see what anyone else is going to do. As soon as we begin to sing, you step out. This church is praying for you, we love you. This can be the greatest thing you’ve ever done to acknowledge Christ as your personal savior.

“I want you to know walking this aisle doesn’t save you. Shaking a man’s hand can’t save you. But what it indicates saves you, that you’re not ashamed of Jesus. Jesus said, ‘If you’re ashamed of Me, I’ll be ashamed of you.’”

“Pastor, how do I know if I really trusted Him?” “Are you willing to confess Him? Now that

shows that you really mean business. Let’s stand and sing, and you be the first one down the aisle to say yes to Christ.”

Now that took about 5 minutes to do that. That means that you’ve got to back up in your sermon and plan the invitation as a part. Don’t just tack it on. If you wait until 12 noon and people’s blood sugar is low and they’re getting antsy, they’re looking at their watch.

You may say, “My people wouldn’t do that.” I’m not talking about your people, I’m talking

about that lost man. I’m talking about the man that you are pleading for. He’s not wanting to stay around because of a compassion for souls.

So, what I’m trying to say is you give the invitation clearly. You may not give an invitation just like I do, and I don’t give the invitation the same way every time, but almost always there will be some of those components. I may put them together in different ways, but give the invitation clearly.

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3. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CONCISELY

Save enough time for the invitation. Don’t go on and on in an invitation. I just said that what I did took about five minutes, but I’m not going to re-preach the sermon to them.

I also need actually to start giving the invitation before I preach. Not after I preach, but before I preach.

I would say to our guests, “We want to welcome you today to our services. We’re so glad that you’re here, and if you have already made the wonderful discovery of knowing Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, we rejoice in that. If you have not yet come to the place where you can clearly say, ‘I know that I know that I have a personal relationship with God through Christ’, it’s our prayer before this service ends, you’ll be able to say that.”

What you’ve done right there is a start for the invitation.

If you ever listen to Billy Graham preach, he’s giving the invitation all the way through the message. You may not realize it, but he is.

So, you need to give an invitation concisely. It may take three or four minutes, but don’t chase rabbits. Don’t introduce new factors into the invitation.

4. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CONVINCINGLY

Remember what Peter did on the day of Pentecost? “And with many other words, he did testify and exhort saying, ‘Save yourself from this untoward generation.’”

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Can’t you just see Peter with the tears streaming down his cheeks? Can’t you see him with his arms stretched out? He doesn’t have a take it or leave it attitude. He wants to convince them that they need to be saved.

The Bible says, “Go out on the highways and hedges and compel them to come in.”

The apostle Paul said “Knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.”

I hear some people talking against an invitation. Here’s the way they say it, “Now look, you don’t need to give an invitation. That’s the work of the Holy Spirit.” If you haven’t heard that, you haven’t been around long. And they may say, “That’s the work of the Holy Spirit, you just preach.”

My reply is, “Preaching is the work of the Holy Spirit, too. Do you think, up to this point, you’ve been doing the work and now He’s going to start working?” Preaching is the work of the Holy Spirit.

Oh friend! Friend, you need to have a sense of urgency when you preach! And always the word is “Now!” And you need to be positive when you stand up and say, “Now let us stand and sing. God bless you as you come.”

We don’t want to be like the boy who wanted a job, went up to a man and said, “You don’t know nobody, do you, that don’t want nobody to do nothing?” Be positive. Expect people to come.

You need to have a sense of urgency when you preach.

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5. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN COOPERATIVELY

Let the entire church participate in the invitation. In a big auditorium, it’s better to stand at the front and let the church members work together. Teach your members how to pray during the invitation. Satan never gives up anything or anybody without a fight. And there are strongholds that have to be broken, strongholds of procrastination and pride and fear.

Teach your people to pray during the invitation so that power comes down. As the song says, “All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down.” And commend your congregation after the invitation. Thank them. Many times I’ll say, “Oh people, let me thank you for you faithfulness and your prayerfulness during this invitation time. I love you so much.”

To me folks, that’s the mark of a great Christian, that you really care.

Some people say, “I don’t like an evangelistic service, I like a worship service.” Friend, I never worship more than when souls are getting saved. To me that is the zenith of worship. Don’t make some dichotomy between worship and the invitation.

Jesus called us fishers of men. And what kind of fishing were the fisherman doing when He called

I never worship more than when souls are getting saved.

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them to be fishers of men? They were doing net fishing. Your church is a net.

You know what a net is? It’s a bunch of nothings tied together. That’s what we are. A bunch of nothings, but we’re tied together to bring souls to the Lord Jesus Christ. So, do it cooperatively. Teach your people to be a part of the total invitation.

6. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CONSISTENTLY

Now there are varied ways. You don’t always have to do like I just did. But somehow, some way, be consistent. Give an invitation.

When I was in Fort Pierce one Sunday, I got up to preach and there were about as many people as there are right now today. I got up to preach, my heart sank because I had an evangelistic message, and I thought, “Boy, I’m fishing in a bathtub.” I thought I knew everybody. I could not find one prospect, even a suspect. Looking over the crowd, I did something I’ve never done before. I said, “Well, that’s the message, stand for prayer.” A man in the back said, “Wait a minute! Aren’t you going to give an invitation? I wanted to be saved!” I didn’t even know he was there. Boy, what a rebuke to me that was. Of course he could have been saved without an invitation, that’s not the point. The point was that I thought I knew everybody there and I knew the situation. I made up my mind since then to be consistent. I’m going to give some kind of an invitation and in worship services like this, give the invitation consistently. Don’t wait until the revival meeting in July and August to invite people to Christ. Do it week by week by week, and daily if you can, so the Lord is adding to the church daily such as should be saved.

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7. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CREATIVELY

Don’t always do it the same way. Sometimes you might give an invitation like this: “Those of you who are interested in receiving Christ, would you just remain here at the front while the others go out if you want to know more about Jesus? We’ll be glad to talk to you.” Or you might say, “In your pew there is a card with some squares or boxes. One of the boxes might say ‘I have prayed to ask Christ to come into my heart today.’ Another says ‘I haven’t gotten quite settled but I’m interested”’ and so on.

Say to the congregation, “Would you just take a moment now and check that, and, as soon as the service is over, would you bring that card down here and let us help you with it.” There’s just something now that they have in their hands; it’s just a little different.

You say, “Well Pastor, what about that thing of confessing me before men? Why do you let everybody else go out?”

There’s nothing in the Bible about walking an aisle in a church. The real profession of faith in the Bible is what? It’s baptism. That’s when you’re really professing your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, when you’re baptized.

But be very creative, there are all kinds of ways to give an invitation. Just be creative.

8. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN COMPASSIONATELY

Don’t be afraid of tears. There are times when I’m preaching and the tears will come. There are times when I get up to give an invitation, and the tears come unbidden. I never try for crocodile tears. But

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I feel so deeply about what I’m saying that tears will come because I know we’re dealing with eternal destiny.

Read the Bible, Jesus wept. Paul wept. May the things that break the heart of God break our hearts.

Be compassionate for lost people. Don’t scold them, but testify and exhort them to come to Jesus. Don’t browbeat people in an invitation, that’s negative. And yes, weep. I don’t know how to say this, but even if you weep, weep with a smile on your face. Weep in such a way that they know that you’ve got the joy of the Lord. Let them know your heart is broken and you wish that they had that same joy. Remember, you’re inviting people to a feast and to a funeral.

Be compassionate when you give the invitation.

9. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CONVICTIONALLY

You should be filled with Holy Spirit conviction. I stated a while back, “You can preach truth, but only the Spirit can impart truth.”

On the day of Pentecost Peter, with many other words, did testify and exhort. The Bible says, when they heard this they were pricked in the hearts, and said to Peter and the rest of the disciples, “Men and brethren, what must we do?” They were pricked in their hearts. That was Holy Spirit conviction.

And that’s what the Lord wants. He’s not looking for decisions, He wants disciples, people who will come and who have been convicted by the Spirit of God.

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10. THE INVITATION SHOULD BE GIVEN CELEBRATIVELY

Rejoice with those who come. Read the story of the prodigal son, “This, my son, was dead and is alive again!” Let’s rejoice, be merry. That ought to be a great celebration when souls come to the Lord Jesus Christ in our church. When, after I give an invitation and people come, I say to the congregation, “Let’s rejoice with these who’ve come this morning. Praise the Lord, Amen.” And people begin to rejoice, and sometimes even shout. The happiest time in our church ought to be when newborn babes are coming into the family of God.

Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate. Now, plan your invitation very much like you plan your sermon and take these ten ways and work them in.

Watch Adrian Rogers give the

kind of invitation described in this

booklet at the link below.

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Conclusion

I had a doctor come to me, a medical doctor. He lived about 20 miles away. He said, “Are you going to be preaching Sunday?”

I said, “Yes.” He said, “I’m going to be bringing a patient, the

patient needs to be saved.” I said, “Well wonderful, doctor, I’m so glad.” But I said, “Why don’t you bring your patient to your own church?”

He said, “They don’t care about souls over there.”

Let your church be known as a place where people really want to rescue the perishing, care for dying and snatch them in pity from sin and the grave. Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen one, and tell them of Jesus, the Mighty to save.

You let Congress make the laws, and let Hollywood have the fame, and let Wall Street run the finances. You let me be a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Bring people to Christ. Thank God He’s put us in the ministry.

Amen and amen.

ADDITIONAL BOOKLETSBY ADRIAN ROGERS

K101 Praying With PowerK102 Pardon With PunishmentK104 Countdown in the Holy LandK105 How to Weather the Storms of LifeK106 Unmasking the New AgeK107 God’s Way to Health, Wealth & WisdomK108 The Music of MarriageK109 Pro-Choice Is No ChoiceK110 When Everything Goes WrongK111 How to Break Satan’s Strongholds in Your LifeK112 Survival for the HomeK113 The Comfort of His ComingK114 All Things NewK115 Making Dreams Come TrueK116 The Shepherd’s Answer to StressK117 Victorious PrayerK118 First Things First: The Priority of WorshipK120 How to Have a Life That LastsK121 Blessed Assurance: A Know-So SalvationK122 Authentic ChristianityK123 Freedom From Financial WorryK124 Dealing With DepressionK125 Finding God’s PeaceK126 Freedom of ForgivenessK127 How to Know the Will of GodK128 The Golden Key of FaithK129 God’s Plan for the ManK130 The Secret to a Satisfi ed LifeK131 Turning Problems Into PossibilitiesK132 Evolution: Fact or FictionK133 How to Prepare for PersecutionK134 Does Character Count?K135 Predestined for Hell? Absolutely Not!K137 The Holy Spirit: Your Best FriendK138 How to Make Your Bible Come Alive!K139 Will God Impeach America?K140 How to Know the Bible Is the Word of GodK141 Why the Cross?K142 How to Keep Your Spiritual Fire BurningK143 Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gift GUIDEBOOK

K144 It Takes a Family GUIDEBOOK

K145 Christ of Every Crisis

ADDITIONAL BOOKLETSBY ADRIAN ROGERS

K101 Praying With PowerK102 Pardon With PunishmentK104 Countdown in the Holy LandK105 How to Weather the Storms of LifeK106 Unmasking the New AgeK107 God’s Way to Health, Wealth & WisdomK108 The Music of MarriageK109 Pro-Choice Is No ChoiceK110 When Everything Goes WrongK111 How to Break Satan’s Strongholds in Your LifeK112 Survival for the HomeK113 The Comfort of His ComingK114 All Things NewK115 Making Dreams Come TrueK116 The Shepherd’s Answer to StressK117 Victorious PrayerK118 First Things First: The Priority of WorshipK120 How to Have a Life That LastsK121 Blessed Assurance: A Know-So SalvationK122 Authentic ChristianityK123 Freedom From Financial WorryK124 Dealing With DepressionK125 Finding God’s PeaceK126 Freedom of ForgivenessK127 How to Know the Will of GodK128 The Golden Key of FaithK129 God’s Plan for the ManK130 The Secret to a Satisfi ed LifeK131 Turning Problems Into PossibilitiesK132 Evolution: Fact or FictionK133 How to Prepare for PersecutionK134 Does Character Count?K135 Predestined for Hell? Absolutely Not!K137 The Holy Spirit: Your Best FriendK138 How to Make Your Bible Come Alive!K139 Will God Impeach America?K140 How to Know the Bible Is the Word of GodK141 Why the Cross?K142 How to Keep Your Spiritual Fire BurningK143 Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gift GUIDEBOOK

K144 It Takes a Family GUIDEBOOK

K145 Christ of Every Crisis

K146 Psalm 23: The Secret of SatisfactionK147 How to Fortify Your FaithK148 How to Have a Meaningful Quiet TimeK149 In the Twinkling of an EyeK150 How to Put Power in Your PrayerK151 How to Practice the Presence of GodK152 The Scarlet Thread of RedemptionK153 His Strength in Sickness & SufferingK154 A Place Called HeavenK155 Why?K156 Don’t Be a Disgrace to GraceK157 How to Share Your FaithK158 The God of All ComfortK159 How to Raise Godly ChildrenK160 Making Numbers CountK161 Israel: God’s Alarm ClockK162 4 Keys to VictoryK163 Christian CitizenshipK164 How to Turn a Strength Into a WeaknessK165 Tolerance: The Good, the Bad & the UglyK166 Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?K167 The Obedience of ExpedienceK168 Live Like a King in VictoryK169 What Is the Good Life?K170 Why Three Crosses?K171 The Battle of the BottleK172 This World Is Not My HomeK173 Preaching for a VerdictK174 Five Minutes After Death

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