Exalting God, Edifying Believers, Evangelizing the Lost

The Responsibility of Witnessing

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/17/20 Christians are often relieved to learn they are not responsible for saving souls; that role is divine and not ours. Just as a witness is not responsible for the verdict, we are not held accountable for whether the people we invite to know Jesus...
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The Joy of Witnessing

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/16/20 When the Samaritan woman accepted Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah, she was instantly transformed into a new being. The woman at the well was so thrilled she left her water jug behind in her eagerness to tell everyone what Christ had done for...
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Stay at the Well

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/15/20 Jesus modeled how to share the Good News with people from very different backgrounds. What was His method? Love. In this story of the woman at the well in John 4, we see Jesus put His agenda aside, spend time with the woman, and ask her...
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How to Exemplify Grace and Truth

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/14/20 The word grace is widely misunderstood in our culture. In the Bible, grace simply refers to God’s gifts of goodness and blessing in our lives that we do not deserve—gifts of salvation, eternal life, forgiveness of sin, mercy, protection,...
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A Plan for Victor

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/13/20 None of the heroes of faith we learn about in Hebrews 11 would have experienced victory with a weak, ineffective faith. Each of them was courageous in their faith because they knew the enormity of God’s power and trusted that He would...
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