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    (By Jeffery Smith)

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    “Book Descriptions: Evangelistic preaching does not just include preaching the historical facts of the gospel. It also includes the passionate appeal for the lost to repent and believe the gospel.

    I cannot think of a more necessary message to be given to churches and ministers of all types and kinds. For the pragmatist, it is a call to abandon the carnal strategies of the secular world that have no power to convert the soul. For the solidly Reformed, it is a call to stand and preach the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit and to earnestly and urgently call men to repentance and faith. In this brief work, Jeff Smith proves that true gospel preaching is not less than accurate exposition, but it is much more—it is prayer, proclamation, persuasion, and pleading. This book will wake you from the deception of pragmatism and the comfortable slumber of orthodoxy. It will bid you stand in a valley of dry bones and call the dead to live.

    —Paul Washer, Founder, HeartCry Missionary Society

    If most pastors are anything like me, they find preaching to build up the saints far, far easier than preaching to win lost men and women to saving faith in Christ. In his new book, Preaching for Conversions, Jeff Smith provides us with a stimulating series of chapters, all aimed at helping men preach more deliberately and more persuasively the saving gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is not just another primer on “How to”; it is a pastor teaching us from God’s Word and from examples in church history and, out of his own experience, the biblical pattern and privilege of preaching evangelistically. It is a pleasure to commend Preaching for Conversions.

    —Ian Hamilton, Teaches historical theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, South Carolina, and Westminster Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Newcastle, England

    Many who preach evangelically fail to preach evangelistically. Perhaps, sadly, we do not know quite what to do or where to begin. Without for a moment denying the sovereign majesty of a saving God, Jeffery Smith presses home the beauty, clarity and urgency of the gospel on all who are called to preach it, and underlines the necessity of cultivating a convicting and converting intent in our preaching. We are to preach for conversions, so to speak, under God, as to be his means of bringing the dead to life, those in darkness to light. This is a holy skill we need to cultivate today, and these pages will help you understand both what you are to do and how to do it.

    —Jeremy Walker, Pastor, Maidenbower Baptist Church (UK)

    I see Jeff Smith as an impressive kingdom warrior—a Captain America, running among us foot soldiers. I highly respect him, his opinions, his convictions, and his ministry. When he speaks or writes, I listen. Here, he calls us to preach for conversions, to plan determined and continuous gospel assaults on the souls of lost sinners, keeping in mind that many who think they’re safe for eternity are deceived by the enemy. He emboldens us to bring hurt before healing, conviction before comfort. He drives us to helpless dependence, then directs us to Almighty power. Read this, pastor! It will galvanize you to fight a better fight for your hearers and our King.

    —Mark Chanski, Pastor, Harbor Church in Holland, MI, Professor of Hermeneutics at Reformed Baptist Seminary”

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