An extract from Scattering Seeds of Hope by Jeremy Marshall and Mary Davis (10Publishing, November 2023).
Jeremy Marshall, the much-loved evangelist and banker, went to be with the Lord in August. He spent the last eight years of his life living with incurable cancer and used his influence and suffering to spread gospel seeds to thousands of people. Before he died, he wrote Scattering Seeds of Hope, a book that seeks to encourage believers who feel discouraged and ineffective in their evangelism. The follow extract is from the book.
Excuses, excuses, excuses
Most of the Christians I meet are discouraged when it comes to evangelism. They love Jesus and they’d love to be better at telling others how great he is. So what’s the problem?
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