The printed edition this Web Book is based on
- Title: The School of Biblical Evangelism: 101 Lessons — How to Share Your Faith Simply, Effectively, Biblically… the Way Jesus Did
- Authors: Kirk Cameron & Ray Comfort
- Publisher: Bridge-Logos, Alachua, Florida
- Copyright: © 2004 by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort
- Edited by: Lynn Copeland · Cover by Joe Potter Design
- ISBN 978-0-88270-968-0 · Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2008940872
Permission to republish
This book’s copyright page states: “No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means—electronic, mechanical, photographic (photocopy), recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission from the publisher, unless it is for the furtherance of the gospel and given away free.”
UECF.NET is a non-commercial Christian ministry, and this Web Book is offered to readers at no cost, for the furtherance of the gospel — exactly the use this permission describes. In keeping with that permission, this edition reproduces the book’s actual lesson content (rather than a summary), corrected only for the mechanical artifacts of digital text extraction (line-wrap breaks, page markers), with the wording otherwise unchanged from the source.
The book’s copyright page also notes that its material on Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism, and Buddhism is reprinted with permission from the North American Mission Board (namb.net/evangelism/iev), and that Scripture in the book is taken from The Evidence Bible (© 2001 Bridge-Logos), a lightly modernized King James Version, unless otherwise noted as Amplified (© 1965 Zondervan).
How this Web Book was produced
UECF.NET was supplied with the source PDF of the printed book (919 pages). Every one of its 101 lessons was extracted and transcribed into this Web Book, preserving the book’s own structure for each lesson: an opening quote, Kirk Cameron’s comment, a “Questions & Objections” exchange, the lesson’s Bible teaching, review questions, and (where present) a “Preacher’s Progress” witnessing dialogue, “Feathers for Arrows,” “Words of Comfort,” a Memory Verse, and the “Last Words” of a historical figure. Bible references throughout are detected and linked to the UECF.NET NKJV Bible.
Two parts of the printed book are not included as separate Web Book pages, for scope reasons: the 54-page “Answers” key to every lesson’s review questions, and the closing promotional pages (Recommended Resources, an ad for The Evidence Bible, and back-cover copy). Every lesson page links to the complete source PDF, which includes all of this material, for readers who want it.
Preface (from the printed book)
“In 2001, we decided to create an online Bible school called ‘The School of Biblical Evangelism,’ in which we would systematically equip Christians to share their faith. It would have a total of 120 lessons. We couldn’t wait to get it underway, so we placed the first ten lessons online, thinking we could write the others before students caught up with us. We were wrong. Almost immediately students were banging on our door asking, ‘Where is the next lesson?’ The experience of trying to outrun hungry students was a taste of what was to come. Within a short time we were delighted to find that over 2,000 students from 18 countries had enrolled in the school. It was because of this response that we decided to publish the ‘School of Biblical Evangelism’ in a printed format for those who don’t have Internet access, or who prefer to work directly from the printed page… The School has been streamlined and now consists of 101 enhanced lessons focusing on how to share your faith biblically. It is our deepest hope that you not only will enjoy each lesson, but will be motivated by them to fulfill the Great Commission, while there is still time.”
— Kirk Cameron & Ray Comfort
How to use these lessons (from the printed book)
“This study course is designed for you to proceed at your own pace. Don’t hurry through; take all the time you need to digest the content. The goal isn’t simply to complete the course but to truly learn the way of the Master in sharing the gospel.” Each lesson begins with a quote and Kirk Cameron’s comment, includes a “Questions & Objections” exchange, and closes with review questions, a Memory Verse, and (in most lessons) a “Preacher’s Progress” dialogue and other features described above.
Scripture references
Bible references detected in the lesson text are linked to the corresponding passage in the UECF.NET NKJV Bible. Scripture quoted directly within the lessons (Memory Verses and quoted text) follows the wording of the source book, which is drawn primarily from The Evidence Bible’s lightly modernized King James Version, unless marked Amplified.
About the authors
Ray Comfort is the founder of Living Waters and creator of the Way of the Master evangelism training. Kirk Cameron, an actor known for his role in the television series Growing Pains, has worked alongside Comfort in evangelism and film since the early 2000s.
Corrections
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