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Chafer provides a valuable exposition on the topic of evangelism in this volume. He lays out the specifics of what evangelism does not entail, clearing up any confusion about the nature of evangelism. Chafer then goes on to define what makes up proper evangelism, emphasizing the roles of both God and the community of believers. He covers prayer, the role of the Holy Spirit, and suffering. Chafer...

place an undue emphasis upon the comparatively small human share in those undertakings. It is under these distorted estimates of the factors in the work of salvation that those things which may be called “false forces” in evangelism are substituted for the true. What are here termed “false forces” are, in some measure, God-appointed means in true evangelism. They become false forces only when they receive too much emphasis, or are strained to perform a function beyond that assigned to them in the
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