The Practical Word

 I found the following at Ligonier: Witnessing vs. Evangelism  "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;  and you will be my witnesses   in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,  and to the ends of the earth." ~ Acts 1:8 From: “ witnesses ” μάρτυρες A witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr" ~ From Quotes Cosmos The following is a good video:  The Definition of Evangelism --- Sam Chan  

  H. Norman Wright, a licensed marriage and family counselor, once described a situation that another man had brought to him in the course of his ministry: A new woman came to work in our office. We struck up an acquaintance and began to talk each day over coffee. In time she began to share the problems in her own marriage and we found that we were both in a position of drifting away from our spouses. We actually found that we communicated better together than with our own spouses. We looked for reasons to be together—we shared similar interests and hobbies. I had no ulterior motives—no sinister plans but I enjoyed our time together as friends. We saw each other every day for a few moments and once a week we went to lunch. In time I began to compare Elaine with my wife. I saw so many positives in Elaine. The more I compared the more defects I saw in my wife. Then one day it hit me. “I was in love with another woman. Me! No! I’m a married man with three children. I’m chairman of our chu

I have not been able to resolve this theologically.  “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death. ~ Exodus 21:12-14

  WHEN TO SAY “NO” At the Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary blog The Crushing Obligation to Keep Doing More and More   by Kevin DeYoung