This booklet is an adaptation of the book Share Jesus Without Fear (SJWF), written by William Fay and Ralph Hodge (copyright 1997). It also contains verses from the Roman Road, the gospel presentation used by Evangelism Explosion, and other verses from the Bible related to salvation and discipleship.
The authors of SJWF recommend carrying a sharing Bible consistently.
This helps forge a commitment with God aimed at expanding your opportunities to witness.
It becomes an intentional request to God: "Please send seekers my way."
The typical sharing Bible:
- fits in a man’s rear hip pocket, shirt pocket, or woman’s purse
- specifies the page number of the first sharing verse on the cover,
and subsequent verses are linked from the prior verse by indicating the next page
- usually has the sharing verse(s) highlighted (printed or manually)
Compared to the sharing Bible described above, this booklet:
- has the sharing passages arranged in order of presentation to simplify navigation from sharing passage to sharing passage
- includes passages for the first five SJWF questions
- is more useful for people with so-so eyesight by using larger pages and much larger font to highlight the verse(s) of interest
- can serve as the basis for a one-on-one Bible study with a seeker, or simply be given to a seeker (but discussion recommended)
- includes context verses before and after the sharing passages, but in smaller font to focus attention on the sharing verse(s)
- includes SJWF notes, model Sinner’s Prayer, and Passion verses
- uses multiple translations to conform to publisher limits
- is much less expensive to produce and give away
The SJWF evangelism training assumes you will engage a seeker in conversation and
discuss five questions to help determine where God is working:
- Do you have any kind of spiritual belief?
- To you, who is Jesus?
- Do you believe there is a heaven and a hell?
- If you died right now, where would you go? If heaven, why?
- If what you believe were not true, would you want to know?
If these five questions have been asked conversationally, start on the page labeled "Have You Sinned During Your Life?" Also, this booklet has many more verses than you can realistically share in a single witnessing opportunity. With experience, you can decide which verses to leave out, as well as incorporating your own verses. The main point of SJWF is to let the Holy Spirit be in dialog with the seeker. Don’t explain what verses mean, but rather encourage them to read again if they don’t understand.
There are separate booklets of various sizes that can be printed out.
The pocket size is 4.25" x 5.5" and was prepared with Microsoft Publisher.
A large size (5.5" x 8.5") may be more appropriate for sharing with seekers
who have marginal eyesight. It is prepared in Microsoft Word format.
Both booklets are available for free download over the internet at:
http://www.bibleinverse.org/cruising/download
Either booklet can be printed by an individual, group, or church with negligible restrictions (no charge, just don’t change the content without permission). You will need a duplex printer, long armed stapler, and either Microsoft Publisher 2000 or Word 2000 (or later). The website above has further info about print setup for duplex printers.
May God richly bless your witnessing.