EVAN 101
EXAM 5 STUDY
GUIDE
All questions are taken from Evangelism Is… by Dr. Earley and Dr. Wheeler. You
do not need to memorize these passages. Only be familiar with the content.
Be able to identify the following verses as they are written in the textbook and have
an understanding of Dr. Earley’s and Dr. Wheeler’s teachings on the following
verses.
•John 1:14 (ch. 22)
•Acts 1:8 (ch. 22)
•Proverbs 11:30 (ch. 23)
•John 13:35 (ch. 24)
•John 2:1–10 (ch. 25)
•Luke 19 (ch. 25)
•John 6:1–14 (ch. 25)
•Matthew 25:38–40 (ch. 27)
Chapter 22
•According to Dr. Earley, the United States has shifted from a Christian nation to
a post-Christiannation. (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•Jim Peterson defines our “secularized society” as _People not operating within a
religious framwork (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Earley, the “peanut butter and jelly approach” to
evangelism requires both proclamation and affrimation (Be able to fill in the
blank.)
•Proclamation evangelism is primarily for whom? Giving a clear explanation of
the gospel to a non-Christians as an event. Preaching the gospel with our lips.
•According to Dr. Earley, is evangelism an event? No, it is both an event and
living out our lives. It is a lifestyle.
Chapter 23
•According to Dr. Earley, you do not need to win lost people to building (Be
able to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Earley, if we are to be truly effective evangelists, we must love
people like God loves themand see them like God sees them (Be able to fill in the
blank.)
•According to Dr. Earley, many people simply must feel like they
_belongbefore they can believe (Be able to fill in the blanks.)
•According to Chapter 23, eightout of 10 unchurched adults would accept an
invitation to church if invited. (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Earley, what are the 3 victories you win with unbelievers and in
what order do they occur? Win them to yourself, to church, then to Christ.
Chapter 24
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•Dr. Earley compares evangelism with lost people to building _bridges (Be able
to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Wheeler, who cites Claude King and Carolyn Thompson’s work,
all believers have sevenconcentric circles of concern in evangelism. (Be able to
fill in the blank.)
•Know the concentric circles of concern in evangelism in order. Self,
family, relatives, friends, neighbors and associates, acquaintances, person
x.
•According to Dr. Wheeler, evangelism is lived out through intentional
relationships (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Wheeler, what is the culmination of evangelism? Multiplication.
WHne your disciples begin making their own disciples.
Chapter 25
•According to Dr. Wheeler, evangelism is hanging out with a purpose (Be able
to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Wheeler, Jesus exhibited the characteristics of “hanging
out” evangelism in John 2:1–10 when he attended a wedding (Be able to fill
in the blank.)
•Dr. Wheeler encourages believers to be fully present by continuously looking
for opportunites to exalt Christ through ministering to others (Be able to fill in
the blank.)
•Dr. Wheeler quotes this verse, “For if you remain completely silent at this
time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you
and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to
the kingdom for such a time as this?” as an example of divine opportunity. The
person given this opportunity was Esther (Be able to fill in the blank.)
Chapter 26
•Dr. Wheeler states that “incarnational living’ and following the Great Commission
(Matthew 28:18–20) is more about goingthan coming. (Be able to fill in the
blank.)
•According to Dr. Wheeler, incarnational living is an expression of our new
birth (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•Citing Steve Sjorgen in his book, Conspiracy of Kindness, Dr. Wheeler notes that
the proper way to view and respond to lost people is to
invade people’s
lives through incarnational living (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•Incarnational living involves what? Combines personal, intentional evangelism
with the genuine spirit of a Christ-like servant.
•Dr. Wheeler quotes Albert L. Meiburg, who states that “Needis the trigger which
activates God’s call to minister if we have the heart to hear and respond.” (Be able
to fill in the blank.)
Chapter 27
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•According to Dr. Wheeler, by putting ministry into action, evangelism becomes
a natural byproduct (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•According to Dr. Wheeler, evangelism is opening our eyes to the needs of others
(Be able to fill in the blank.)
Chapter 28
•According to Dr. Wheeler, evangelism is knowing the difference between
hearing and listening (Be able to fill in the blank.)
•Dr. Wheeler quotes Jerry Pipes concerning the art of listening. What are the levels
of listening? Ignoring, pretend listening, selective listening, attentive listening,
and empathetic listening.
•What is One-up Listening? Miniminzing the person’s story with a
more impressive experience.
•What is Barney Fife Listening? Always offering solutions.
•What is Dr. Phil Listening? A disconnected string of suggestions.
•What is I-Pod Listening? Deifying ourselves by walking through life in our own
little world with little concern about the needs of hurting people.
•According to Dr. Wheeler, what are effective strategies in listening? Seek and
determine the other person’s perspective, ask good strategic question and
respond with well-placed state,ments, give the other person space.
•According to Dr. Wheeler, true evangelism is expressed with the whole
being, both verbally and nonverbally. (Be able to fill in the blanks.)
Chapter 29
•Dr. Wheeler cites John 11:35 when Jesus wept as an example of his empathy
in action. Who was Jesus crying over? Because of the death of his friend
Lazarus, Jesus was deeply moved by the pain his sisters were experincing.
•According to Dr. Wheeler, is empathetic living relating to the physical pain
of hurting people? Yes.
•According to Dr. Wheeler, part of living an empathetic life is learning to live
with your personal struggles and shortcomings or warts. (Be able to fill in the
blank.)
•According to Dr. Wheeler, what are examples of empathetic living? Never
forgetting how it feels to be lost. Taking what Stan’s means for destruction and
turning it around the glory of God. Living an authentic life and not hiding your
warts. Proclaiming complete restoration through Christ.
•According to Dr. Wheeler, one origin of the word empathy means to suffer
with. (Be able to fill in the blank.)
