It wasn t about ‘what is happening now, or who does it better ‘. Appereantly, NOBODY does, YET.
The whole point is, that – soon – it WILL happen

I play drums on our worship team. I’m a decent drummer. Not star-caliber, and I’d probably starve if I had to make a living playing drums, but I know enough to play.

I also can spot superb drumming and lousy drumming when I hear them. I know when a drummer has talent but no restraint, too, so that he overplays a song and ruins it. In other words, I don’t have to be a superstar to know good and bad.

I’m a passable evangelist. The abilities God has given me have worked better in the teaching realm than in the evangelizing realm. That said, I have been used of God to lead people to Christ.

Anytime anyone comes to Christ, it’s a power encounter. Whether the charismata enter into that is up to God’s use of that encounter. God has blessed me with several word gifts, most of which I have used for the edification of fellow believers. I can’t say that God has seen fit to use me for healing or miracles, but I always hold out that possibility that He will.

In my own life, I can only think of one time where I was directly involved in helping lead another person to Christ when God employed a word gift through me. So no, my own track record can’t be cited as the perfect example of power evangelism at work. I continue to pray that God will use me in whatever way, “power” evangelism or “regular” evangelism, that He sees fit. And yes, this year I have come under conviction that I am not doing enough work as an evangelist as I have let other worldly concerns keep me from devoting more time to that function.

The fact that I am not on the cutting edge of evangelism does not mean that I have no ability to speak to how it may be done correctly. Most Christians who have been around for a while know how to witness effectively and how to royally mess things up. My post here addresses the need to do evangelism correctly and to avoid royally messing it up. Everyone will mess up an encounter or two. It happens. But lousy preparation, teaching, and an understanding of who God is and how He works will ensure failure 9 times out of 10. And a person can do as much damage as he can do good.

I will also add that I have long said here that I believe the charismata are not as prevalent (in the way of of “turn them on, turn them off”) as some charismatics believe. You know we disagree on this. Those who expect every encounter to be a power encounter may end up manufacturing a result, which is not going to help anyone. I also think there’s a lack of humility involved when someone announces that he and his crew are going to “whack people up” with the Holy Spirit. Do you not agree?

Dan, please stop being so modest and share with us all your marvelous power evangelism experiences (in which you get it right). I want to hear details and lots of them. With your expertise, you must have had plenty of experience in this area, expert enough to lecture everybody else about it, with plenty of stories and examples of what you have done personally. I am sure you have stories about sinners falling to the ground before your feet wailing and mourning under conviction, begging God for mercy, like out of a Wesley revival or like a scene at Cane Ridge. Tell us about the sick and lame being healed when you laid hands on them and prayed.

I really, really want to hear about what you have seen and heard.