Witnesses for Christ

About this episode

Angus Buchan discusses the importance of being witnesses for Christ, sharing impactful stories of individuals who exemplified this calling.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 13th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Acts 22:15: ” For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.”  That was the word through Ananias, to the great man of God, Paul the Apostle. Then we go to 1 Timothy 3:7: ”Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside…”  You and I have been called to be witnesses for Jesus Christ, just as the Lord called Paul, the Apostle. “Tell the world about the soon-coming king.” You don’t have to be a theologian, you don’t have to go to university and study theology. No, in the area that the Lord has placed you. I want to tell you about three men who have really impacted my life.  The first one was a dairy farmer from America, Demos Shakarian. He was a very successful dairy farmer. One of the biggest in the world in his day, and yet the Lord called him to be a witness to men, and he started the Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship, which went right around the world, amongst all denominations and drew many men to Jesus Christ. He was a good witness for the…

People in this episode

Host: Angus Buchan

Topics covered

• witnessing
• faith
• Christian testimony
• personal stories
• inspiration

Keywords

• witnesses
• Jesus Christ
• faith
• testimony
• Christianity
• inspiration
• Demos Shakarian
• Robert Le Tourneau

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Book of Acts, 1 Timothy

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