Out of the Fire
Biblical Foundation. Practical Tools. Eternal Imapact
You Know You Should Share the Gospel. This Book Shows You How.
My friend was not interested in Jesus.
I had tried everything I knew. Every time I brought it up, he shut me down or cracked a joke. He was sharp, funny, dismissive, and completely closed off. Nothing I said made a dent.
Then one night, a man named Blaine did something I had never thought to do. He didn’t argue. He didn’t appeal to emotions. He simply opened his Bible and read a passage written seven hundred years before Jesus was born. Then he asked my friend one question.
I watched the color drain out of my friend’s face. For the first time since I had known him, he had nothing to say.
What landed in that room was not my personal story. It was not Blaine’s personality. It was the testimony of God, declared through the prophet Isaiah centuries before Christ was born, describing the suffering and death of a man who matched Jesus of Nazareth in precise detail.
My friend could dismiss how Jesus made me feel. He could not so easily dismiss what God had declared centuries in advance.
The question I could not shake afterward was simple: What was it about this that landed so much more powerfully than anything else?
This book is my answer.
Out of the Fire — Coming September 2026
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The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
Let me be honest about something most Christians already know but rarely say out loud.
We have the most important message in the history of the world. And most of us are not sharing it.
Not because we don’t care. Not because we don’t believe it matters. But because somewhere along the way, we picked up the idea that evangelism is for pastors, missionaries, or people with a special gift. We feel unqualified. We’re afraid of saying the wrong thing. We don’t know where to start. And so we stay silent.
Bill Fay called this “the sin of silence.” That may sound strong. I am inclined to agree with him. If we have the message of life and we refuse to share it, we ought to at least wrestle honestly with what our silence costs the people around us.
Here is what most believers have never been told: the problem is not that you lack courage. The problem is that you lack equipment. You have been told to go, but nobody showed you how.
That is what Out of the Fire is for.
What This Book Will Do for You
Out of the Fire is not a theory book. It is not a guilt trip. It is a practical, biblical handbook that will take you from wherever you are right now to someone who can confidently, clearly, and lovingly share the gospel with anyone, anywhere.
The book is built in three parts, and the order matters.
Part I — The Foundation lays the groundwork before a single method is introduced. You will learn why God’s testimony is more powerful than your personal story, what the gospel actually is (and what it isn’t), and what response you are calling people to when you share it. If the message is wrong, the method doesn’t matter. We start here because everything else depends on it.
Part II — The Preparation addresses what happens before you open your mouth. You will learn how to pray for open doors with real expectation, how the Holy Spirit empowers ordinary believers for extraordinary witness, and what it means to call people not just to agreement but to genuine repentance and faith. This section will change how you think about the spiritual dimension of evangelism.
Part III — The Tools is where the methods live. This is not one method. It is many. You will discover how to use Old Testament prophecy to give your witness objective, verifiable weight that no personal story can match. You will learn a Bible-based approach that lets the Word of God do the heavy lifting for you. You will be equipped with a diagnostic method that helps you understand where someone actually stands spiritually before you try to move them forward. You will learn how service and generosity can open doors that nothing else can. You will walk away with a simple four-word framework that lets you proclaim the gospel anywhere, anytime, with nothing in your hands. And you will learn exactly where apologetics fits so you stop putting the cart before the horse.
The “Going Deeper” sections point you to additional resources and recommended reading for continued growth. You are not expected to master everything at once. You are expected to start.
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This Is Not Another Book That Tells You to “Just Go Share”
I have read many books on evangelism over the years. Some are excellent. Several of them are recommended in these pages. But many of them do one of two things: they motivate you without equipping you, or they hand you a single method and call it “the” answer.
Out of the Fire is different because it gives you both the foundation and the tools together, and it gives you multiple tools so you can find the ones that fit who you are and how God made you.
You do not have to be a street preacher. You do not have to master apologetics. You do not have to memorize entire chapters of the Bible before you begin. Maybe you will find that handing out tracts and letting a witnessing Bible do the work is exactly where you are most comfortable and most faithful. Maybe service evangelism is where you shine. Maybe the four-word framework in Chapter 10 gives you the confidence to open your mouth in conversations you used to avoid.
All of it is good. All of it is faithful. The unity is in the message, not the method. And please, no “justs.” Do not say, “I just hand out tracts,” or “I just talk to my neighbors.” There is nothing “just” about a Christian faithfully carrying the most important message in the history of the world to someone who needs to hear it. Every effort counts. Every conversation matters.
Already Field-Tested with Real Results
The content of this book is not untested theory. It began as an in-person class at Howell Bible Church, where believers of all ages and backgrounds learned these methods and put them into practice immediately.
This material has been taught as an eight-week course at Howell Bible Church on multiple occasions. Each week, participants learned a different approach and then went out to apply what they had learned. Several people shared the gospel for the very first time and said it was a good experience. Shy people began to speak boldly. Children handed out gospel tracts by the handful in a single night. Some went on to preach the gospel publicly during community events.
Those who have used this material to train others in evangelism have found it easy to both understand and practice.
That is what I want for you. Not inspiration that fades by Thursday. Equipping that lasts.
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This Book Is for You If…
- You know you should be sharing the gospel but don’t know where to start
- You have been proclaiming the gospel for years but you know there is always more to learn and you want to sharpen your skills and grow in your faithfulness
- You’ve tried and felt like you did it poorly, or froze when the moment came
- You’ve been told evangelism is “not your gift” and quietly accepted that excuse
- You want practical tools you can use immediately, not just principles to think about
- You want to understand the gospel more deeply so you can share it more clearly
- You are a pastor or ministry leader looking for a resource to equip your people
- You’ve relied on your personal testimony and sensed that something more powerful is available
- You want to be faithful to the Great Commission but need someone to show you how
This Book Is Not for You If…
- You are looking for a debate manual to win arguments online
- You want a single magic formula that works on everyone
- You prefer comfortable Christianity that never requires you to proclaim the gospel
- You are not willing to step out in faith and actually practice what you learn
Free Companion Resources
Throughout the book, ’s “Going Deeper” sections point to specific resources for continued study. All of those resources, along with additional tools, downloads, and recommended reading, are collected in one place at theexaltedchrist.com/out-of-the-fire/resources.
Available resources include:
- Old Testament Testimony Resource — A categorized list of Old Testament passages organized by the key elements of the gospel: suffering and death, resurrection, entering glory, and forgiveness in His name.
- Sample Benevolence Ministry Policy — A field-tested church policy for implementing a service-based evangelism ministry, adapted from a policy in active use for over a decade. Ready to adopt, modify, or use as a framework.
- Recommended Reading — Annotated reviews of every book referenced in Out of the Fire, including works by Greg Gilbert, David Morel, Bill Fay, Ray Comfort, Gregory Koukl, and others.
- Christ in Moses — An article tracing the Messianic thread through the books of Moses.
About the Author
Joe Kohler is the pastor of Howell Bible Church and co-founder of TheExaltedChrist.com. He has served in full-time Christian leadership in both local church and parachurch ministry contexts since 2010. Joe is the author of several books, including Faithful in Prayer, Come, Believe, Follow (Gospel of John), Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth (Acts), and co-author of Set Free by Christ (Galatians) and Worthy of the Kingdom (Thessalonians).
Out of the Fire represents over two decades of personal evangelism, study, and equipping others to share the gospel. It began as a conviction, became a class, and is now a book. Joe’s heart for this project is simple: every believer, equipped and faithful, carrying the most important message in the world to the people who need to hear it.
You can find all of Joe’s books here.
The Fire Is Real. The Door Is Open.
In Jude 23, Christians are given a command that should keep us on the alert: “Save others, snatching them out of the fire.”
That image is not comfortable. It is not supposed to be. Fire is urgent. Fire does not wait for you to finish studying. It does not linger until you feel ready. The people in your life — your neighbors, your coworkers, your family members — have eternal souls. And the door is still open.
You do not need to know everything. You never will. The power was never in your knowledge. It was always in His gospel. This book will equip you. The Holy Spirit will empower you. The only question is whether you will step out in faith and open your mouth.
Get your copy of Out of the Fire today. Then go. The world is waiting.
“Save others, snatching them out of the fire.” — Jude 1:23
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