The Future of the Gospel in Europe | dr. Tim Savage

Tim Savage asks what the future of the gospel in Europe will be amid deep secularism, and instead of offering opinions, he turns to Jesus’ words in Luke 10. Jesus sends out the seventy-two two by two, showing that gospel work is never done alone but in partnership, prayer, and church community. Crucially, Jesus declares: “The harvest is plentiful.” Savage argues this promise is timeless—Europe may seem post-Christian, but spiritually bleak times may actually signal pre-Christian conditions ripe for awakening.The problem is not the harvest but the lack of laborers, largely because Christians have grown defeatist. When we believe Jesus, we begin to pray earnestly for workers—and often discover that we ourselves become the answer to our own prayers.Jesus sends His workers out as lambs among wolves, meaning gospel mission is costly and cannot rely on worldly props, methods, or self-confidence. Laborers depend entirely on God. They go with undistracted focus and a simple message: “Peace to this house… The kingdom of God has come near to you.” Everyone ultimately needs God, and only Jesus can bring them to Him.Rejection will happen, but believers respond not with contempt but with tears, like Jesus weeping over Jerusalem. We are Christ’s voice: “Whoever hears you hears Me.”Savage ends with a personal story of his parents praying for laborers and becoming laborers themselves, sparking revival in their town. His father’s final words capture the call: “All for Jesus, till the whole world hears.”