“As we argue, we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are actually serving them, helping them along toward Jesus, but often this reactionary posture actually works to derail their journey of faith.” — DON EVERTS “Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.” — COLOSSIANS 4:6 …
Show and Tell
Showing and sharing, that’s how we introduce our friends to our Friend Jesus. We show him off by the way we live and tell people why we live that way as best we can. Though they’re inextricably linked, some of us do a lot more sharing than showing. We try to get away with telling …
Tour Guide Evangelism
A change of paradigm might serve to improve the effectiveness of our witness. Instead of Gospel salespersons we might better think of ourselves as spiritual “Tour Guides.” It’s not like we’re selling anything and trying to profit from it, anyway. Right? Our job is to share what we’ve found and tell people where they can …
Delivery Matters!
I’ve heard some presentations of the good news that sounded terribly similar to billboard guarantees: “If you come to Jesus he will get you that job, win you that wife, or heal you of cancer!” Maybe he will and maybe he won’t, but unless the Spirit clearly compels you, don’t make promises on his behalf. …
Rejected, Not Dejected
Let’s be honest, it’s not always this easy. Most people, repeated enticements of the Spirit notwithstanding, are less than enthused about handing over the reins of their lives to Someone they can’t even see. Therefore, if we hope to reach reachable Rahabs we have to be willing to be rejected most times. Since we can’t …
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