Thursday, September 16, 2010

Plan to Stop Not Evangelizing Part 3

Be Clear. When you share the gospel, think carefully about the language you use. One of the best conversations I can remember about evangelism was with a secular Jewish friend of mine. I was to give talks soon on a college campus about evangelism, and I decided to ask my friend about evangelism... I learned that in my previous conversations with him I had taken the meaning of words for granted. "God", "prayer", "heaven", "good", "moral", "judge", and "sin" are all words that I realized I had not done a good job defining. If I had simply gone through a quick, persuasive sales presentation and gotten him to say "yes!" he would have been saying yes to much that he didn't understand. We need to be both engaging and clear when we present the gospel.
-Mark Dever (The Gospel & Personal Evangelism)

1 comment:

  1. Greg,
    Your blogs are wonderful,and I'm learning alot.Thanks so much for taking the time to do this Proclaim Blog.I've been praying that many will come to Christ through Launch & Proclaim,and that God will also bless you & shower you with His grace as you facilitate these new ministries.God's Richest Blessings to you!

    KCHopkins

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