Tuesday, August 29, 2006

The Outreach Program?

The following is from a book I am reading...it is called "Out of the Saltshaker & Into the world".

"If we don't grasp that Christ has freed us to be authentic, we will see evangelism as a project instead of a lifestyle. And we will tend to see non-Christians more as objects of our evangelistic efforts than as authentic persons.
I once asked a girl is she felt comfortable about evangelism. "Oh, yes!" she responded. "I do it twice a week." (Somehow it sounded more like taking multiple vitamins.) Evangelism isn't just something you "do"---out there---and then get back to normal living. Evangelism involves taking people seriously, getting across to their island of concerns and needs, and then sharing Christ as Lord in the context of our natural living situations."

2 Comments:

Blogger Scott said...

Reminds me of St. Francis of Assisi's famous quote: "Preach the Gospel. Use words if necessary!"

10:25 AM  
Blogger Dale Callahan said...

At when we do use those words they won't be the sound of the clanging gong.

6:09 AM  

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