![]() ![]() Statement number 2: Everyone is the same. Statement number 1: Everyone is different. ![]() They will seem contradictory but I think we need to acknowledge both if we’re going to witness well. In fact, such questions will be greatly intensified, as we’ll see. Each encounter will be different and all those questions which began the article will come into play. This means that evangelism can never be ‘one size fits all’. It certainly involves doctrines but God does not beam down pure theology onto the unsuspecting. 2:8).Įvangelism is not a doctrine download. Yet this ‘shadow boxing’ bears no resemblance to the real thing and it is disastrously divorced from the sharing of life which must accompany the sharing of the gospel (1 Thess. In my head I’m able to concoct lengthy dialogues in which I trounce my unfortunate ‘opponent’, leaving them convinced of Jesus’ Lordship (not to mention my own unquestioned brilliance). Those complications can be frustrating for folks like me who love to imagine ideal evangelistic encounters. Our lives of witness consist of messy circumstances and complicated people. Most weeks someone asks me a question like this and, to be honest, most days I ask myself a similar question: How can I best communicate Jesus to this person? We never evangelise into thin air – there’s always an audience, always a conversation, always a context. What’s the best approach with the new age? What’s a good resource for understanding Islam?
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