evangelism

Brussels Sprouts and Jesus

I had a recent conversation about sharing the good news with people who are not Christians. Just that term, sharing the good news is problematic. It has so much baggage associated with it. So do evangelism, witnessing, etc. When we use terms like this we bring our baggage into talking about Jesus into these conversations.Continue reading “Brussels Sprouts and Jesus”

The Power of Stories

One of the best parts of my job is talking to people who are new to faith. Over and over again, the same thing that people say moved them closer to Jesus was when someone shared their story with them. That could be sharing a faith story during a Sunday morning gathering, or it couldContinue reading “The Power of Stories”

Great post from Mark D on Evangelism. http://theresurgence.com/evangelism_driscoll

Penn on Evangelism

I know this has been going around the blog-o-spher-o-verse but Penn, of Penn & Teller, of passionate athiest, has some incredibly honest and important thoughts about evangelism.

Evangelism Thoughts

This struck me in class. (i’m actually still in glass but had to get this out) Do we evanglize because we want to win an arguement, we want to be right, or because we are actually trying to share the good news. Eu angelion – Good Message Evangelist is the good messenger or the MessengerContinue reading “Evangelism Thoughts”