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How Directly Should We Share Our Faith?




Good question.


But truth is, we still need to speak.

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  1. Nonchristians already know who the practicing Christians around them are.  They pay attention to minute clues, and treat us differently. 

    Amusingly enough, it's a certain brand of Christian who can't seem to figure out who his fellow Christians are.  They figure all the Christians go to their church, punctuate every sentence with PTL, and stalk the unwary with oddly scripted dialogs designed to create instant faith.    They don't discriminate.  They'll terrorize their fellow Christians right along with the rest of humanity.  God loves these folks, which is a really good thing.  The rest of humanity struggles not to loathe 'em.

    If we want to draw people to Christ, just be ourselves.  If just being ourselves doesn't attract people to Christ, then get to work on ourselves.   If we're a Christians and it shows, conversation and behavior will be more circumspect around us.   People will come to us for respite from difficult relationships and awkward situations.  Sometimes individuals engaged in unethical behavior will decide to desist, because of our effect on corporate climate. 

    We need to be consistent.  I once bought a used car from a guy whose conversation was peppered with devout sounding remarks.  Unfortunately, he had devised an elaborate scheme to cheat the state out of some property and sales taxes.  As he explained it, I'd save money too.  It was the least he could do for a sister in Christ, he justified.  Great witness…not!  He was a classic example of a Christian who had confused "nice" with "good".  Collectively as well as individually, Christians can't afford that error. 

    The brand of Christianity that simultaneously insists that everyone should get on board the train, but ignores ethics and boundaries, is toxic to evangelism.  It needs to stop.  We need to act our age, not our shoe size.  If we walk the walk, people seeking answers about faith will feel comfortable talking about Christ with us.

  2. I think you must always, at some point in your encounter with someone, let a person know the Gospel clearly. That Jesus died & rose again, to forgive our sins & heal our world, and we can accept new life in him. When souls are at stake that can’t be left in any degree of doubt.

    The other 99% of our time with people, should be simply living it.

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