He lived it, taught about it, demonstrated it. God created this world according to his good purposes for all life, but human sin opened the door for evil, undermining those purposes.īut Jesus showed us what the good life looks like. It’s the story of a God who reigns over everything and whose realm is one of justice, beauty, freedom and love. Of course, evangelism involves talking about God, but not like a sales pitch.
And the sweet spot for evangelism is in the intersections between those stories. Those three stories are (1) the story of God, (b) your own story of life with Jesus, and (c) your non-Christian friend’s story. And I want you to learn to tell them really well. Yep, as if learning one story wasn’t enough, I want you to learn three stories. In order to get there we had to make an effort to think through any situations or issues people might raise and have a clear set of responses that guide the conversation back to the main point.Ĭourses like those probably gave you the impression that when it comes to evangelism there’s only one story that matters - the story of Jesus dying for our sins.īut what if I told you evangelism isn’t just about memorizing and retelling one story? No, it’s much more complicated than that.
#Telling my story for evangelism good or not how to
We were trained in how to stick to the main topic and bring the presentation to the point where we could confront the person directly with their need for salvation. The trainer told us that one of the big obstacles to successfully evangelizing people was the temptation to get side-tracked. I remember attending courses like that and I couldn’t help but feel like a door-to-door salesman being trained in how to present the products benefits, respond to any pesky objections or questions, and finally how to close the deal. Remember when your church used to run evangelism training seminars where everyone was taught how to share their faith via a memorized script or a tract or a series of provocative questions ( “If you were to die tonight…” gulp)?
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