10 Reasons To Not Evangelize
And 6 Reasons To

October 29, 2009 @ 8:13 PM EST | Category: Just Bloggin'

1. You think it will earn you the persona of the "super spiritual" one in your church.
2. You think God will somehow love you more because you are doing something that 98% of the professing Christian population doesn't do.
3. You think that those poor people out there are just begging for someone to come and preach the gospel to them.
4. You think that people are "hurting" and they just need Jesus to make things better.
5. Your gospel is a plea to live more moral and make better choices and follow Jesus rather than repentance towards God and faith towards the Lord Jesus Christ.
6. You don't think unregenerate sinners are enemies of God.
7. You substitute biblical gospel terminology for something more appealing to the crowd. (i.e. generalized statements about sin and not direct specific statements)
8. You think Jesus is someone who heals a wounded man rather than supernaturally raises a dead man.
9. You think God actually needs you.
10. You actually think you can save someone.

In contrast here are 6 reasons to evangelize

1. It brings glory to Christ.
2. Christ has commanded it and those who love Him joyfully and humbly keep his commandments.
3. God has not only ordained the ends of salvation sovereignly but also the means by which it comes about; namely the preaching of His gospel.
4. God has given you this awesome privilege of partaking in preaching His gospel. The King has made you a herald!
5. It keeps you humble and reminds you of the gospel of your salvation every time you share it.
6. You actually think that God is "OK" with you just "living your Christian life" in front of others.

My Cross


October 22, 2009 @ 10:52 PM EST | Category: Just Bloggin'

I had posted something earlier about making a cross to get the attention of the lost and see how it worked. (See that post here) Well, I made one and it worked great.

Here are some pictures of us using it.

This crowd was actually drawn over by it and we shared the gospel with them!

And of course my wife says I cannot take a serious picture.

It was a lot of fun using the cross to begin conversation about the gospel. We had lots of people walk by and make comments about it and some even stopped to talk. You can't go wrong fishin' with a cross.