All Christians are called. CAlled to love God with all that we are. Called to serve Him. Called to reach out to the lost. However, when we are honest, the majority of us would admit that we find this last calling the most difficult. We gladly support the evangelistic ministries of other, but most of us feel discouraged by our own attempts at witnessing because of memorized approaches do not seem to be effective
This biblical study of evangelism gracefully reminds us all that the New TEstament model of witnessing is not one-size-fits-all. With compassion for the lost filling every page, Jerram Barrs shows us the variety of approaches used in the New Testament. This the same true, timeless, unchanging Gospel was presented as differently as the audience, calling us to follow its example.
“In addition to the walls within us, we face walls of unbelief created by the prevailing ideas in our culture” (Page 135)
“The truth is that we are unprepared and inadequate when it comes to doing evangelism; furthermore, we are all incapable of converting anyone.” (Page 45)
“We find Paul, then, in three varied settings; yet we will discover that in these very diverse contexts the same basic principles governed Paul’s presentations.” (Page 184)
“A fourth idol of our time is the idol of tolerance” (Page 274)