This is beautiful, I love this. It can be difficult being on the outside of the institutional church to answer a question about if we go to church. "Yes, I am a Christian--I love Jesus!" so simple and pure. It reminds me of my favourite way to evangelise the lost when they say they don't believe in God. I ask them, "tell me about this God you don't believe in," and many times I find I don't believe in that god either and tell them so. It produces such a shock to the system that they want to hear about what God is actually like and leads to a long fruitful conversation.
Thankyou for your thoughtful response! A great point about asking people to share more detail, as you say, often this image of God is quite distorted compared to the biblical revelation of God's character.
This is beautiful, I love this. It can be difficult being on the outside of the institutional church to answer a question about if we go to church. "Yes, I am a Christian--I love Jesus!" so simple and pure. It reminds me of my favourite way to evangelise the lost when they say they don't believe in God. I ask them, "tell me about this God you don't believe in," and many times I find I don't believe in that god either and tell them so. It produces such a shock to the system that they want to hear about what God is actually like and leads to a long fruitful conversation.
Thankyou for your thoughtful response! A great point about asking people to share more detail, as you say, often this image of God is quite distorted compared to the biblical revelation of God's character.
I love your idea that it doesn't have to be complicated. Making it personal means it's harder for others to ignore. Thank you :)
It is definitely harder to ignore personal experience!
This was encouraging! The Holy Spirit will help us say what needs to be said.
Indeed, and I am so thankful for that!
Excellent post! Thanks for sharing this!