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 Saturday, April 15, 2006

Permission Evangelism

I'm grateful for the Christian Book Summaries web site. It's nice to get a preview of a new book beyond the typical dust cover fluff. Their latest summary is of a book called Permission Evangelism by Michael Simpson. It's now on my wishlist over at CBD. He articulates many of the views I've expressed about evangelism. The whole idea of evangelism has been gravely distorted, and most people seem to equate evangelism with preaching a sermon to a complete stranger. Some people have that gift, the ability to strike up a spiritual conversation with a complete stranger. Most of us don't, and that's OK. That doesn't mean we're left out of the process. If we don't isolate ourselves within our Christian communities, we'll have relationships with people who need to hear Good News. If we're loving and attentive to the Holy Spirit, those relationships will naturally give us opportunities for spiritual conversations. If we're open and honest about what God has done for us, then we've done our job. The Holy Spirit does the rest.

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