Sins of omission
I've spent a lot of time talking lately about grey area convictions and moral compasses (smoking, drinking, music, etc.), and have really lost sight of the mark ("pick a card, any card"...see yesterday's post). We are commanded to go and make disciples of all nations, we are commanded to share the Gospel...how we doing there?
A survey of all churches with over 1000 members...NONE were growing because of conversions! Also, among practicing evangelicals (not mere believers, but evangelicals), less than 10% shared the Gospel with a non-believer in the last year!
The shoe fits me. How 'bout you?
posted by Hollywood at 3:32 AM
3 Comments:
When we were at DTS, most students wouldn't go to chat with Dr. Hendricks with our problems because his answer would be so brilliant and convicting...
...and then we'd wind up as one of his illustrations!
5:11 AM
I don't get it Brent...am I about to become one of your illustrations?
8:05 AM
about the churches -- doesn't surprise me in the least, none of the non-christians i know would darken the door of a church, even if they did come to Jesus. i think that has less to do with people getting to know Jesus than it does with the fact that something might be wrong with our churches.
and re: sharing the gospel in the past year: aren't our lives supposed to be examples of the gospel? then isn't everything we do considered to be sharing the gospel? or is it just some preconceived idea of having to go through a certain word path with a person, explaining certain things in a certain way to get a certain result? that doesn't sound like we are fully sharing the gospel to me. and for the record, i've done both. within the past year. except there was no "favorable result." just because you share, doesn't always mean people will change their minds.
9:33 AM
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