The failure to thus pester these people is often characterized with a misappropriated quotation from St. Paul: "You ate at Denny's without asking the waitress if she knows Jesus as her own private savior? You must be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ!"I know what he means.
That phrase is often used to argue that Christians ought to feel really, really guilty if they are not at all times and in all places making themselves into off-putting, conversation-stealing, monomaniacal, conversion-machines.
It is also used as an all-purpose dismissal of people like me. I believe that evangelism, properly understood, is an invitation -- a form of hospitality. I believe that Christians are called to be salt and light -- not to be the kinds of people that no one wants to sit next to on an airplane.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Evangelical Guilt
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Hey Kevin,
I hope everything is going well in Vancouver!! We should talk more often man.
Anyway, I wanted to check out how you were doing and in regards to the post "Evangelical Guilt" - I see what he's talking about and I also belive we should never shove anything down anyone's throat. Neither do I believe that the gospel MUST be verbally presented COMPELTELY to every single person we meet, or else we are going to hell, or something like that. Rather, I believe we should emphasize more on orthopraxy rather than orthodoxy. So many times as Christians we tend to hold up our orthodoxy and beliefs so strongly that we forget to practice and live out our believes.
Anyway, I believe we should sincerely love others and through that they will be able to see Jesus through us.
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