Talk about Jesus without Freaking Out

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What is the gospel? An ex-Christian friend of mine turned to me and said“Chris, what is the gospel?”Excitement bubbled up within me.  I’m an evangelist and this conversation was near and dear to my heart.  However, I got too excited.The end result was confusing half thoughts, … [Read more...]

How to Use the Bridge Illustration

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The next series of posts will look at a few of the scripts I have used.My default setting is the Bridge Illustration.The Bridge Illustration is the one that I use the most often.  When I was a youth pastor, reviewed with my teenagers at least once every three months.  No one left our youth … [Read more...]

Wrestling with the Definition of Evangelism

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I wrote the following essay to a friend while I was traveling to a friend's funeral two years ago.  It covers several points around what is evangelism. Is it more than four points and a prayer?I've edited it slightly for time references and removed some personal matters, but thought I'd share … [Read more...]