Categories: MiscellaneousHoward Satterthwaite | 04-Apr-11
A few of us have been reading Just Walk Across the Room by pastor-evangelist Bill Hybels. It is a provocative challenge to be bold and prepared in our personal evangelism. One of the ways Hybels encourages believers to be prepared is to have their own before-and-after story refined and ready for use.
“When people living far from God throw open the door and ask sincere questions about your faith, you don’t need to freeze up. You also don’t need to fire off machine-gun bursts of Scripture verses that make no sense to them. Or jump on a soapbox about how they need to start flying straight. Or launch into any sermonettes…Instead, you can train your mind so that your default response exhibits … “radical inclusiveness” … Then, with that heart posture fully engaged, you can learn to tell your story – your simple, personal story that conveys the impact Jesus Christ has had in your life. Who knows? You might just give the Holy Spirit something to work with in drawing that person to God.”
Like many other households, over the last few months we have been caught up with the craziness that is “Angry Birds”.
