Embodying Grace
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. Psalm 17:6a, 7 & 15 (ESV) When it comes to personal evangelism, feelings of obligation, guilt, and duty have never been effective motivators for me. On the...
Why Imagination is Key in Evangelism
A person will not believe what they can’t imagine. So, evangelism has to involve imagination. We have to use our “imaginal intelligence” (imagination) to help the unconverted imagine the reality of GOD, the goodness and love of GOD, the reality of Christ’s payment for our sin, and the benefits of confessing their sin and surrendering their life to HIM. That’s a big order. In fact, for evangelism to happen, a person MUST find their...
What is Greatness?
I don’t know about you, but when I gaze into the heavens, and when I survey the earth and the nature therein, I’m brought to my knees in awe at the wonders of God’s artistry! No human can deny that there is an awe and majesty to our universe. It’s simply dumbfounding. Sadly, however, I have to confess that my response to such encounters with beauty, and the realizations that follow, do not always lead me to a life lived...
Evangelism, Imagination, and Artists
No one can believe anything they can’t imagine!! That reality intimately makes artists and evangelism go together. But what about the importance of the content of evangelism, one might ask? Most of you reading this blog agree with me about the content of evangelism: it IS—the objective, existing reality of GOD, the loving work of Christ through which we access the Gospel, and the energizing of His Spirit empowering the Gospel. ...
Artistic Expression in World Evangelization
When an entire village of Bolivian Indian ranch workers came to the Lord awhile ago, some missionary friends of mine were faced with very big questions. What do we do with this entire village of people that now know the Lord as Savior? In what ways do they worship? How do we teach them to study the Bible when most of them don’t read? And when they have no Bible-base music in their own heart-expressions, what do we suggest they...
Seven Evangelism Environments Artists Create
Given the objective Truth of the Gospel never changes, the PROCESS of evangelism is much more about helping people encounter Christ than it is explaining Christ—and ARTISTS are some of the most powerful God-designed servants God uses to create the environments wherein people experience the God-desired fruit of evangelism—people reconciled to God through the work of Christ. In fact when we emphasize explaining over encountering God’s...
Effective Evangelism Needs Artistic Expression
Evangelism that works is more than just spewing ‘correct’ biblical information; correct? (Things like John 3:16, Romans 10:9 & 10, 1 Corinthians 15: 3-8.) Certainly, the objective realities of these revealed truths must be present. But their presence does not guarantee that the one(s) being evangelized will come to faith. Effective evangelism needs artistic expression: the imaginative rearrangement of human metaphors, symbols...
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