Showing posts with label evangelism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evangelism. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Evangelism

This post has nothing to do with the bible reading, but it does relate to something else I read today.  I've been reading Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Church, and he said something quite interesting about evangelism:

"My dad is the best fisherman I've ever met.  If there is only one fish in a lake or stream he will catch it. . . . How did he do it? ... Did God just like him better?
"As I got older I realized his secret: My dad understood fish.  He could 'read' a lake and figure out exactly where the fish were; he knew what time of day they liked to eat; he knew what bait or lure to use depending on the type of fish; he knew when to change bait as the temperature changed; he even seemed to know exactly how deep to drop the line into the water.  He made it as easy and attractive as possible for fish to swallow his hook - so they did! He caught fish on their terms.
"In contrast, I never had a strategy when I went fishing.  I'd cast out anywhere in the lake hoping something might bite.  Fish rarely went for my hook because I fished with a take-it-or-leave-it attitude. . .  my fishing spots were usually determined by what was most comfortable to me.  I had no strategy, and my results showed it.
"Unfortunately, many churches have this same lackadaisical attitude toward fishing for men and women. . . They want to win people to Christ as long as it can be done a comfortable way." (pp. 185-186).