tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657225.post519010357463532036..comments2023-05-24T07:33:43.663-05:00Comments on There and Back Again: Ugly EvangelismBlakewellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993010800342217644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657225.post-88687151931611736872007-05-09T06:40:00.000-05:002007-05-09T06:40:00.000-05:00I'm not really sure what they were under the impre...I'm not really sure what they were under the impression of. And I understand Kari's point in that often we need to start people off with milk, but perhaps I wasn't quite clear in what I was trying to say. Part of what I was after was that they didn't try to reach me where I was at. I wanted to grow and find ways to be more spiritually disciplined. They didn't seem to hear anything I had said and continued on with their tried spiel about the simple message of the gospel. While I appreciate that message, I had already indicated that I had traveled down that path many years ago. Perhaps it just shouldn't feel like a door-to-door sales pitch?Blakewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993010800342217644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657225.post-14532051217964982322007-05-08T18:32:00.000-05:002007-05-08T18:32:00.000-05:00I become skeptical at the 2 on 1 method. It's nor...I become skeptical at the 2 on 1 method. It's normal for a person to go on the defense if they feel they're being ganged up on. <BR/><BR/>And I love the key question there-- "If you die tonight...". It's totally a set up; you can't give the "right" answer. You're either admitting you're unsure of your salvation or over-confident in your spirituality. I wish I could have heard your "heck yeah", because I'm sure it was accompanied with your trademark laugh. :) <BR/><BR/>It seems like "friendship" with an agenda, ya know? How can you trust that?annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15433802638860190900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657225.post-62965814761383211722007-05-08T18:02:00.000-05:002007-05-08T18:02:00.000-05:00Interesting points you raise, Blake. I often feel...Interesting points you raise, Blake. I often feel the same way when I visit churches considered "seeker" churches. I feel like things have been dumbed down and, much like you mentioned about pictures, I wonder if people think that Christianity can be accomplished by neverending moments of a spiritual high. But yet these churches have people coming by the thousands to hear something that I would consider just a shallow glimmer of God and his Word. But they still come. <BR/><BR/>It's hard to go backwards from being so far into God. On some level, those men may have turned you off by their evangilism, but think how many people need those charts and graphs to <I>get</I> to the level on which you are in order for your personal evangilizing to even make an impact. <BR/><BR/>I'm learning my own version of this daily when my kids don't understand some math concept that I've known like the back of my hand for years. I have to go backward beyond the level of insulting, and even then do I only get a few light bulbs coming on.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583369854584253863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657225.post-6086080185049412542007-05-08T17:47:00.000-05:002007-05-08T17:47:00.000-05:00So were they under the impression that your sins w...So were they under the impression that your sins were not "bridged" by the cross?kteachjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140160776482100136noreply@blogger.com