Some say, including many young pastors today, that we can do evangelism by making friends first. That's an error in the Gospel. And here's the fix:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can evangelize in friendship<\/strong>, not by friendship<\/strong>. The distinction is crucial. For we do not make friends for the sake of evangelism. We make friends because we truly want to make friends, it is otherwise, dishonest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making friends is not a means of evangelism. It is not even a means of building trust for evangelism as it's already disingenuous to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a genuine friendship, we can make time for the Gospel. But the Gospel should be irrespective of friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Gospel should be done in friendship. However, a Gospel that is credited to a trust or friendship is a corrupted one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing, not our character, but the preaching of the Word is the only true means<\/strong> of the Gospel. Everything else is a disingenuous manipulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some say, including many young pastors today, that we can do evangelism by making friends first. That's an error in the Gospel. And here's the fix: We can evangelize in friendship, not by friendship. The distinction is crucial. For we … Continue reading