tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post999095065540493367..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Complicating EvangelismKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-74898735029088887752009-10-28T10:50:18.389-07:002009-10-28T10:50:18.389-07:00Pros to door-to-door evangelism:
1. It eventually...Pros to door-to-door evangelism:<br /><br />1. It eventually brings the Gospel to all the people in a community<br />2. It gets people involved<br />3. There is nothing wrong with individuals going singly or in groups to do it in most places.<br /><br />Possible cons:<br />1. if it is scheduled for certain times, it leaves some who cannot make it at those times without the ability to do so - if churches simply let people go when they can instead of legislating when they go, it works better.<br />2. In some places it is not a good idea (China or Saudi Arabia for instance) as we are not to intentionally seek martyrdom. In such places, God opens another means. I have only known two in America who were faithful to go to church from this means, and they are not in church now from the last I heard.<br />3. Some pastors tend to make it the criterion for spirituality, when it might become a cop-out for a lack of personal communion.<br />4. repeated knocking on doors by numerous churches may cause the problem I described earlier: people professing salvation to get the evangelist to stop coming.<br /><br />While it is not wrong to go door-to-door, the idea of "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel" is that we preach in the daily concourse of life. Ironically, I don't see the apostles going door-to-door. Also, we find that the apostles passed through some places (Asia, for instance) without preaching (though all Asia later heard the Word) which says that we are accountable to speak only to those to whom Providence leads us.<br /><br />To say that one is not spiritual unless he does knock on doors is false: James Laing led many to Christ without knocking on a single door in his life. Also, those incapacitated from illnesses like ALS or from severe strokes may be as, or more spiritual than those who go daily to knock on doors.Claymorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-55056939353207009472009-10-26T07:42:39.645-07:002009-10-26T07:42:39.645-07:00I heard a story once about a man who was assigned ...I heard a story once about a man who was assigned to lead a certain man to Christ -- each week he was there "at his post" until the man made a profession. However, this man realised that the profession was just to get him to stop coming, and vowed never to do such again because it is snake-oil salesmanship. This can be a danger of knocking on doors systematically (though it does not make it wrong). I will say more of my views of the pros and cons of knocking on doors later. The point of this post is that we are not to use anything but preaching and teaching to evangelise - the command is not "go and sell" but literally translated is "As ye are going, preach."Claymorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-12451412609478093382009-10-24T00:56:20.507-07:002009-10-24T00:56:20.507-07:00AMEN Br McGovern. Your post was every bit as good ...AMEN Br McGovern. Your post was every bit as good and succinct as the OP?!<br /><br />Couldn't have said it better myself.<br /><br />Respectfully Submitted<br /><br />Br Steve<br /><br />Gal. 2:20philipians2511https://www.blogger.com/profile/17196287320434925537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-37262862051347796062009-10-23T16:18:27.275-07:002009-10-23T16:18:27.275-07:00I have taken several evangelism courses. Most of ...I have taken several evangelism courses. Most of which had an approach based on mans philosophy. We need to realize evangelsim is NOT a profession. It is a calling and a command. Many well intented Christians try and and apply worldy philosophy to evangelsim. They try and apply a formula they learned at a work seminar to something spiritual. It does not work, or at best it produces secular results. <br /><br />The key is to depend on the Holy Spirit. He knows exaclty how many times I need to talk to someone, and he can put them on my heart or in my path at His bidding. My job is to yeild and trust him. At times there will be the Ethiopian Eunuch's and other times there will be the Grippa's. <br /><br />If we are faithful with the command given to us, and obey according to the power God have given (Acts 1:8) to us, we can know we are doing what we are supposed to with regards to evangelism. This is true if you see 100's come to the Lord or just a few. (I personally beleive a faithful witness will see at least some turn to the Lord. God is not willing that any should perish.)Terry McGovernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785714020219737129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-23141705857547348612009-10-23T02:37:18.906-07:002009-10-23T02:37:18.906-07:00Fundamentally, I agree with you here, although I t...Fundamentally, I agree with you here, although I think we need to always review what we are doing to do it better.<br /><br />Regards,Colin Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632698769785766168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-14022236068351122002009-10-22T15:22:55.464-07:002009-10-22T15:22:55.464-07:00Preach on brother Kent. I am not familiar with th...Preach on brother Kent. I am not familiar with that man's style, but I know that it is not about some kind of sales technique for convincing a person to get saved. It is our job to share the gospel with EVERYONE and let the Holy Spirit do the convicting.Garynoreply@blogger.com