Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Barriers to Evangelism Message-ID: Date: 17 Aug 90 07:12:13 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 34 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Louie: I read your article with great interest. While we might disagree on some things, in the main you have an excellent point. When considering how to present the Gospel to others, I must look back at what drew me. It was that immeasurable and incomparable Love that is in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. One thing that interests me greatly is how the Apostles evangelized the world, as they knew it back then. I'm reading books on early Church history and the lifes and times of the Apostles (reading William Steuart McBirnie's book _The Search for the Twelve Apostles_). Eye opening reading. Also, I think the way we live our lives, privately and publicly, says volumes to non-believers. I have two books that deal with this, one directly and the other indirectly, if anyone is interested in titles. BTW, I don't have a problem with using the phrase "born again" or the word "saved" in relation to a person's relationship with the living God. It is, after all, the core of the Christian faith--a living relationship with the living God. Our salvation makes this relationship possible. I personally know of no other way to achieve this relationship with, this reconciliation to, the living God except through Jesus Christ. And this is what I want to share with others that they can enter into that relationship. IMHO, evangelization only starts here. When a person believes (pistis), they must then be discipled. And that is something that is in great need in the Church today. May His joy be yours, Gene