Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: chappell@mira (Glenn Chappell) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Soul winners Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 91 07:48:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, Math Dept. Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article arm@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Alexander d Macalalad) writes: >In article bwood@su1b.uucp (Barbara Wood) writes: >>Those of us still here have the responsibility to not only worship God >>but also to be a SOUL WINNER! > >The first time that I heard the phrase "soul winner" (not too long ago) there >was something that immediately disturbed me about the phrase. > >What bothers me is the implication that we have the ability (and here Barbara >claims we have the responsibility) to "win souls" and turn them back to God. >...I try to bring the gospel to others by living it in >my life. But ultimately the decision to turn back to God rests with each >individual. ...a nice thought...and certainly God's people should live their life by God's commands and principles, but "...how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?" (Romans 10:14 NIV) Unfortunately, if you or I live even the most righteous, moral, Godly life, this does not let people know that they've done wrong, but God loves them anyway. Nor does it tell them that God came to earth in the form of Jesus Christ to die for them. Nor does it tell them about the good news that they can be reconciled to God if they put their faith in Christ. Glenn Chappell <>< (<-- I like it....)