Evangelism

(I’ve had to delay posting my next full post due to swamped tiredness from work/Light on the Hill stuff… I strive to have it complete soon, so be ready for it–it could be a heavy one!)

BUt first, off, on evagelism, a recent quote I found by J. I. Packer.  I’ve been considering creating a fan site/resource site for Packer, especially considering he’s turning 80 in about a week–he’s gonna be even a lot more famous after he’s passed away.  But for now, sine he’s still alive and kicking, and writing and speaking–I soo wanna meet the genius!  He’s probably the greatest living theologian in the world at this very moment.

“Evangelism and theology for the most part go separate ways, and the result is great loss for both.

When theology is not held on course by the demands of evangelistic communcation, it grows abstract and speculative, wayward in method, theoretical in interest and irresponsible in stance. When evangelism is not fertilized, fed and controlled by theology, it becomes a stylized performance seeking its effect through manipulative skills rather than the power of vision and the force of truth.

Both theology and evangelism are then, in one important sense, unreal, false to their own God-given nature; for all true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.”

Hat Tip to Reformation Theology for that…such a simple concept, so easy to talk the talk yet a completely different story when we walk the walk.

I earnestly hope that any and every time we speak to the unbelieving about Christ..we would have our speech and actions drenched in the truth of His redeeming love–saturated with theology.  I pray that as we continue to dwelve deeper and deeper into the Word of God & the heart of the Spirit that all the orthodoxy we strive to believe will inevitably be a fruit of our desire to see disciples made in every part of this world–ever nation, tribe and tongue.