everyday evangelism
Evangelistic despondency, seeds of hope
Mike Hood
I don’t know about you, but my life has been full of evangelistic disappointment. With person after person I’ve got my hopes up as they’ve moved towards Jesus, but then somehow it’s all petered out into awkward nothingness.
If I’m honest, I sometimes wonder whether all the time and emotional effort was actually worth it.
everyday evangelism
The question that could change someone's life in church
Mike Hood
Have you ever spent ages looking for a bunch of keys that were in your pocket all along? Or frantically searched for a pair of glasses that were actually on your face?
I wonder if we do that with our evangelism sometimes. It’s absolutely right for us to be looking everywhere we go in life for chances to offer someone the good news of Jesus: Paul tells us, 'Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.' But how often do we miss a wonderful opportunity that’s sitting right beside us on a Sunday morning?
How to get to the heart of Christmas in conversation
Here’s some good news: this month, for one month only, conversation about the incarnation of Jesus is socially acceptable with pretty much anyone!
Of course it’s not quite that simple, but it’s a huge opportunity that throughout December it’s normal to talk about Christmas. Let me offer two questions and one story that might help those conversations go a little deeper.