can it really be that simple?
// August 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Book Review, Evangelism, Self-Development
I’ve just started reading Bill Hybels latest book, “Just Walk Across the Room: Simple Steps Pointing People to Faith”. I say just started reading – but I started yesterday and I’m already a third of the way through because it is that inspiring, challenging, moving, provoking…
I actually had to put it down for a minute early this afternoon. I was sat reading it in a Playcentre whilst my son was playing and I felt such a touch of the Holy Spirit, provoking, proding, convicting me (righteously – not with guilt) about how I really need to change the way I approach evangelism in my life that I was about to bust into tears… (something I regularly do – much to the enjoyment of my congregation – when I sense the Holy Spirit at work).
The thing is – Bill Hybels is writing about something so simple – the simple concept that all it takes is for us ‘Christ-followers’ to step away from our Circles of Comfort and take a walk across the room to engage people who mingle around our world. How else can we share the incredible nature and power of God’s love and grace if we don’t make the effort to actually connect with someone. It’s not rocket science and yet every born-again Christian will say Yes to the need to share Jesus with the world, but still never make that one move out of comfort that may just open the doors, or sow a seed for someone to step into eternity. It’s so simple… yet why don’t we do it!
This book is incredibly practical and insightful as to how we must approach evangelism in our culture and society today. I couldn’t do justice to summarise it here – but let me say if you’re going to read one book this year then read this one and it will totally redirect the outward focus of your Christian life and liberate you to see that evangelism isn’t about gifting, crusades, great apologetics and deep theological expositories – it’s just about you being open to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in building bridges across which the truth of the Gospel can carry lives into eternity…
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