Comments on: No Mass Conversions, No Big Events!

By: Jeremy Griffin

Jeremy Griffin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:59:10 +0000

You are right Ben. We need to report on what we have seen done in Jesus, and what he has done in others, without trying to down play what it is really like to follow Christ.

By: Jerry Sweany

Jerry Sweany — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:03:25 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful article. I agree with you for the most part…but I would also say that God can use any event He wants for His purposes. He has used events and still does to move His Kingdom forward. Though the emphasis must be discipleship…I believe there is plenty of room for events that may cause the individual to question his or her spiritual position in life.

By: Ben Sternke

Ben Sternke — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:54:03 +0000

That's a good analogy, Jeremy. I think our job as witnesses of Christ is to simply report what we have seen, and not try to put some kind of "gloss" on the Christian life that makes it more "palatable" to whomever we are speaking with.

By: Ben Sternke

Ben Sternke — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:55:29 +0000

So true! Someone told me they heard Dallas Willard say in a lecture once that "the greatest crisis facing the evangelical church today is leaders whose character cannot bear their gifting."

By: Jeremy Griffin

Jeremy Griffin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:30:32 +0000

Excellent thoughts. I usually compare the big events that try to convert masses of people in an instant with a used car sales man. You don't, well shouldn't, by a used car from someone after a great "pitch" without counting the cost of the car and researching about the car (run a car fax). We can't expect people to know what they are signing up for in evangelist sales pitch, i.e. counting the cost of following Christ.