I
grew up believing that there was only one way to proclaim the Gospel.
It was the way of extroverts and evangelists and I was failing
miserably at it. At the time I didn’t know I was an introvert. I
also didn’t know there was more than one way to share your faith.
The way I was taught was you sit down next to someone on an airplane
or walk up to them in the grocery store and the following
“conversation” occurs:
“Hey
you, want to know about Jesus?” (Don’t wait for a response.)
“Great! Because I’m a Christian and I’m here to tell you all
about Him. You see, you’re a sinner. Here are all the verses that
say so.” (Proceed to beat them over the head with the Bible.) “So,
do you want to be saved?”
At
which point they either joyfully (or fearfully) accept your
invitation and you can add another notch to your Christian belt, or
they walk away, mumbling obscenities, and you can count the
experience as your expected “persecution.” You know, the way
Christ, and the early church were persecuted.
Clearly
I spent most of my life feeling intense amounts of guilt and shame
over my failure to evangelize and convert thousands of people (of
whom I just met at Starbucks).
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