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This week’s post is really the culmination of the last post from Evangelism as Exiles (Exiles #6), but we thought it served as a nice, short, and crisp application of what we’ve been considering. Here Elliott Clark gives us 3 very practical realities of sharing the gospel in a world where WE are the exiles: […]

For a series intro, check out the first post: Intro The title of this post is “Praise,” but it will take a minute to get to that….Elliot Clark (the author) first wants to discuss the reality of the world we live in and how we think about evangelism… “We increasingly define “evangelistic opportunities” as those […]

For a series intro, check out the first post: Intro This week continues last week’s topic of respect and honor to everyone in the name of evangelism in a world where WE are the exiles. Clark picks up on this note in the American church which, of course, hits home: “American Christians no longer have […]

For a series intro, check out the first post: Intro  Let’s jump into this week’s summary… Clark offers this summary after discussing 1 Peter 3: “In this short passage we see several themes found throughout the entire letter. Peter spoke of holy women who hope in God, who don’t fear anything, and who respectfully submit […]

For a series intro, check out the first post: Intro  Let’s dig in this week: Clark (the author) raises the question: Is fear the great hindrance to evangelism or something else… “Most Christians would identify fear as the primary reason why we don’t speak the gospel to others with more frequency or fervency. But I […]

Our final post in our series on the book, “Get Real,” by John Leonard. Leonard has certainly thrown cold water in our faces many times and challenged all kinds of stereotypes about evangelism. This final excerpt in a calmer way, challenges our standard thinking about serving and being served.  “Christians are always taught to serve […]

Continuing with our series on snippets from John Leonard’s book, “Get Real”, we get another surprising jab to start which then leads to another helpful lesson in evangelism. Christians always lie. We don’t mean to, but we do. You’ve done it too. A friend shares a problem with us, and we say, “I’ll pray for […]

Returning to our final few posts in this series, this week John Leonard encourages us to lean into talking about other people’s religious beliefs rather than shying away. He wants to persuade us that it will greatly help, not hinder, our evangelism and that there’s nothing to be afraid of. You be the judge if […]

This week, John Leonard takes on the topic of contextualization—but not the controversial way it’s often used with worship. Rather, he’s talking about two different approaches to sharing the gospel…and yes, he wants to shatter a common picture of evangelism again! I love my sweat suit. No matter how much weight I gain or lose, […]

This week, John Leonard is shaking the tree on how we view “our testimony” in regard to evangelism. In the Reformed world, it’s pretty common to make the point that “our testimony isn’t the gospel.” That’s not new. But that’s not where Leonard is going with this one… “Testimonies are powerful. They are so powerful […]

Last week, John Leonard painted two pictures of evangelism, one an interesting and perhaps more natural way of “sowing widely.” Here he continues to expand and gives an example: “We sow widely by intentional interaction with the people around us. That is hard in a world where personal interaction is being eliminated. I’m a person […]

Jumping back into our “Get Real” series, John Leonard likes to give us new images of things—squashing stereotypes. This week it’s a common view of evangelism and whether you have “the gift:” “Many of us don’t even want to evangelize because of the stereotypes surrounding the traditional evangelist. We don’t see ourselves standing on a […]