Along with the implementation of my new blog site, I intend to launch a ‘word of the week’ post. This weekly post (I hope to distribute on Wednesday of each week), will offer a brief ‘word’ for your consideration and reflection. Each post will offer a word, quote, poem, saying, etc. of an author I am reading or have read. I will also include a link to the larger body of work, where appropriate.
Today’s “Wednesday’s Word of the Week” is EVANGELISM. The following quote is from a recent work of Scott Mcknight:
Most of evangelism today is obsessed with getting someone to make a decision; the apostles, however, were obsessed with making disciples. Evangelism that focuses on decisions short circuits and – yes, the word is appropriate – aborts the design of the gospel, while evangelism that aims at disciples slows down to offer the full gospel of Jesus and the apostles.¹