Evangelism: The Simplicity of Changing the World

Posted on September 13, 2015 
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Dr Peter Bolt“Once upon a time in a land far away, I heard a speaker at a conference insisting that evangelism ought to engage with the cultures around us. The task seemed so complicated. Mapping conceptual worlds. Integrating lofty ideas into unseen mental frameworks. And all of this was to be done well before you open your mouth about Jesus.

Everyone I spoke with at morning tea had been thoroughly convinced of one thing: they could never do the kind of thing the speaker was calling for. And most of them were ministers who had gone through a full theological education! What hope would the ‘unlettered and ordinary’ amongst us have (as the apostles were called, Acts 4:13)?

In contrast, the view of evangelism in the book of Acts is refreshing for its simplicity…

On that extraordinary day when Jesus rose from the dead, evangelism became the ordinary activity of his people for the rest of time.”

– Encouragement from Moore College’s Peter Bolt.