{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62f666df7b877c0013d8f803/639b7a096f529f00100c347c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why is Christian Evangelism so Awkward?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/cover/1660315199855-0e01e3ab33aeb0e5fa2ddbdd1b2f4eb8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>How do I know when to preach and when to act in front of unchurched friends?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Ebenezer Rudolph from Christmas River, North Dakota</p><p><br></p><p>Dear Ethan and Mike,</p><p>I recently became friends with a coworker at my job at Pretzel Time. He doesn’t know I am a Christian. My pastor is urging me to sit down and have “the Jesus talk” with him but my good friends are saying I should lead with a Godly example and not without preaching. What should I do?</p><p><br></p><p>Pros of living like Christ as an example.</p><p><br></p><p>“They will know we are christians by our love.”&nbsp; what does that look like in 2023</p><p><br></p><p>Pros of having the “Salvation Talk” with new believers</p><p><br></p><p>How do you bring up the salvation talk without being to awkward.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Col 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.</p><p><br></p><ol><li>God should be helping you with the next step of your new relationships</li><li>Acting like Jesus should not be overlooked</li><li>You need some communication that you want the other person to have Jesus</li><li>Relationship status is key, but there are some times where it is instant</li></ol><p><br></p><p>The 2 greatest commandments:&nbsp; Matthew 22:36-40</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>** - When we mention the phrase “the JESUS TALK” it makes me think of a&nbsp; Story of the advice that was given to me when i first started talking in churches as a missionary and filling the pulpit for churches way back in the 2008s ….. Fire in Chicago, Fire and brimstone</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Romans 10:9-15.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Michael Mordenga"}