How to Talk about Jesus (Without Being That Guy): Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World

How to Talk about Jesus (Without Being That Guy): Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World

How to Talk about Jesus (Without Being That Guy): Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World

How to Talk about Jesus (Without Being That Guy): Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World

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Overview

Most Christians know they should be trying to tell their friends and family about Jesus. But in a post-Christendom world, personal evangelism is viewed negatively—it's offensive, inappropriate, and insensitive. Recent studies confirm that the majority of Christians rarely evangelize, worried they might offend their family or lose their friends. In How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being That Guy), author Sam Chan equips everyday Christians who are reluctant and nervous to tell their friends about Jesus with practical, tested ways of sharing their faith in the least awkward ways possible.

Drawing from over two decades of experience as an evangelist, teacher, and pastor, Chan explains why personal evangelism feels so awkward today. And utilizing recent insights from communication theory, cross-cultural ministry, and apologetics, he helps you build confidence in sharing your faith, and teaches you how to evangelize your friends and family in socially appropriate ways.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780310112693
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 11/03/2020
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 439,503
Product dimensions: 5.45(w) x 8.36(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Sam Chan (Ph D, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; MBBS, University of Sydney) is a public evangelist with City Bible Forum in Sydney, Australia, where he regularly shares the gospel with high school students, city workers, doctors, and lawyers. He is the author of the award-winning book Evangelism in a Skeptical World and regularly speaks at conferences around the world on the practice of evangelism in a post-Christian culture. Sam blogs at espressotheology.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ed Stetzer xi

Introduction xvii

God Sends the Fire xxi

But We Still Need to Build the Altar

Evangelism Tip # 1: Merge Your Universes 1

Evangelism Is a Lifestyle Change

Evangelism Tip # 2: Go to Their Things 23

And They Will Come to Your Things

Evangelism Tip # 3: Coffee, Dinner, Gospel 35

Find Creative Ways to Do Hospitality

Evangelism Tip # 4: Listen 51

The Golden Rule of Evangelism: Evangelize the Same Way You Want to Be Evangelized

Evangelism Tip # 5: Tell a Better Story 63

Make Them Wish That Christianity Is True

Evangelism Tip # 6: Tell Them Stories about Jesus 91

Scratch Their Itching Ears with Jesus

Evangelism Tip # 7: Become Their Unofficial, De Facto Chaplain 103

You Are Their Connection with the Sacred

Evangelism Tip # 8: Lean into Disagreement 117

For Such a Time as This

Conclusion: Looking for Black Swan Moments 135

Evangelism Happens When We Least Expect It

Appendix 1 Other Resources 139

Appendix 2 Workplace Evangelism 141

Acknowledgments 145

Notes 149

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