Mormons

Ran into one today. Totally botched it. Need to bone up on stuff. The end.

On Witnessing

"How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that? If I believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that a truck was coming at you and you didn't believe it, and that truck was bearing down on you, there's a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that." - Penn Jillette

Witness

I had the chance to witness to a cousin while helping another cousin move. We had a lot of alone time, because we came earlier than the rest of the family. The result: 2 hours of one-on-one discussion which we would normally never have at family events.

I praise God that He would use such a broken vessel as myself to share the good news of the Kingdom, but I can't help but feel unsatisfied with the sharing. This isn't a matter of "Why hasn't God saved him?". Rather, throughout my delivery I stumbled through words. I also started with some preamble which I think distracted from the gospel message.

This has caused me to re-think my approach to evangelism.

One. I think I will drop the world views/presuppositions approach and just start off in a Christian world view.

Two. I need to be more direct and focused on the gospel, and not follow rabbit trails in peripheral things.

Three. I will think through adopting a George Whitefield 15-minutes and must evangelise with that person. Or D. L. Moody, witness to at least one total stranger everyday.

Seeing family for dinner tomorrow night, just praying that there is an opportunity to share there.