I recently watched a Tim Keller's sermon on the Desiring God's conference about the "Supremacy of Jesus Christ and the Gospel in the Postmodern World". It is very academic and heavily packed, but I enjoy how Tim Keller uses the book of Jonah to teach us some important points about sharing the gospel.
He mentions that now is much more difficult than a few hundred years ago to share the message of Christ because in the past most people did believe in the existence of God and in the bible. So a lot of the outreach events consisted of reminders and encouragements to pursue Christ. But in the postmodern world is more difficult because people don't trust in the bible and the concept of absolute truth is debatable. Tim Keller went even further to say that some evangelistical techniques such as the four spiritual laws might not suffice in today's challenges.
Definitely sharing the gospel is a difficult task, sometime scary. I tremble at times. But God commanded us and empowered us to do it. We know that it is not with human wisdom, but with the power of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 1:17, 1 Cor. 2:13) that the gospel is preached. This is a partnership that God uses us to make His message known to others, so let's pray for opportunities and also prepare ourselves so that we can be ready to share about the hope we have in Christ (1 Peter 3:15).
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." - Matthew 28:18-20
This is an example of a challenge that Christians can face in sharing the gospel in the postmodern world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfsljDzUuD0#t=7m00s .
(video is timestamped at 7m00s, watch till the end, but you can skip some parts when the elevator scene is interrupted)
I definitely enjoy the priest's use of words =).
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