Mic-Drop Evangelism
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear (1 Peter 3:15) How often we turn to the words of ‘the great commission’ before we embark on a missionary trip or a weekend city-street mission. And rightly so. Before we begin our task for God, we ought to have our focus on God’s command to preach the gospel and make disciples. But what is our intention when heading out on endeavours like these? To glorify God? To win men and women for Christ? To be a faithful witness? Or is it to try and prove a point? Living in a society that subtly but powerfully is pushing anything related to God out of the picture, it is possible for Christians to feel uptight, bitter, and perhaps angry towards unbelievers. Seeing the name and work of Christ being cast into the gutter is going to grieve us, but taking it out on people around us isn’t exactly going to give them the desire to ...