All Christians
should be looking for ways to engage in spiritual conversation with others with
hopes to talk about the gospel. Yet, many struggle to see when those doors
are open or how to try to open them.
Here is one easy way to engage others
in a possible spiritual conversation that I was taught many years ago and has
proven quite effective when asked at the right time. The only caveat is it has
to get asked on Monday. The question is …
“What was the
sermon about yesterday?”
You would be
amazed at some of the responses I have gotten over the years. Responses
have varied from a joyful response of a good, fruitful sermon heard
by a grocery clerk to a tearful confession of skipping church from a bank
teller. There is the common reaction of the awkward silence of
shock from someone blindsided by the question. Of course, if you try to
engage this way, you will eventually be asked the same question back and you’d
better be ready to respond. Pastors, you have no excuse not to remember the
sermon you just preached the day before.
So then, if you
read this post in time, try it today. You may experience a very encouraging
conversation with a fellow believer in Christ. You may remind a straying church
member of their disobedience of forsaking the assembly (Heb. 10:25). Who
knows, God by His grace may just open a chance to share the gospel with someone
as you recount the faithful word preached to you or by you the previous Lord’s
Day.
Brian
Croft is senior pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Brian
blogs regularly at Practical Shepherding. More from Brian Croft
or visit Brian at http://practicalshepherding.com/
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