How do we go about engaging in spiritual conversation? What do we need to look out for and target such that it is effective and meaningful?

1. EVANGELISM

2. Key Perspective
About Evangelism
Remember that our problems in Evangelism
our not one of methodology, but one of
maturity!
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3. My Family
2011 Jul
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4. Geisler family and Us
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5. Overview
• The Challenges of Evangelism today
• Introduction to Conversational Evangelism
• Listening and Illuminating
• Practical Exercises
• Taking the next Step
EVANGELISM

6. The Challenges of Evangelism today
• All religious beliefs are the same, why
Christianity?
• Christians are arrogant and intolerant, they
always think they are right and others are
wrong.
• Why you Christians are so keen in converting
others?
EVANGELISM

7. The Challenges of Evangelism Today
EVANGELISM

8. How to be an effective witness nowadays?
In order to be more effective, we have to
understand what is going on in our
culture:
• 2 ‘P’s
–Pluralism
–Postmodernism
EVANGELISM

9. All views are true and the same!
? ?
? ?
Since all views are true,
it does not matter what you believe!
EVANGELISM

10. Examples of Pluralism
A house in Taiwan
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11. Examples of Pluralism
An auntie wears this in The same auntie wears
church this outside
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12. Analogy of Pluralism
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13. EVANGELISM

14. EVANGELISM

15. It is one thing for six blind men to conclude six different
things. But how about someone who can see!
EVANGELISM

16. Pluralism is also affecting how Christians think…
“About one out of four
(26%) born again Christians
believe that it doesn‟t
matter what faith you
follow because they all
teach the same lessons.”
Born Again Christians, 2000,
George Barna, Barna Web-
site

17. Becoming less certain...
57 percent of evangelical church attenders said they believe
many religions can lead to eternal life.
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=15915

18. Postmodernism
• Characteristics:
– Moral Relativism: There is no absolute right or
wrong. Everything is relative.
– Construction/Deconstruction: In an extreme
form, it is a belief that our thoughts, attitudes, as
well as our very existence is just a social
construct and not real.
EVANGELISM

19. Moral Relativism
“…Modernist would argue in various
ways that Christianity is not
true….Today the most common critique
is that “Christians think they have the
only truth. The claims of Christianity are
not denied; they are rejected because
they purport to be true.”
Gene Veith, Postmodern times, p. 19
EVANGELISM

20. Moral Relativism: Problems
“It is hard to proclaim the forgiveness
of sins to people who believe that,
since morality is relative, they have no
sins to forgive.”
Gene Veith, Postmodern Times, p.16
EVANGELISM

21. Moral Relativism in campuses
“Many students don't think that there is a standard of right
and wrong. Rather, they believe that this is up to the
individual. This means they do hold a standard of right and
wrong themselves, but they feel that each person's standard
of right and wrong differs from the other.”
“Personally, I feel stuck as to how to proceed on with the
conversation. It's like saying that this food is nice for me but
may not be nice for you. They relegate the standard of right
and wrong to personal preference.”
EVANGELISM

22. Moral Relativism in campuses
“I find that I'm shaken. Not in terms of my faith
but in terms of how to answer such questions.”
- Former Student, East Asia School of Theology
EVANGELISM

23. Construction/Deconstruction
The DaVinci Code is an example of postmodern
influences on society.
• The heart of Postmodernism is
that you construct your own
truth.
• This is what Dan Brown is doing
with the Biblical story of Jesus.
EVANGELISM

24. Reconstructing the Biblical Story of Jesus
• Jesus never claimed to be God.
• Jesus and Mary Magdalene
were married and had a child.
• The New Testament was a
productive of man to achieve
one’s political agenda.
• Almost everything we have
been taught about Jesus is a lie.
EVANGELISM

25. Postmodernism in pop-culture
• The Matrix Trilogy
• Avatar
• Source code
EVANGELISM

26. This Explains Why Many Are
Questioning The Biblical Story of Jesus
The DaVinci Code
The Lost Gospel of Judas
The Lost Tomb of Christ
The Golden Compass
EVANGELISM

27. What’s the big deal when people
question the biblical story of Jesus?
“And if Christ has not been raised,
our preaching is useless and so is
your faith.”
I Corinthians 15:14 (NIV)
* Biblical faith must have an object to
be valid.
EVANGELISM

28. Post Modernism
The World we Live In
• Rejection of moral absolutes
• The skepticism of our society
• An indifference towards
truth or rejection of truth
Signs of Trouble in our
world
EVANGELISM

29. There is an intolerance towards
those who say there is a bridge
they must cross!
EVANGELISM

30. The Bible also talks about
Postmodernism
2 Timothy 4:3-4 says, “For the time will
come when they will not endure sound
doctrine, but wanting to have their ears
tickled, they will accumulate for
themselves teachers in accordance to
their own desires; and will turn away their
ears from the truth, and will turn aside to
myths.”
EVANGELISM

31. Key Question
How can we do more effective
evangelism in this kind of world?
EVANGELISM

32. Imagine…
• Imagine you participated in your church’s
short-term mission trip, you are asked by your
pastor to share the gospel with a group of
non-believing students (including pluralists,
polytheists, idol worshippers etc).
• How are you going to share the gospel?
EVANGELISM

33. Imagine…
• Option 1: I will share my personal testimony.
• Option 2: I may just jump straight to preach to
them that the Bible is the word of God.
• Option 3: I will just tell them they are sinner
and Jesus died for their sins.
• Other options….
EVANGELISM

34. Question…
• Can we think of a way that they can’t give
excuse to the gospel?
• May be we can learn something from apostle
Paul…
EVANGELISM

35. Read Acts 17:16-32
• What are the similarities
between the people of
Athens and Singapore?
• Do you think the people
are all seekers?
• What is Paul’s approach in
reaching out to the
people?
• What is the value of Paul’s
approach?
EVANGELISM

36. What are the similarities between the
people of Athens and Singapore?
• Pluarlists - city was full of idols (Acts 17:16)
Apollo – god of
The sun
Athena – goddess
of wisdom Zeus – father of Hermes –
gods messenger
EVANGELISM

37. What are the similarities between the
people of Athens and Singapore?
• Pleasure seekers (Acts 17:18)
– Epicureans (believed gods are uninvolved in
human affairs, therefore, human should seek
pleasure by all means)
EVANGELISM

38. What are the similarities between the
people of Athens and Singapore?
• Pantheists (Acts 17:18)
– Stoics: people don’t show emotions
• Believed God was the Soul of the Cosmos, no afterlife.
Pursuing virtues, overcoming emotions enduring
hardships
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39. Do you think the people are all
seekers?
• A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers
began to debate with him. Some of them
asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?”
Others remarked, “He seems to be
advocating foreign gods.” They said this
because Paul was preaching the good news
about Jesus and the resurrection. (Acts 17:18)
EVANGELISM

40. What is Paul’s approach in reaching
out to the people?
• Did Paul preach the gospel directly?
• Paul used pre-evangelism by pointing out the
inconsistencies of their belief. Then, he
preached the gospel.
EVANGELISM

41. What is Paul’s approach in reaching
out to the people?
• 26 From one man he made all the nations, that
they should inhabit the whole earth; and he
marked out their appointed times in history
and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did
this so that they would seek him and perhaps
reach out for him and find him, though he is
not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we
live and move and have our being.’[b] As some
of your own poets have said, ‘We are his
offspring.’[c]
EVANGELISM

42. What is Paul’s approach in reaching
out to the people?
29“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we
should not think that the divine being is like
gold or silver or stone—an image made by
human design and skill.
EVANGELISM

43. What is Paul’s approach in reaching
out to the people?
• He pointed out to the Athens that
A.You created these wooden gods
B.These wooden gods created you.
EVANGELISM

44. After pointing out the inconsistencies,
Paul preached the gospel
30 In
the past God
overlooked such
ignorance, but now he
commands all people
everywhere to
repent. 31 For he has set a
day when he will judge the
world with justice by the
man he has appointed. He
has given proof of this to
everyone by raising him
from the dead.”
EVANGELISM

45. What is the value of Paul’s approach?
“A person can close his ears to
facts he does not want to hear,
but if a pointed question causes
him to form the answer in his
own mind, he cannot escape
the conclusion—because it’s a
conclusion that he reached
himself.”
David Reed Baker, Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered
Verse by Verse, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1986) p. 113
EVANGELISM

46. Introducing Conversational
Evangelism
EVANGELISM

47. Pre-Evangelism
If evangelism is planting seeds of the
Gospel, pre-evangelism is tilling the soil
of their mind and heart, preparing them
to at least be willing to listen to the Truth.
(Mark 2:22, 4:8)
EVANGELISM

48. Planting seeds…
“… other seeds fell into the good soil and
as they grew up and increased, they
yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty,
and a hundredfold.” (Mark 4:8)
EVANGELISM

49. What Pre-Evangelism is NOT?
• It not changing the gospel message, but
repackage our approach in evangelism
EVANGELISM

50. If we truly understand the
times or culture in which we
live in we will engage in pre-
evangelism.
EVANGELISM

51. Not All Approach Are Equally
As Effective At All Times Because…
Not all pre-believers are at the same place.
Indiffere
Hostile Skeptical Trust in Christ
nt
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52. But not only helpful…
If we truly understand the times
or culture in which we live we
will see pre-evangelism as an
essential part of our
responsibility as witnesses.
EVANGELISM

53. Understanding the Need For Pre-
Evangelism will compels us…
1. To see evangelism more as a process!
EVANGELISM

54. “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it,
but God made it grow.”
1 Corinthians 3: 6
EVANGELISM

55. Expanded Definition of
Evangelism
“Every day and in every way helping
our pre-believing friends to take one
step closer to Jesus Christ.”
Dr. David Geisler
EVANGELISM

56. Evangelism is a process- My Best
Friend
• He thinks religious beliefs are impractical and
it is a source of conflict.
• He thinks these beliefs are just rituals and
cause much troubles in the Middle East that
human lives are lost in the name of religion.
EVANGELISM

57. Evangelism is a process- My Best
Friend
“Do you think Christianity can be a practical
religion?” I asked.
Then I shared the story of how a drug addict
became a pastor after knowing Jesus.
He is hopeless in human perspective, but he
placed his hope in Jesus, and God changed him
from inside out to be a new man.
EVANGELISM

58. Evangelism is a process- My Best
Friend
He told me at the end of his conversation:
• “i just have two questions to solve...and i
believe it takes some time...”
• “what is god? does god exist? or not?”
• “why Christian but not Buddha... not.. anyone
else...why not Mohammad? why not u and
me?”
 It took him around two years to make the
decision to commit himself to Jesus.
EVANGELISM

59. Evangelism is a process- a
Chinese student
Conversation with a Chinese PhD student
“Do you know materialism itself is
not material?”
EVANGELISM

60. Evangelism is a process- a Chinese
student
3 Years later, he told me through MSN:
“When i looked back, although at that time, 3
years ago, i was not accept your points, i feel
my conception began to change... I will be
baptised next Sunday”
EVANGELISM

61. But Why Is Pre-Evangelism So Essential In
Today’s World?

62. Why Not Just Proclaim the Truth?
“We live in a world in which people are
reluctant to be told what is true.
But they may be willing to see for
themselves (as in a mirror) the
inadequacies in what they believe by
us asking them probing and thought
provoking questions.”
Dr. David Geisler

63. Understanding the Need For Pre-
Evangelism will compels us…
2. To allow others to discover the
truth for themselves by asking
them probing questions about
what they say they believe!
EVANGELISM

64. Something to remember about
living in a post-Christian world…
Our convictions about Christ can
seem offensive and arrogant to
some.
* Therefore it is not always
best to say things to people
so directly.
EVANGELISM

65. The Joy of Self-discovery
“We need to make him
think it was his idea.”
From the movie
My Big Fat Greek
Wedding

66. The Joy of Self-discovery
Conversation with a colleague
“What evidence are you looking
for?”
EVANGELISM

67. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Buddhist Colleague
Do you think all religious beliefs are the same?
“Yes, I think so. Every religious beliefs teaching you to do good.
Are you a Buddhist? Are you a devout Buddhist?
“Yes, I am a devout Buddhist.”
I have some questions about Buddhism, can I ask you?
“Sure! I am glad to help.”
EVANGELISM

68. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Buddhist Colleague
Buddhism believes in reincarnation, if I am bad, I will
Become a cockroach in my next life. But how do I get
promoted to human being again?
Hmm.. This is a tough question. I don’t have an answer yet. [After thinking
for a while..]
Yeah, I know. Maybe you can fly to a temple and listen to monks’
mantras, maybe you can be ‘cleansed’ and becomes a human again.
EVANGELISM

69. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Buddhist Colleague
“What do you Christians believe?”
“This is the first time I have such a good conversation on
religious topics. I want to talk to you again on such interesting
topics.”
EVANGELISM

70. But How Does Pre-Evangelism
Lead To More Evangelism?
The more opportunity we have to share the Gospel, the
greater likelihood that more people will come to know
Christ.
The more pre-evangelism we do, the more opportunities we
will have to share the gospel with others.
Therefore, the more pre-evangelism we do the greater
likelihood that more people will come to Christ!
EVANGELISM

71. 4 Types of Conversations
We Want to Have with Non-believers
EVANGELISM

72. 4 Types of Roles You Need
to Play in Your Friend’s Life
Archeologist
Artist
Builder
Musician
EVANGELISM

73. Overview
• Hearing
– 4 kinds of Sour notes
– Role Play (part 1)
• Illuminating
– 3Ds
– Role Play (part 2)
EVANGELISM

74. Hear What They are Saying!
Hear
Illuminate
Uncover
Build
EVANGELISM

75. The Importance of
Being a Good Listener
PROVERBS 18:13 (NASB)
“He who gives an answer
before he hears, It is folly
and shame to him.”
EVANGELISM

76. Learn How to Be a Better Listener
JAMES 1:19-20
My dear brothers, take note of
this: Everyone should be quick to
listen, slow to speak and slow to
become angry, for man's
anger does not bring
about the righteous
life that God desires.
EVANGELISM

77. 4 Types of Roles You Need
to Play in Your Friend’s Life
Archeologist
Artist
Builder
Musician
EVANGELISM

78. In idol shows, sometimes we hear
good singers
EVANGELISM

79. In idol shows, sometimes we hear
not-so-good ones
EVANGELISM

80. Hear the Sour Notes
People are Singing to Us!
EVANGELISM

81. Our Purpose …
By listening to the sour notes we may be able
to “detect” some of the uncertainty in their
their beliefs which may give us an opportunity
to help them to think more clearly
About what they believe and why.
It also helps to create a greater
interest in knowing about Jesus.
EVANGELISM

82. Hear the Sour Notes
People are Singing to Us!
EVANGELISM

83. Hear the Sour Notes
People are Singing to Us!
EVANGELISM

84. EVANGELISM

85. Dr. Norman Geisler
EVANGELISM

86. Not All Religious Viewpoints Can Be Right!
“Either Jesus is the Only “Way The Truth and
the Life…” (Jn. 14:6)
or
He is not the Only Way the Truth and the Life
EVANGELISM

87. Paul’s approach in Acts 17
Example: Idols in Acts 17:22-30
What are the two contradictory beliefs?
“For in Him we live and move and exist, as even
some of your poets have said, ‘For we also are
His offspring.’ Being then the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is
like gold or silver, an image formed by the art
and thought of man.” (Acts 17:28-29 NASB)
A.You created these wooden gods.
B.These wooden gods created you.
EVANGELISM

88. What You Might Hear
Types of “sour notes” or
inconsistencies you might hear:
Belief vs. Heart Longing (Eccl. 3:11)
Belief vs. Behavior (Gal 2:14-16)
Belief vs. Belief (Acts 17:22-30)
Illogical Belief (2 Cor. 1:18)
EVANGELISM

89. Don’t Forget to Really Listen
The fact is that some people hold to
beliefs that are some what different
than what their particular religion
teaches!
By listening to them carefully you
also communicate that you really
care about them and want to
understand what they believe.
EVANGELISM

90. Break into three groups
• Pick two actors from each group to act out
the dialog
• Others try to identify the sour note
EVANGELISM

91. Group 1
• I am a Buddhists
• I buy 4D
-> Belief vs Behavior
EVANGELISM

92. Group 2
• I believe Jesus is God
• I believe all religious beliefs are the same
-> Belief vs. Belief
EVANGELISM

93. Group 3
• I don’t believe in after-life
• I want to believe in after-life
-> Belief vs Heart Longing
EVANGELISM

94. Group 4
• There is no such thing as right or wrong
• Terrorism is wrong
-> Belief vs Belief
EVANGELISM

95. 4 Types of Roles You Need
to Play in Your Friend’s Life
Archeologist
Artist
Builder
Musician
EVANGELISM

96. Illuminate The Discrepancies!
One day a man told his Christian friend, “How
can Christianity is true, the Bible did not give
any proof for God’s existence?”
Then the Christian opened up the Bible and
read him a verse, and his friend immediately
walked away from him.
EVANGELISM

97. Illuminate The Discrepancies!
• He read Psalm 14:1 to his friend.
• And told his friend, “You see fool is wise
enough to only say this in his heart. Then you
say it out loud?”
EVANGELISM

98. The Importance of Questions
Asking questions helps
paint a picture to help
them see themselves
more clearly
EVANGELISM

99. The Importance of Questions
• Questions that help
clarify the meaning of
certain unclear terms.
• Questions that surface
uncertainty and/or
expose false belief
systems or concepts.
EVANGELISM

100. How do I know if I am asking
the right kind of questions in the right way?
Is it according to
the Three D’s of
Asking Questions?
Doubt
Defensiveness
Desire
EVANGELISM

101. Practicing 3D principle with an anime fan
• Me: Do you think Kenshin can
really atone for his sin? Do you
think we can undo what we
have done wrongly?
• Friend: “No matter what he
did, the people he killed could
not come back to life.”
EVANGELISM

102. Practicing 3D principle with an anime fan
• Me: “What about in reality? If I kill
somebody, can I atone my sin by
donating money to charity?”
• Friend: “No, you cannot atone for
your own sin”
• Me: “Every religion teaches us to do
something to atone for your sin”
Buddhism teaches us that desire is
the root of sin and Muslim teaches
us to do good work to outweigh
our wrongdoing.”
EVANGELISM

103. Practicing 3D principle with an anime fan
• Me: “Only Christianity teaches us that we cannot do
anything to undo the sin (same ground), but only
God with infinite power to remove the effect of sin.
Does it make sense?”
EVANGELISM

104. Remember the Goal in Asking Questions!
The results we want
to create are:
a sense of instability,
uncertainty, and insecurity
in their belief system.
EVANGELISM

105. Group 1 Buddhist who wants to win
4D
• Suggested Question
– You: I have some dedicated Buddhist friends, they
are vegetarians and they told me that they follow
the eight-fold-path. They believe that desire is the
source of all suffering, and we have to get rid of
all desires be. Do you think man can get rid of all
desires?
– Friend: No, I don’t think so. Many people also
want to be rich and want to be somebody.
– You: Do you know how Christianity teaches about
desire?
EVANGELISM

106. Group 1 Buddhist who wants to win
4D
Jesus taught that the
issue is not giving up
desire, but having
right desire (Matt. 5:6).
Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for
they will be filled.
(Matt 5:6)
EVANGELISM

107. Group 2 Pluralists who accepts Jesus
with all other Gods
Suggested Question
- You: You know Christians are not trying to be
exclusive to exclude all people. Just like Jesus
showed care to the poor, taught us to be
humble and love others even to the point that
we should love our enemies.
- You: Do you know the difference between
Christianity and all major religions?
EVANGELISM

108. Group 2 Pluralists who accepts Jesus
with all other Gods
• Buddha claimed to point to the way,
Muhammad claimed to be a prophet of God,
but Jesus is the only major religious leaders
who claims to be God, and he proves this by
lived a sinless life, fulfilled prophecies, died on
the cross and rose from the dead.
EVANGELISM

109. Group 3 Steve Jobs on after-life
Suggested Question:
- You: Do you believe in an after-life?
- Friend: Like Steve Jobs, I believe this is an
idea is nice to have, but no proof.
- You: Everyone desire an after-life. Just like our
other desires: desire for food, oxygen,
wealth, water, power, status, influence etc.
We desire for real thing. Does the fact that
everyone desires for an afterlife indicates it is
indeed something real?
EVANGELISM

110. Group 3 Steve Jobs on after-life
• Friend: But there is still no proof…
• You: What if someone has been dead and
come back to tell us there is such thing?
• Friend: You mean those near-death
experience?
• You: Sort of, but we have Jesus who died and
came back to life. This is corroborated by
historical findings and large number of
witnesses. Do you want to know more?
EVANGELISM

111. Group 4 Peace loving Buddhist
• You: Do you know Buddha also believe
something is wrong?
• Friend: Oh.. I did not know that.
• You: Buddha once thought caste system was
wrong, so he went around and taught against
it. That’s one of the reasons why Buddhists
are expelled from India.
EVANGELISM

112. Group 4 Peace loving Buddhist
• You: If there is such thing as right and wrong,
then how do we determine what is right and
what is wrong?
EVANGELISM

113. 4 Types of Conversations
We Want to Have with Non-believers
EVANGELISM

114. Taking That Next Step
1. Determine who
the Lord is
placing on your
heart to reach
out to!

115. Taking That Next Step
1. Determine who the Lord is
placing on your heart to
reach out to!
2. Pray for open doors
(Col. 4:3).
Praying at the same
time for us as well that
God may open up to us
a door for the word, so
that we may speak forth
the mystery of Christ, for
which I have also been
imprisoned.
Colossians 4:3

116. Taking That Next Step
1. Determine who the
Lord is placing on
your heart to reach
out to!
2. Pray for open doors
(Col. 4:3).
3. Look for Divine
Appointments daily!
(Acts 8:29).

117. 3. Look for Divine Appointments daily!
a. Look for ways God is
already at work in the
lives of those you want
to reach!
“And the Spirit said to
Philip, „Go up and join
this chariot.‟” (Acts 8:29)
* Ask yourself, “What are the signs that God is
already working supernaturally in
someone’s heart?”

118. 3. Look for Divine Appointments daily!
b. Ask God for wisdom to know what to say in your
conversations with others (Js. 1:5; Acts 14:1).

119. A facebook conversation
Friend‟s status: Man has became the measure of most things
in Life. Of animals. Of emotions. Of ethics and worse of all, ...
of God
• Raymond: This is relativism by Protagoras... is this phrase
"man is a measure of all things" subject to man's
measurement?
• Friend: The truth is logos - logos exist, but is unattainable by
the mortal man. The mortal man is doomed to see the
world through his "rose-tinted spectacles". But I m not
implying though, that he can't rid of those glasses.

120. A facebook conversation
• Raymond: What do you mean the truth? Do you agree
that even those who professes 'truth can't be attained by
mortals' is claiming to know at least one truth. Jesus came
to the world and claimed to be the 'Logos' or the God
incarnate. Have you come to conclusion who he is?
• Friend: A magician can perform miracles. A priest can
preach. A doctor can heal. Jesus is no doubt a greater
man than anyone else in history, but there are still doubts.
Why the doubts? Cause we are naught but Man.

121. A facebook conversation
• Raymond: As mortal, do you think man can know that
Jesus is God? First of all, I acknowledge that we cannot
have a perfect knowledge of God as finite beings.
However, we do have imperfect but true knowledge of
God. For example, without much musical training, we
know "that" Mozart's music is great but we don't know
"how" great Mozart's composition is. Likewise, as the top
creatures, we know "that" God exists, God is great by
reasoning but we can never comprehend "how" He exists
(his mode of existence) and how great He is. Second, like
you said, "Jesus is no doubt a greater man than anyone
else"... Can he be "just" a great man if he claims to God
but he isn't? In the Bible, there are more than enough
instances that Jesus claimed to be God. This leave us with
these two options: He is either a liar or God. Which option

122. A facebook conversation
Chain of events start to happen…..I have moved my belief
system from Agnosticism to Deism. It probably does not
come as a surprise to you as I have told you before that I m
a bit towards believing in the existence of God than
otherwise (even if it is just slightly).
It was great talking to you again dear friend 
Let me visit you sometime !

123. A reminder…
What good will it be for a man if he gains the
whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can
a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26
EVANGELISM

124. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Chinese Student at
Cornerstone Baptist Church
How long have you been to church?
“For over a year, I was invited to come to this “7-
habits of highly effective people” group.”
After coming to church for a year, what have
you found out about Jesus?
“I am still finding who Jesus is, I am
interested; however, I am not a Christian.”
EVANGELISM

125. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Chinese Student at
Cornerstone Baptist Church
You know Jesus as a Jew, does he has anything to do
with Chinese?
“I think it does not matter whether He is a Jew or not, so long
as He is true. What he does will be relevant to us. On the
contrary, if he were a Chinese, what he has done is also relevant
to the Jews. Why do you believe in Jesus?”
EVANGELISM

126. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Chinese Student at
Cornerstone Baptist Church
“Why do you believe in Jesus?”
“How do you know the record of Jesus is reliable?”
“How do you know the prophecies are pointing to
Jesus?”
“That’s amazing and the prophecies were accurate.”
EVANGELISM

127. The Joy of Self-Discovery
CONVERSATION WITH A Chinese Student at
Cornerstone Baptist Church
I think everyone has to make 2 most important
decisions in life. First is to examine whether
Jesus is the God whom he claimed to be.
Second is to determine whether we should call
Jesus our Lord. Here is my name card, and keep
in touch.
EVANGELISM

128. EVANGELISM