The document is a story about a game warden catching a fisherman illegally using dynamite to fish. When the game warden confronts the fisherman, the fisherman hands the warden a stick of dynamite and asks if he wants to talk or fish, implying they should get on with the activity rather than discuss rules. The document uses this story as an analogy for effective evangelism, questioning if common methods simply cause damage or if they really work to spread the message.

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Sermons For
Youth -
Dynamite
Fishing
When it comes to
evangelism, are we
just talking, or are
we fishing?
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A game warden heard about
a local fisherman that was
illegally using dynamite to
fish at the local lake. So the
next day he decided to
investigate and maybe catch
the fisherman in the act. At
about 6 a.m. he arrived at
pier dressed as a fisherman
himself and noticed a
gentleman climbing into a
small boat with a tackle box
but no fishing pole.
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Thinking that this must be
the culprit, he asks if he
might join the fisherman
and come along for the ride.
“Sure” says the angler “I
could use the company. It’ll
be nice to have someone to
talk to while I’m fishing”.
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So the game warden climbs
aboard and off they row to
the middle of the lake. As
soon as they reach the
middle the fisherman
reaches into his tackle box
and pulls out a stick of
dynamite, lights it and
tosses it overboard…
CABOOOM!! up float a
bunch of dead fish which
the fisherman scoops up
into the boat.
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The game warded pulls
out his badge and
identifies himself. “I’m
the game warden and
you’re under arrest for
fishing with dynamite!”
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About this time the old
fisherman lights another
stick of dynamite, hands it
to the game warden and
says,
“You gonna talk or fish?”
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When it comes to
evangelism, are we just
talking, or are we fishing?
Are the methods we use for
evangelism effective or do
they simply cause a lot of
collateral damage?
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