Comments on: Preach The Gospel At All Times.

By: Mercy-An “In Other Words Tuesday” moment « Sunflower Faith

Mercy-An “In Other Words Tuesday” moment « Sunflower Faith — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:01:51 +0000

[...] Inevitably, out of the diversity of our giftings and experiences, out of the brokenness and strengths of our culture and understanding, each of us will find ourselves at different places of emphasis on this issue” from,” Preach the Gospel at all Times [...]

By: Top 10 Posts of 2010 « A Living Alternative Our Missional Pilgrimage

Top 10 Posts of 2010 « A Living Alternative Our Missional Pilgrimage — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:28:42 +0000

[...] 2. Preach The Gospel At All Times. [...]

By: “Preach The Gospel At All Times; When Necessary, Use Words” And Other Christian Myths « mgpcpastor’s blog

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:02:52 +0000

[...] Another blog post responds to Galli’s article, showing the sentiments from Francis that probably gave rise to the saying attributed to him. I think the post asserts that Francis’ position as being that Gospel proclamation is inextricably intertwined with Gospel life, which is the same basic position as Galli’s. This is a sentiment which is also expressed in the section of the Heidelberg Catechism that I posted yesterday. [...]

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:33:20 +0000

Thanks Art. I agree.

Peace,
Jamie

By: Art

Art — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:33:36 +0000

The statement doesn’t say “don’t use words.” Your article nicely draws out the dramatic tension between walk and talk, not an exclusivity of one over the other.

Even if he didn’t say it, the statement nicely underscores the fact that this dramatic tension is only resolved in the One in Whom we trust.

By: Top Posts of 2009 & An Open Question « A Living Alternative Our Missional Pilgrimage

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:24:42 +0000

[...] Preach The Gospel At All Times.: This article was in response to Mark Galli’s critique of the oft quoted & wrongly attributed “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary use words”. This is, perhaps, the piece I feel most passionate about writing this year. I would highly encourage you to take some time and consider the challenge on what it means to be His witnesses to the world. [...]

By: TheyCallMePastorBryan | Preach the Gospel: How?

TheyCallMePastorBryan | Preach the Gospel: How? — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:58:05 +0000

[...] some of my problems with the reappropriated quote in a bit, but first I’d like to highlight an excellent response to this article by Jamie Arpin-Ricci, a church planter in Winnipeg (@missional on twitter). He highlights from a [...]

By: Randy Siever

Randy Siever — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:42:09 +0000

Will do. Thanks!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:27:38 +0000

Hey Randy,

Thanks for your great comment. We have people in our little inner city community that are indeed gifted and called to verbal evangelism, so I fully agree. Please feel free to reprint this article at your site (with the appropriate linkage, of course). Thanks!

Peace,
Jamie

By: Randy Siever

Randy Siever — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:39:26 +0000

Nicely done. This tension, between proclamation and demonstration, is one that has been central in my thinking and mission over the past few years. I am an evangelist, but one who has come to reject the forms of evangelism that threaten, manipulate, coerce, guilt or shame people into the Kingdom of God. These tactics were all in my arsenal for over 30 years (though not the only ones, and certainly not often used), I confess. And although I have discovered that evangelism is mostly about “making disciples” (rather than just converts) and that disciple making is messy and difficult to “count”, I have also come to the conclusion that some of us are actually gifted and called to proclaim the story of Christ verbally and call people to follow him (though in ways that likely resemble St. Francis more than Billy Graham these days).

All this to say that I found your post very encouraging and well balanced. I’d like to post it over at our site (www.DoableEvangelism.com) if you don’t mind. I would very much like to engage our readers in this discussion.