Before You Share Your Faith! How to Be ‘Evangelism Ready’ (TGC Talks)

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Philosophy, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity, Tgc, Religion & Spirituality, Gospel Coalition, Society & Culture, Religion, 608017

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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How do you prepare to share the gospel? In this highly practical short talk, Matt Smethurst outlines seven tips for becoming “evangelism ready.”

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Good Book Company, publisher of Future Proof by Steven McAlpine.
0:05.7	Steven McAlpine is an Australian writer and speaker who specializes in cultural engagement
0:11.4	and the church. In his new book Future Proof, coming February 2024, Steven encourages readers
0:17.8	that we have been given everything we need in Christ to thrive in a post-Christian cultural landscape.
0:23.2	Visit thegoodbook.com slash post-podcast to find this book and other resources that will help you
0:29.4	engage with the culture in a thoughtful and biblical way and use code post at checkout to receive
0:35.6	25% off. That's the Good Book.com slash post podcast.
0:45.8	Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast. In 2021, the Gospel Coalition released a short form video
0:52.4	series called TGC Talks. In these videos, Christian thought leaders help us think
0:56.8	biblically and timely about important cultural issues. And now we're bringing these talks to you
1:01.9	right here on TGC podcast. Today, you'll hear from Matt Smeathers as he outlines seven tips for
1:07.9	becoming evangelism ready. Telling others about Jesus is one of the most important and yet
1:15.4	downright daunting things that we're called to do. I want to talk with you about how to get prepared
1:21.4	to share your faith. Seven ways to be evangelism ready. We'll dive right in. Number one,
1:28.9	grasp the gospel, grasp the gospel. The reason this is first on the list is because without it,
1:37.0	there is no list. You can't do evangelism if you don't understand the evangel, the good news
1:45.0	of Christianity. And in order to grasp it, you have to understand the significance of this little word
1:52.1	news. This is one of the things that separates Christianity from every other major religion.
1:58.8	Because Christianity is not fundamentally an ethical code, good advice. Now it's first and
2:06.4	foremost an announcement of good news. You don't need to go to seminary to grasp it. You don't
2:12.7	need to be in ministry to grasp it. You don't even need to have been a Christian for five minutes
2:17.2	in order to grasp the gospel well enough to convey it to someone else.
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