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Today, you'll hear from Glenn's Gryvener on how to captivate the imagination in evangelism.

This message was first delivered at TGC's 2019 National Conference in Indianapolis.

I am Glenn's Gryvener. I am married to Emma and daughter Ruby.

And we live on the South Coast of England. It's called the Sunshine Coast.

My Australian family thinks it's hilarious that he's born is called the Sunshine Coast.

In Australia, we have a Sunshine Coast and it's located about five miles from the center of the sun.

Hear your skin audibly crackling on the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

Not so in England, but they truly call it the Sunshine Coast in England, which is very cruel,

but true. And so my job is really to go around and introduce people to Jesus.

And I want to talk to you today about the vital importance of captivating the imagination

when you're sharing Jesus with people, captivating the imagination.

And I wonder, as I talk about captivating the imagination, whether that sounds all warm and fuzzy,

like a nice bubble-buff, it's the nice guy option. Some people are the hard-nosed evangelists

and they're the pugilistic, combative, adversarial types. And then there are the creatives,

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