Another Perspectives quote for you, this time coming from “Evangelism: The Leading Partner” by Samuel Hugh Moffett:
“One of the happiest lessons I ever learned about evangelism came not from a professional evangelist, but from a watermelon vendor.
It was in a Korean village, and my wife came up to ask him how much a watermelon cost. He was so surprised at finding a long-nosed foreigner who spoke Korean that at first he was struck dumb. He even forgot to tell her the price. There was something more important he wanted to say. He asked, “Are you a Christian?” And when she replied, “Yes,” he smiled all over. “Oh, I’m so glad,” he said, “because if you weren’t I was going to tell you how much you are missing.”
If more of us were so happy about what we have found in the Lord Jesus Christ that we couldn’t wait to tell those who have not found him how much they are missing, we would need to worry no longer about the future of evangelism.”
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