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Recently a friend sent me a quote from Michelangelo - "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." For most of my life, I aimed for zero, and guess what, I hit it.
After all – “What can I do? The problem is just too big and I could do nothing to really impact the troubled people of this world”.
A long time ago Dave M shared this concept of how to explain the gospel simply. Since then it has been tweaked and reformed often to suit the target audience.
Here is the classic “3x Circles Gospel Presentation” but with a more complete explanation than usual.
You can get what you need and ditch the rest.
For example instead of a full explanation of what baptism is you could just say that “you need to get washed clean” or similar.
Ever had someone state emphatically that they do not have any spiritual beliefs at all?
You could try just talking them around but many people today respond better to visual communication as well as talking.
Youth today have an attention span of about 1 minute. Just look at their browsing habits.
Someone who has just tried to shut you down and end the conversation probably can only stand about another minute or so before they walk off. What can you do in a minute?
