How Not to Evangelize

From the AP

MADISON, Wis. – A Baraboo man was accused of repeatedly shocking a male dance instructor with a stun gun, claiming the instructor was a “sinner” who “defiles married women.” A Dane County prosecutor said the suspect, 59, hastily arranged a dance lesson at the instructor’s Madison home and showed up with a stun gun and sledgehammer last Friday. The criminal complaint said the man told a detective that his church does not condone touching while dancing and that he was going to scare the instructor “and tell him to leave the women alone.”

The Wisconsin State Journal said the instructor told police that the suspect phoned for private dance lessons, and when he opened the door to his home, he began to shock him repeatedly in the neck with the stun gun.

This speaks for itself. While part of loving others can sometimes entail warning them about remaining alienated from God, that is usually not the best tactic to use at first. It seems that we are more concerned about “fixing” others instead of focusing on what needs to be “fixed” in us. It is never the Christian’s duty to “fix” someone else. Rather, it is our duty to introduce others to the One who can “fix” them, just as he can fix us.