This blog is my personal journey to understand how to share the gospel with a growing number of people who don’t seem to be reached through common evangelism techniques. In many cases, these are people who feel they already know enough about religion and who are comfortable relying on the natural world. Often, this is because of the growing success of science and technology in explaining the world and providing solutions. In many cases they are atheists with no interest in Christianity, while in other cases they are people who are spiritual, but have become disenchanted with Christianity.
Using Jesus’ Acts 1:8 statement as a metaphor, it seems to me that most evangelism occurs fairly near existing religious structures — in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, often by inviting people into existing Christian contexts.
However, a growing number of people are at the ends of the Earth, requiring deliberate efforts to go to them even though physically they are all around us. So, this is an exploration of ways to go into that spiritual darkness and proclaim Jesus in ways that fit those distant contexts.
The exploration works through both prayerful reflection on Scripture and prayerful, listening awareness of what’s going on in the world. The former involves listening to the Spirit, while the latter involves listening to the hearts of the lost.
The results of this exploration are documented in this blog; comments welcome.
Exploring Antioch 