If God walked with Abraham, wrestled with Jacob, and spoke face-to-face with Moses, why stop there? Maybe he decided to visit for a bit longer, and worked a greater salvation in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It has become a well-worn mantra amongst evangelical Christians that the days of public rallies to evangelise the lost are long gone. The future of evangelism is relational. I have been on that bandwagon for decades. But I am not so sure now.
We believe that every expression of Christianity is necessarily and rightly contextualised, to some degree, to particular human culture; there is no such thing as a universal ahistorical expression of Christianity. But we never want to be so affected by our culture that we compromise gospel truths.
Most us live ordinary lives. I sit in therapists’ appointments, get the groceries, walk my dog. These circumstances often feel mundane, rushing from one thing to the next just trying to get through it all, the only purpose being the joy of ticking it off my list.
This was Forsyth, and the intellectual environment of the Evangelical Union: read everyone, apparent friend or possible foe, because the Christian faith can cope with it.
