tract down the sinners!
relevant has some of the best articles anywhere.
i don't know how many (if any) people that have actually been affected by tracts, but i'm guessing that's not really the wave of the future. they're just too impersonal. and lazy. is someone really going go get a tract and think, "wow... this guy really put a lot of consideration into choosing ME to give this tract to... i think i'll love jebus now."
doubtful.
but there are alternatives... i don't know about the things this guy did... b/c i probably wouldn't accept food from a stranger and i wouldn't want someone else to clean my truck. but the clothes thing was a good idea.
i do like a couple things he had to say, though...
"I really didn't have a particularly sound understanding of why anyone would be interested in listening to me explain the information held within."
"Years after the tract experience, after I had met Jesus," [this implies the author didn't meet Jesus until he grew up. very cool thought.]
"A positive second step is to, as much as possible, avoid coming off as a wacko. I'm still working on this one myself, but I don't think you'll look like too much of a wacko if you really love Jesus, and if you really love the people you talk to." [no one thinks mother teresa was a wacko...]
So what's better than tracts?
Love.
Be friends with someone. The end of this article shows that the author had three friends that show up to church regularly now. If you really want to impact someone's life, love them.
[by the way... the 'jebus' was intentional]
i don't know how many (if any) people that have actually been affected by tracts, but i'm guessing that's not really the wave of the future. they're just too impersonal. and lazy. is someone really going go get a tract and think, "wow... this guy really put a lot of consideration into choosing ME to give this tract to... i think i'll love jebus now."
doubtful.
but there are alternatives... i don't know about the things this guy did... b/c i probably wouldn't accept food from a stranger and i wouldn't want someone else to clean my truck. but the clothes thing was a good idea.
i do like a couple things he had to say, though...
"I really didn't have a particularly sound understanding of why anyone would be interested in listening to me explain the information held within."
"Years after the tract experience, after I had met Jesus," [this implies the author didn't meet Jesus until he grew up. very cool thought.]
"A positive second step is to, as much as possible, avoid coming off as a wacko. I'm still working on this one myself, but I don't think you'll look like too much of a wacko if you really love Jesus, and if you really love the people you talk to." [no one thinks mother teresa was a wacko...]
So what's better than tracts?
Love.
Be friends with someone. The end of this article shows that the author had three friends that show up to church regularly now. If you really want to impact someone's life, love them.
[by the way... the 'jebus' was intentional]
