Or WHY EVERYONE WAITS UNTIL THEY GET A ROUND TUIT
We’d all been asked to do it. To figure out in advance how we would share the story of our faith journey to Christ if we had only 2-3 minutes to tell it.
But Joe couldn’t be bothered. He figured that he knew his story, so didn’t need to do this silly step of preparation.
And then there we were, Joe and I, in a conversation with a German atheist student who was asking a genuine question of Joe: “So why are you a Christian?”
The next 30 minutes were exceedingly painful to watch as Joe rambled through his story like a trek through a corn maze of mistaken pathways and dead ends. He lost the attention of the German guy in the first 3 minutes. You could just see his eyes glaze over. He really had no chance of understanding the gospel from such a story. I couldn’t even follow it.
As Christ’s spokespersons, (2 Cor. 5:20) we owe it to people to be prepared to share our story genuinely and clearly. (1 Peter 3:15) What God has done to restore us to himself is the most amazing story and it deserves to be told in a way that reflects that.
Most of us are not naturally gifted communicators. We actually need to practice. But even though we know that, we never seem to get around to doing the simple steps we need to be prepared to communicate well. Why is that?
Years ago, a church decided to provide its congregation with no more excuses for putting things off. They handed out small wooden discs with the letters TUIT written on them. If people were simply waiting until they got around to it, they now had one. Corny, yes, but we humans are hopeless procrastinators until someone gives us a hard and fast deadline.
The number one expressed need of Soularium users is how to transition to deeper spiritual conversations after they’ve completed the five Soularium questions.
We all want some easy preparation-free method. But, if you really want to be effective in communicating your story and God’s story to another person, you need to take some time to practice a few simple steps BEFORE using Soularium.
“Going Deeper,” the new Soularium training video, leads you through a few simple steps so you can be ready for any conversation. If you follow the steps it advises, you’ll be ready to transition beyond the five questions into deeper gospel conversations.
So here’s what you can do to be prepared:
1. Watch the video “Soularium: Going Deeper” with a friend, mentor or small group. Download video discussion guide tips here .
2. When you finish, set a date on your calendars by which you will have accomplished the preparation steps.
3. Meet back together to share and practice what you’ve done.
Don’t be caught unprepared like Joe was. Consider this your virtual “round Tuit” reminder.
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