Soul-Winning And Battle

Eric Geiger has a great post on why he gave up on what he terms heathen-hunting. It's a great look into why he uses relational evangelism and why he sees himself as an ambassador for Christ and not a soldier for Christ.
Here's a piece:

I viewed myself as a hunter. God viewed me as his ambassador (II Cor 5) and
as salt and light (Matthew 5). Once I understood how God views me, I left my
heathen hunting days behind. I embraced being his ambassador, representing him
in a world in which I do not belong.

It's definitely worth the clickthrough, though. JM

Dialogue

I love the dialogue that blogging provides. Here is an interesting discussion about Acquire The Fire's "Battle Cry" event that is being held in San Francisco and the attention that it is creating. Fascinating. For the record, I'm not a big ATF fan. Nor am I necessarily a fan of the "youth rally". I strongly feel that the way to see life change is not to emotionally fill them up and embolden them. I think this can create embarassment once students get older or can create a perpetual "divine anger" sort of mentality. I certainly believe that emotion is a powerful tool in creating passionate disciples of Jesus, but I feel it must be heavily balanced with logic and compassion. JM