The church today is asking for artist, and there is so much written about artistic expression in the church. I guess this also has to do with art.
At an auto show. Y’know those guys are artists. Nothing is for sale. The car is like a canvas. Thats all. No cheap trick. No gimmick.

There are guys that have tattoos with which they use to share the Gospel.

But I hear you. Ultimately a person can be the rude guy on the bus, cornering people and forcing their message down people’s throats. Thats not what I’m talking about.

I haven’t read Dever’s book, but I recently heard a comedian talk about bumper stickers in that they’re helpful because they could indicate, “yeah, we’re never going hang out.”

i’m not so sure that the gospel message is simple enough to be emblazoned on a car. or that they would even make sense. i think people are looking for real people, not slogans or sales pitches. we are such a commercialized society that people can hear a proposition coming from a mile away. i mean, have you ever run into someone in a network marketing scheme like amway or something? and how do you react to telemarketers?

hudson taylor didn’t just put on an act, he gave up everything, even to the point of poverty. and losing his life there. there was no gimmick. the gospel is no cheap trick, we shouldn’t reduce it to such.

“For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.”(2Cor 2:17)

In my mind the Gospel message would be emblazoned on the car. The presence of tracts and Bibles would all be very upfront. There is a reason why we are here.

The materialism issue, did not occur to me. I just see a generation of guys totally into their cars. I guess it was a modern take on Hudson Taylor dressing and acting like a Chinese to reach the Chinese.

And, as David pointed out, the bigger picture might be overhauling our whole idea of what evangelism is all about. I really appreciate the missional concept that God is already at work in the world and we’re invited to be a part of His work — rather than the colonial notion of “bringing Jesus” to the heathens (wherever they might be).

You all ever hear of the Drive – In Church, I think they gave out boxes with the Lord’s Supper inside, and a sermon cassette (now that is dating me…)

Elder J, don’t forget open gym!