Once, I was with a few Christian friends on the El in Chicago, and we were chatting about Jesus. A young man politely interrupted us and explained that he couldn’t help overhearing our conversation. He asked if we were Christians. On behalf of the group, I explained that we were.
His eyes brightened. “I’ve been searching for a while, and I don’t know what I believe,” he said with sincerity. “Can you tell me exactly what it means to be a Christian and how I can become one?”
…If you’re playing basketball you would say, “That’s a slam dunk.” …In other words, you couldn’t find an easier guy to lead to the Lord -- unless, like us, you were unprepared.
Stunned by his straightforward question, I hesitated. Wow. Where should I start? My mind flashed back to my seminary days. Reciting to him the opening line of the script from my evangelism class certainly didn’t feel like the best way to go. I remembered another witnessing technique called the “Four Spiritual Laws,” but a canned presentation to his heartfelt question didn’t seem right. As my mind raced, I couldn’t figure out what to say, so I just started talking, hoping I’d make sense. The confused look on the man’s face told me I wasn’t.
-- Craig Groeschel in “The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn’t Exist”
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