Here's an interview with Southern Baptist (writer/blogger) Trevin Wax (Wax is a conservative Christian)
Here's 2 sections that stand out to me from the interview.
In the evangelism class I took at Thomas Road, we learned that the precondition for talking to someone about the Gospel was the question, “Do you believe in God and the Bible?” The script assumed the answer would be yes. If the answer was no, you simply walked away. We were armed with arguments for Christianity, but not for God.
This last line is striking - an interesting look at a Christian's approach to evangelism. We presume people must believe our framework first in order to start searching for God. I.E. we're leading them to Christianity, not to Jesus/God. Of course, if led to Jesus, they will be led to Christianity. Her critique causes much reflection on how we approach sharing our faith - which Jesus called us to do (Matthew 28:18-20)
Here's a section about marriage:
Half of marriages end in divorce, and the average marriage lasts around seven years. Yes, the institution is in deep trouble. But I’d argue this has much to do with our casual attitude about marriage–the emphasis on being a beautiful bride with toned arms and having a perfect wedding with vows and flowers and food that everyone will remember, and the comparatively low interest in the content of sustained married life.
This is a true assessment. Even among Christians, there's so much attention paid to the marriage day, the home, the furniture, the honeymoon, the pictures, and more. If this much detail was given to prayer, discussion, marriage counseling, and a deep biblical and relational understanding of marriage I wonder how much better marriages would be within the church - not to mention an amazing witness for the culture of what marriage can be like.
Definitely an interesting read, a bold move from Welch (which she now has faced much negative feed back about), and an honest interview with Wax.
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