This Kids in the Hall sketch is a good reminder to us all. Two guys going door-to-door sharing the Lord, but they’re so consumed by their own agenda, they’re unable to see the needs in front of them.

Sometimes we can let evangelism (sharing Christ with others) become either a scripted cardboard pitch or a steamroller shove-it-down-your-throat assault.  Either way these approaches become all about us. It becomes a missions for “us” to save “them.” The key element we forget about in evangelism is the purpose of evangelism. We’re not spreading religion. We’re not out to prove a point. We’re offering help and healing to those in need. Jesus wasn’t about a speech or a forced system or conformity. He offered hope, healing and change. If we don’t offer that, then we’re missing the point and might as well be selling Amway.