visual images. They are the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, as well as the transformed lives of our Christian brothers and sisters. This is certainly not to stifle all creativity in supplemental evangelistic outreaches. We want to encourage creativity in finding ways to share the gospel. It is, however, to caution us against a reliance on entertainment for “effectiveness” in evangelism, especially when that evangelism happens in our weekly gathering for public worship. Churches are most
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