usage does not mean to win converts (as it usually does when we use the word) but simply to share the good news, irrespective of the results.”7 This point rings true. Evangelism must be defined in terms of the message proclaimed, not the results achieved. D. T. Niles, a theologian from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), offered this memorable definition: “Evangelism is witness. It is one beggar telling another beggar where to get food.”8 Reminiscent of the four starving men in 2 Kings 7:1–9 who
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