If You’re Going to Bring Them to Jesus, Then Bring Them to Jesus!

Lately I've been getting a little flack for downplaying the importance of evangelism. I wrote a post recently celebrating diversity of various kinds: ethnic diversity, linguistic diversity, cultural diversity, and yes -- religious diversity. But how could I celebrate this as a Christian, some have asked.

"Isn't your central goal as a Christian to convert others to Christianity?"

"Don't you decide to follow Jesus, then you help others to do the same?"

I disagree with the first question. We'll...