Reimagining Evangelism Quotes

“Witness is not about us. It’s about God, and God’s presence in the journey of others.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“Whenever you speak of Christ with another, you do not stand alone. God is with you, in front and behind, before and after.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“But the chance of him taking a step toward God was well worth the risk of me feeling rejected. Because it’s not about me. It’s about God.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really matter. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was because so much bad happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing. This shadow, even darkness, must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding on to something.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“Your authority in part comes from your authenticity, the authenticity of your struggles and your flawed humanity.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“GANDALF: So do all that live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring, in which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“Pity – it was pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey

“Sarah Hinckley expresses the cry of her media-influenced generation: We have every little inconsequential thing, Nintendo 64s and homepages and cell phones, but not one important thing to believe in. What do you have left that will persuade us? One thing: the story. We are story people. We know narratives, not ideas. Our surrogate parents were the TV and the VCR, and we can spew out entertainment trivia at the drop of a hat.... You're wondering why we're so self-destructive, but we're looking for the one story with staying power, the destruction and redemption of our own lives. That's to your advantage: You Christians have the best redemption story on the market.”
― Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey