“What is the difference between these two statements?“The minimum amount of truth to the maximum amount of people”“The maximum amount of truth to the maximum amount of people”Only two words: minimum, maximum. But those words constitute a difference as great as night and day. The first statement unfortunately seems to summarize the goal of much contemporary evangelism. The second describes the historic and biblical goal in evangelism.” (Will Metzger, “Tell the Truth,” p.33) 

Today we live in a fast track world. Everything we do is to be done in lightning speed. There is no room for turtle speed. We need faster and faster cars, internet, postal services, Christmas shopping, etc. We hail, ironically, the “Hare” in the fairy tale as our hero and the turtle as a “dud.” We have no tolerance for the slow pace just get into the far left lane on a freeway and you will soon find out. Nevertheless, our society has been programmed to believe that faster is better! In addition to all this, is the fact that less is better. What do I mean? This means that alongside the faster is the so called better philosophy where we want less work involved. Today, also, is a day where we desire earnestly for less work, less effort, less diligence, less study, less sweat, less pain, etc. I hope you get the picture. Both of these philosophies have reeked havoc on society. My friend, we have done the same with evangelism! We want fast-track presentation with the least amount of information. We want less and less information--easy to read tracts that really say very little. Don't settle for less when telling the people about the gospel. Just get used to saying as much as you can. Give truth after truth, if and when it is available.

Pastor Jim Cater