Preaching the Gospel

We are to preach the gospel "in season and out."

"I resolved to know nothing among you but Christ, and Him crucified."

God promises to confirm the gospel message with signs and wonders.

"A time for every purpose under heaven"

There is a time to preach and a time to be still.

We must preach Jesus. There is no other way for people to be informed of the greatness of God's love for them. The gospel cannot spread if we do not put it into words.

Actions speak louder than words.

There is "an appointed time for every purpose."

- Don't throw pearls before swine.

- Don't stay in a town that rejects the gospel.

- Jesus before Herod and Pilate.

If we are the aggressor, and people are not responding, then it's time to move on to other towns. Ad impossibile nemo tenetur. Stop taking our bucket to that dry well; stop getting into the ring with that bear; stop going down that street.

If others are being aggressive, and if they have us cornered, then we should make the martyrs' choice. We should stand our ground, and demonstrate that we shall not be moved.

Tactics

• Learn by doing.
• Tracts, pamphlets, literature, books, CDs, DVDs.
• Links
• Blogs
• Station of the Cross bumper stickers
• Join with other people. Two by two.
• Ask for help.
• Look for models.
• T-shirts, hats
• Facebook page--like the Station of the Cross
• signature in e-mail
• Lapel pins: crosses, baby feet, monstrance
• Medals
• Scapulars
• Rosaries
• Icons, pictures, posters (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
• Parish evangelization committees
• NFP CDs for all of my students. Return anonymously if they don't want them.