Some Christians avoid intellectual debates, thinking evangelism should rely on prayer alone. Pastor Mike Fabarez challenges this passive approach by examining Paul’s persistent efforts to persuade King Agrippa. Paul’s strategy reveals how God uses our persuasive efforts as His chosen method for reaching skeptics. Your words possess more power than you realize, and retreating from intellectual engagement actually undermines God’s ordained process for drawing people to salvation.
You can know something about a person, their biography, greatest achievements, famous sayings...but still be a stranger to them. Real relationships require something more. Presence. Pursuit. A genuine willingness to close the distance.
If you want to pursue a deeper relationship with God, be sure to request the book The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer.