Email, tweeting, texting, blogging, letters,
notes, signing, singing, videos, mp3, m4p, m4a, flv, mov, wmv, wav, semaphore,
loudspeaker, megaphone, facetime, Skype, ipa, cell phone, land line, walkie
talkie, telegraph, television, radio, telex, fax, paging, newspaper, magazine,
yellow pages, smoke signals, banner… These are some of the ways people
communicate — deliver a message.
Most, if not all, of these methods have been
used to tell people about Jesus. Some have been used more effectively than
others and a key is making sure the method used will reach the intended
audience and be received by them. (It doesn't do much good to send a text
message to someone's land line. I know. I've tried.)
Determining the method in most situations does
not need to be difficult. Most people we want to reach are people within reach.
John showed us the way: "Though I have much to write to you, I would
rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to
face, so that our joy may be complete" (2 John 12). Jesus did not say, "Send
a text." He said, "Go" (Matthew 28:19).
Some folks spend way too much time talking about ways to reach people when all they need to do is go to them and talk "face to face."
