So… I have a question.
What’s the first thing a person needs to know in order to follow Jesus? I mean to successfully follow Jesus. Not pray a prayer and go off and do your own thing, but to develop a meaningful, sustainable Christian faith.
I’m reading a book that laments how unsuccessful evangelistic campaigns have been. The author cites (among other things), a study where 30,000 decisions were made for Christ. Six months later, researchers could only find 30 people who had continued on in the faith. That’s a 99.9% failure rate! Only 1/10th of 1% continued on in the faith.
What gives?
What do you think we’re doing wrong?
I’ve given this a lot of thought over the years, and I have some ideas, but I’d love to hear yours as well.
In response to miserable statistics like these, I’m working on a series of videos and pdfs I’m calling Your Guide to Following Jesus.
Here’s the first video: “001 How to Test Drive the Christian Faith”
Also, over the weekend, I spoke at my home church on true grace vs. false grace. All I have right now is a Facebook link. Let me know if you’d like me to post on YouTube as well. (My Internet is really slow, so posting a long video takes 8-10 hours to upload.)
Anyway, I’d love to hear from you…
Have a super week!
Dwight
PS. If you’re subscribed to my YouTube channel, I think I’ll have a little surprise for you in the next several days. My wife keeps encouraging me to do something, and maybe I’ll just follow her advice.
