"Sometimes I wonder how we got to this point. Why did pagan onlookers hold the early church in such high respect, but today's non-Christians view the modern-day church with such disdain? I think one of the main culprits has been our paradigm of evangelism. In the name of 'getting someone saved,' we have primarily focused on communicating a message of truth to the world. There's nothing wrong with that, except that we've prioritized the verbals over the nonverbals, the message over the method, that is to say, the proclamation over the posture...Focusing on what we say without regard to how we say it doesn't work in marriage, with our kids, in politics, or in any other social arrangement. So why do we think that it would work with God?"
- Hugh Halter, "The Tangible Kingdom"
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