TGC Podcast How to Speak Jesus to Your Friends
Dec 12, 2025
Sam Chan, an Australian pastor and author dedicated to evangelism, dives into the challenges of sharing Jesus in today's post-Christian culture. He advocates for viewing evangelism as a lifestyle rather than isolated events and emphasizes the importance of merging social circles to strengthen faith connections. Chan discusses the need for conversational evangelism, focusing on active listening and asking thoughtful questions. He also shares practical tools and strategies to engage skeptics and reach those wounded by past church experiences.
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Evangelism As A Lifestyle
- Evangelism must be a long-term lifestyle, not a one-off event.
- Merge Christian and non-Christian friend networks over years to increase plausibility of the gospel.
Community Shapes Belief
- Belief depends far more on community than on facts or evidence.
- Merge social circles so friends see trusted people believing, which raises plausibility.
Hospital Accommodation That Bridged Worlds
- Sam lived with three non-Christian doctors and regularly included them in social plans.
- Over two years this merging helped many of them come to faith.
