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Without words?

Brian Hogbin
Date posted: 1 Jul 2015

Dear Friends,

The evangelist William Wade is quite right that the gospel needs articulating with words. However, it is most curious that in the letters to the churches Christians (apart from the leaders and evangelists) are hardly ever exhorted to speak the good news but are constantly being advised on how to live! OK, there are a just few such references but what a surprising dearth compared to the number of times we are encouraged to get the walk right, both personally within the church family and in relation to outsiders, and to do good. When we are encouraged to speak it is usually in prayer.