You don’t need to memorize evangelical formulas or answers. You just have to be willing to ask.
There was something different about the way Jesus communicated with the lost: he didn’t force answers upon people, He asked questions. So why don’t we?
Following Christ’s lead, Randy Newman has been using a questioning style of evangelism for decades. In this provocative book, he provides practical insights to help Christians engage others in meaningful spiritual conversations. He challenges us to examine how we think about people, their questions, and our crucial message.
This second edition includes a new preface reflecting on the popularity of this perennial bestseller and what its success has taught Newman about the effectiveness of this extraordinary method.
Randy Newman is the Senior Fellow for Evangelism and Apologetics at The C. S. Lewis Institute in the Washington, DC area. He is also an adjunct faculty at Talbot School of Theology and Patrick Henry College. After serving for over thirty years with Campus Crusade for Christ, he established Connection Points, a ministry to help Christians engage people’s hearts the way Jesus did. He has written three books and numerous articles about evangelism and other ways our lives intertwine with God’s creation. He and his wife Pam live in Annandale, Virginia, and have three grown sons and one delightful daughter-in-law. Randy blogs at ConnectionPoints.us.
Lee Strobel received his bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master’s in law from Yale Law School. He worked for fourteen years as an award-winning legal editor for the Chicago Tribune and taught at Roosevelt University. After a nearly two-year investigation of the evidence for Jesus, Lee received Christ in 1981. He is the author of several books, including The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, and The Case for a Creator. In recognition of his extensive research for his books, Southern Evangelical Seminary honored Lee with a doctorate in divinity in 2007. He lives with his wife, Leslie, in Colorado.
Jim Denison is an audiobook narrator and voice actor with over thirty years experience in professional public speaking, including five years as a radio personality.