3 street witnessing truths in Norn Iron and Europe

Hey all, here is a post from a Blog made by Paul Hockley who is a friend of mine from Marseille. It’s 3 truths about street witnessing in the UK and Europe

Lesson 1: The place in Europe where people are the most closed to the Gospel is in the brains of the Christians.
Wherever I have been, in the north, the south, east, and west of Europe, there is openness to the Gospel among the youth. I have yet to come to one place where more people are not interested than those that are. When I am out on the streets, I tend to be very selective as to who I would like to speak to depending on people’s appearance. However, I have discovered that frequently, those that are very interested are those that don’t seem to be on the outside.

Lesson 2: People want the supernatural — pray for the sick.
All over Europe, many of the people I have met recognize the genuineness of my experiences with God, but then go on to affirm that they need their own experiences to be able to believe. I have found out that asking people if they have pain anywhere in their bodies, and then praying for them, is a great way to witness. When Jesus heals them on the spot, they are immediately interested in hearing more. Try it out for yourself! The more you pray for the sick, the more you will see healed…

Lesson 3: People need to dissociate their thoughts of Jesus from their thoughts of the church.
I admit that this is a trickier one. The church has not always been a great example of Jesus’ love; as the DC talk song intro puts it: “the greatest cause of atheism in the world today, is Christians.” You can use this simple example that I was taught: Christianity can be assimilated to an orange. If you bite straight into it, it is very bitter. But if you take away the peel, the inside is very sweet. Often, if people look at Christianity, it looks rotten or bitter. This is because of the peel of man-made religion that has been put around the inside: Jesus. He is the very heart of religion, and will never disappoint. When people get this, their picture of God changes.
Hope this was helpful for you! Do you agree? Do you have any tips for witnessing?

Paradigm coming from whose paradigm?

The musical culture of Norway, who in the past has produced excellent musicians, especially in the genre of metal, is in something of funk. Literally.

I am speaking about our co-labourers in the Oslo based Jesus Revolution and their new CD Paradigm. Appropriatley called because one must have a reather unique paradigm to appreciate this music. Jesus Revolution has just formed and released its new global band, and what genre of music have they chosen for their global audience? "Pop funk". Now who on God's great earth actually listens to this stuff? Either this is a poor CD or it is a great CD of a poorly chosen genre.

As far as I can tell fromt he CD cover JR has established an all chick band and, quite frankly, the music does lack any masculine quality to it. I feel this much anticipated realease may not make much waves outside of Norway, or perhaps out of JR circles where people will listen to and praise it out of a sense of loyalty to the organisation.

Save yourself the money. A good, theologically Christian, CD released this year would be Thrice's "Alchemy Index"