Getting someone who does not know Him to understand and accept the gospel is a process - you seldom can do every step at onc
I agree with this. Very much so. As a former Muslim I actually know how difficult it is too.
There's a saying Christian-folk have and that's "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". I think that's a good saying because it's so very true.
You can have the right intentions, but if you do it in the wrong way you have sinned.
Likewise you can have the right way, but have the wrong intentions and you have sinned.
Following Christ is about doing the right things, but also doing them in the right ways.
(We will make mistakes as we grow, but we shouldn't just assume we aren't doing someone a particular harm when we make them).
Early Christianity, under persecution and with only life example and person to person word of mouth, spread like wildfire.
God isn't a flashy salesman, he has something that's actually real to offer, and is offering it to a mankind who needs that. The real thing. Not the sales gimmick.
America has had her fill of salesman gimmicks and her people are starving for sustenance.
What the church should be doing is go back to God's methods of leading by life example, and being something set apart for God instead of doubling down on cheap salesman gimmicks.
That's when the church will grow substantively. It's clearly dying in America - and society with it - because quality mattered and I don't think many have that when they are busy making the church appealing to the world instead of something holy for God.
it's Holiness in all it's forms we need.
I'm not saying this in particular judgement of any one thing. But rather, just general observation really...