{"id":110950,"date":"2022-03-30T09:07:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110950"},"modified":"2022-03-30T09:12:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:12:17","slug":"lr-3-reasons-christians-stay-silent-about-their-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110950","title":{"rendered":"(LR) 3 Reasons Christians Stay Silent about Their Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Christians stay silent because of a desire to be friendly<\/strong><br \/>\nEvangelism is a loving act of telling someone why you have hope in a broken world. It\u2019s talking about something (or someone) important to you. However, for too many, evangelism conjures a negative image; it feels unkind.<\/p>\n<p>We have no problem talking about our kids, grandkids, new cars, or even a television series we\u2019re watching. But when it comes to talking about Jesus and the difference our faith makes in our lives, we freeze. We\u2019ve accepted the idea that evangelism is unfriendly, so we remain silent.<\/p>\n<p>Research shows 51% of Americans say they\u2019re curious and wanted to know why faith is important to others. In other words, the cringe is inside us. Evangelism practiced in love and with a winsome personality would be a welcome part of most conversations and friendships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.lifeway.com\/2022\/03\/30\/3-reasons-christians-stay-silent-about-their-faith\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In his years teaching evangelism, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dshildreth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dshildreth<\/a> discovered several primary reasons Christians keep quiet about their faith. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RzcnqhzBlg\">https:\/\/t.co\/RzcnqhzBlg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lifeway Research (@LifewayResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifewayResearch\/status\/1509154749052030985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Christians stay silent because of a desire to be friendly Evangelism is a loving act of telling someone why you have hope in a broken world. It\u2019s talking about something (or someone) important to you. However, for too many,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110950\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440,108,170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evangelism-and-church-growth","category-religion-culture","category-theology-evangelism-mission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110950"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110954,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110950\/revisions\/110954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}