Sometimes listeners ask questions that cannot be answered without explaining some of these deeper issues. If you explain to someone that all of humanity is sinful, you may need eventually to explain that all sinned in Adam and fell with him.

Some time ago I asked a similar question about what to do when an evangelistic discussion turns to a discussion of Calvinism. The fact of the matter is that Calvinistic issues will come up if Calvinism is biblical. Jesus did not shy away from discussing matters that were "hard to accept." When things got "difficult" for the hearers, they often left. So be it. We are not to be concerned with numbers. This is why the seeker sensitive movement exists. Such a passage has become one of my favorite in the bible, namely the one where he then asks the disciples whether they, too, are going to leave, and they reply, "To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."

So I guess I'm saying that the more difficult matters of Christianity are not all necessary in a presentation of the Gospel, but if they come up, don't be afraid to share them and defend them unashamedly.

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