Effective Gospel

Many people will be glad to discuss the gospel as long as it doesn't touch their lives too personally. (For when it touches their lives personally - it usually requires something of them.) So when it gets personal, some will resist. But this is what the gospel is about - God's power to change lives. You see, the gospel is not effective until it moves from principles and doctrine into a life-changing dynamic. When someone resists or runs from your witness, you have undoubtedly succeeded in making the gospel personal.