Sam Chan: How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being THAT Guy)

How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being THAT Guy): Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World
(Zondervan, 2020)

WHO: Sam Chan, a public evangelist with City Bible Forum in Sydney, Australia.

HE SAYS: “The gospel belongs to God. But he chooses us to tell it in our natural and mundane human words.”

THE BIG IDEA: Personal evangelism for everyday Christians doesn’t have to be awkward.

THE PROGRESSION: The eight main chapters each deal with an evangelism tip, including go to their things, listen and tell them stories about Jesus.

“We should just go out there and be Jesus to the community—and the opportunities to evangelize will find us.”

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