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Christian, You Are Crazy

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What does it mean to be an ambassador for Christ? Among other things, it means being considered crazy. And is that such a bad thing?

“We represent the foreign power of the kingdom of God,” Mack Stiles explains in an interview with Mark Mellinger. “There’s a chain that stretches from the throne of God through us to our friend when we’re sharing the gospel.” Sometimes, Stiles has seen, perceived craziness is precisely what it takes for unbelievers to stop, wonder, and explore.

“As a young Christian I had to learn evangelism isn’t some sort of ‘raid’ on people,” says Stiles, general secretary for the Fellowship of Christian UAE Students (FOCUS) in the United Arab Emirates. “I came to realize what matters most is living my whole life in line with the gospel.”

And what about the tricky issue of calling to missions? “There are three things to understand about calling,” he explains. “You must be inspired by Scripture, informed by the gospel, and confirmed by a church.”

Watch the full 12-minute video to see Stiles, author of the forthcoming Evangelism: How the Whole Church Speaks of Jesus (Crossway, 2014), talk street preachers, spousal skirmishes, why he packed his bags for the Middle East, and more. You can also listen to Stiles’s message from our 2013 Missions Conference, ”Being Ambassadors for Christ: The Ministry of Reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:11-21).

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