Emphasis Preaching Journal

"Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us." If we really wanted to become better at evangelism, we could learn much from the nearest hamburger chain. McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, and the like are all eager to let you know that they want to listen to you and to give you what you really want. But so often our attitude in the church is quite different. We serve up the Christian message like a half-cooked piece of fatty meat, slap it on a stale bun, fling it at people and say: "There you go.