The eighth and final law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization instructs us to practice virtue. Terry admonishes that we should always practice virtue, especially when sharing the Faith! Walk the talk. Jesus said: “This is how all will know that you are my […]
The seventh law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization, and the concept of asking questions. Socrates taught by asking questions. He who asks questions is in control, and most people like to talk about themselves. By asking questions, you keep someone’s attention while, at
The sixth law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization, admonishes us to always agree. It is tough to always agree. I love a good argument. But this is simply not the time to argue! Jesus tells us to: Settle with your opponent quickly while
Seeing is believing. This is the fifth law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization. Catholic churches have a lot of physical components. Holy water, religious art, statues, the book of the Gospel, incense, bells, relics, altars, the tabernacle, the true presence of Christ! Invite
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The fourth law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization. Introduce yourself and always ask for the name of the person with whom you are sharing the Faith. Terry Barber continues: Using a a person’s name is powerful; he cannot help but respond to his
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Start with prayer. Include time in your daily morning prayers to petition for evangelization opportunities. Pray for fortitude, courage, and wisdom, and keep your spiritual eyes peeled. Start looking for things to share in your daily spiritual reading. Be ready to share your spiritual life with others. Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and
The third law in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization is: Be enthusiastic. When you share the good news, you are giving someone the priceless gift of salvation. It is impossible not to be enthusiastic about that! Terry explains in his book that the Greek
Continuing with Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization. The second law of evangelization says: Keep him or her saying yes. It is essential to find common ground when sharing your faith. A great way to do this is by asking questions or making statements that
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The first law included in Terry Barber’s book: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization is: Keep it simple. Jesus often connected to people in familiar ways. He spoke in stories using farm life, sowing seed, trimming plants, chopping trees, working in a garden. Jesus used examples from everyday
Terry Barber wrote an excellent book on evangelization: How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual for Catholic Evangelization. Get yourself a copy today! Terry has 40 years of evangelization experience. Among other things in his book he teaches the eight laws of effectively sharing the Faith: Keep it simple. Keep him or
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