The World Needs Evangelists with Cheerful Confidence

Nothing is a quicker turnoff to the secular skeptic—or the “spiritual but not religious” seeker—than pride and arrogance dripping from the lips of someone claiming to share the gospel. You can smell it on certain Christians. When bluster, overconfidence, and superiority show up, it’s no wonder people are repelled rather than drawn in.The problem isn’t that pride is always off-putting—history is filled with charismatic leaders marked by pride and arrogance who still amassed followers. The problem