TOD 01.14.08

The FCC can teach us something vital about evangelism. Certain words can’t be said on TV or the radio, and, when they occur in a sound clip, they are edited over with a bleep sound. Unfortunately for the listener, this is useless. Though the actual full word is obscured, the hearer’s brain reconstitutes it just as surely as if it had not been . The brain is quite capable of hearing what is not technically said.

Thus, though broadcasters claim to not use the word, the impact, now heightened with the bleep’s emphasis, is not at all diminished. Why is this important for evangelism? It’s simple. Our job it not to say what is true. Rather, our task is to make people hear what is true. As communicators of the Gospel, including every good Word God has to say about every topic, knowing the difference between what is said and what is heard is mandatory.

In teaching God’s truths, the ultimate vanity is being so proud of what we say that we are indifferent to what they hear.