We wondered if most of that energy was focused on the urge to talk about Christianity rather than a genuine walk of Christian companionship. The proof is in the pudding. The end result of their godly behavior is that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. This principle of drawing people to the message of Christ through one s lifestyle applies to every believer. The most effective witness one can have is a consistent lifestyle of faith.
Lifestyle evangelism starts with a relationship between people.
Without a relationship of trust and love, the words of witness are empty. After all, believers are the only pictures of Christ some souls will see. For some of these Muslim refugees, we were the only Christians they had ever met. Remember, people would much rather see a sermon, than hear one. The attraction principle was fleshed out one day when an Albanian-English translator dropped by the chaplain s office.