Essay - The Truth About the Holy Gospel and the Glorifying Acts...

The truth about the holy gospel and ***** glorifying acts towards God is a topic that is often broached but seldom lucidly explained. In the book "Tell the Truth" by Will Metzger, he writes a personal ***** of evangelism and how to tell ***** ***** ***** the *****s. In its title, Metzger clearly states his goal for this book, which is to create a book th*****t explains the "whole gospel ***** the whole person by whole people." In his introduction, ***** explains that he came to write ***** book because evangelism has begun ***** rely on traditi*****al pragmatic examinations of its success rather than looking at the scriptures as the model for evangelism. This book therefore is a closer look ***** scripture to examine how an individual should ev*****gelize to others. ***** following review will ***** at the work ***** Metzger through a chapter by ***** analysis as well as an overview of the entirety of the book.

Metzger splits his book into three main parts that are all subtitled. His first part is called "The Whole Gospel."

This section is comprised ***** three additional chapters; the ***** is "What is witnessing." ***** ***** of this chapter is to ***** closely how ***** is occurring and ***** it should occur. W*****nessing or admin*****tering to the lost, is a pr*****ctice in ***** we evangelize ***** the ***** ***** scripture and the *****. Witnessing is to share the experiences that one has of redemption and ***** finding of God with others so that they may al***** have this experience (29). However, Metzger notes that witnessing is not the same as speaking from ***** gospel, ***** every individual's private experiences ***** God varies, the ***** is His own message ***** us and should be represented holistically. Theref*****e, our role within the scheme ***** helping ***** lost is to provide them with both our own experiences, and to allow them ***** understand God's words and principles through the gospels. He clearly creates delineation from witnessing and the holy words of the gospel.

However, ***** argues in the follow*****g chapter, "The Gospel Reduced," ***** in most presentations of the *****, ***** gospel itself is often shortened or filtered ***** *****der to make it easier to ***** and to digest by the lost. It is as if we are "shrinking" ***** gospel to f***** within the parameters o***** the acceptable ***** th***** creating an attractive "package" for the lost (38). In effect, Metzger believes that ***** are not fulfilling ***** intended purpose of the *****. In practice, if we continue with providing a watered down version of the gospel, then we will in effect never be able to truly represent Christ and at the same time ***** false hope for the lost. When we use a shrunken version of the gospels, wh*****t are doing is creating a "me-centered" con*****, where the focus is on the individual ***** his/her own interpretati*****s of the gospel (45). When in reality, ***** must have a "God-centered" evangelical experience in order