For many years I have appreciated greatly the faithful Bible teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley from InTouch Ministries. Several months ago, they interviewed me for an article on outreach, and I’m honored that they are running it this month.
You can find the interview (and explore more about InTouch Ministries) at:
https://www.intouch.org/read/magazine/faith-works/say-it-show-it
Below is a brief excerpt of the interview.
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JAMIE A. HUGHES: You say that “Christians sometimes try to live a one-handed lifestyle, but a complete Christian lifestyle requires both hands.” Could you elaborate on this?
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PAUL BORTHWICK: We are followers of Jesus Christ, so our lives must include the verbal sharing of our love of Jesus, how we’ve been forgiven and redeemed. But we also have to live it out. Jesus shows us what this looks like. He preached the gospel but also demonstrated it by His healings, by the way He touched poor people. He reached out to Samaritans or Gentiles. His demonstrated life was actually the foundation for His preached life. Lesslie Newbigin said, “Do your work in such a way so as to stimulate questions for which Jesus is the answer.” In other words, your non-verbal witness is part of your overall witness. The way you treat people in poverty, the way you treat your neighbor, the way you look out for somebody’s concerns beyond just yourself—that has great potential to point people to Christ.
JAMIE: You admonish people to “stay soft.” People can be soft for a season, but how can we stay this way? Practically speaking, what does this look like, and what’s the value of it?
PAUL: It’s a great challenge because, in many respects, we are deluged with needs. We don’t just hear about a hurricane; we see a live report from a village being destroyed. So it’s easy for us to get apathetic. The word apathy doesn’t mean you don’t care. It means you don’t feel. We get so desensitized to seeing this flood, or this earthquake, or this refugee camp that eventually it doesn’t bother us anymore. And so the challenge is to try to stay soft. For me, it means praying, “Lord, help me to see people in front of me, whether it’s on TV or in my daily life. Help me to see them the way You see them” every day. Most of us are exposed to way more needs than we can possibly answer, but we do have an avenue to express our concern by talking to God.
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Read the whole interview here.
