Perhaps we have muddled up God’s Word over the years to the point where all we do is offer philosophical assumptions, legal harangues, and traditional nonsense to those in our communities who are seeking Jesus; plain, simple, honest, and truthful dialog will always be important to those who are stumbling blindly in their search for truth.

When an honest man or woman looks for answers concerning their relationship to God, they often encounter about as many opinions as people they ask. It’s confusing to the seeker of truth to be bombarded on every side by often totally opposite scriptural interpretations concerning their salvation. One preacher tells them they have to be baptized to be saved; another preacher that baptism is only a necessary formality to join their church; yet another preacher tells them that everything they have been told is wrong, and baptism isn’t even important.

We intellectually quibble over the minutest of detail in scripture, but often seem perplexed to offer the gospel in its simplicity. As long as churches disagree, and are confused on salvational issues, our influence on the non-Christians in our communities will continue to be negligible.