Evangelist and author Ray Comfort could
use a hand in handling all the comments
and questions he receives on Facebook.
Christians to join the conversation. Comfort says his controversial posts can at times receive more than 1,000 comments, and one of his posts was seen by more than a million people, many of them nonbelievers.
"It suddenly dawned on me how Facebook is an incredible medium for the gospel ... think of what it would cost and how much work it would take to have a Billy Graham-type crusade that reached 1.2 million people. But we can reach that many at no cost and with just a click of a keyboard button."
Comfort thinks Facebook is a great way for Christians to "get their feet wet" in evangelism. He also advises those believers who engage atheists in spiritual conversations that, "you need a lot of patience."
"Many (atheists) show up as though they are God's intellectual gift to the world," said Comfort. "They are extremely arrogant, very condescending, they say things that aren't true, and they use worn out arguments. My advice is to wait for a minute to calm down, then show them love and respect. It is tempting to give a quick sarcastic reply, and that just adds fuel to their fire."
When asked why he thinks so many atheists and nonbelievers debate him on his site, he answered, "I guess they are bored with their godless life ... they are like fish in the ocean saying that there's no proof that water exists."
Comfort is most known for his Living Waters ministry which offers evangelism resources such as websites, tracts, videos, articles, speaking events and others.
"It suddenly dawned on me how Facebook is an incredible medium for the gospel ... think of what it would cost and how much work it would take to have a Billy Graham-type crusade that reached 1.2 million people. But we can reach that many at no cost and with just a click of a keyboard button."
Comfort thinks Facebook is a great way for Christians to "get their feet wet" in evangelism. He also advises those believers who engage atheists in spiritual conversations that, "you need a lot of patience."
"Many (atheists) show up as though they are God's intellectual gift to the world," said Comfort. "They are extremely arrogant, very condescending, they say things that aren't true, and they use worn out arguments. My advice is to wait for a minute to calm down, then show them love and respect. It is tempting to give a quick sarcastic reply, and that just adds fuel to their fire."
When asked why he thinks so many atheists and nonbelievers debate him on his site, he answered, "I guess they are bored with their godless life ... they are like fish in the ocean saying that there's no proof that water exists."
Comfort is most known for his Living Waters ministry which offers evangelism resources such as websites, tracts, videos, articles, speaking events and others.
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