My answer is “it depends”, you’re on Catholic Answers! Most of us are Christian’s already, even the non-catholics (yes, I know there are some others as well but they are the minority). In particular, most debates I’ve seen you in have been chalk full of Christian’s. The Bridegroom is accepted by all in the debate, thus the debates isn’t over Christ the debate is over a proper understand as our role as the Bride of Christ. In this case, I would disagree with you completely, it’s proper to proclaim the bride and not the bridegroom. Because our audience already accepts the bridegroom, that’s not the question.
On the other hand, for people like my Athiest friend who is currently investigating the Christian faith I take a different tact entirely. She’s currently lost, in the truest sense. Whta I mean by this is she’s never experienced the unconditional love of God in anyway. Even her parents were well, not the best. Her father I hate to say was a terrible example. She and her brother were left with old clothing, essentially begging for scraps, while they lived in a nice big house in a well to do suburb of Raleigh NC, and her parents owned such luxuries like an airplane. Clearly, in that family the kids were the bottom priority, they got whatever little was left over after the parents got what they wanted.
This has left my friend unable to trust in an unconditional love like Gods, she has this impediment blocking her ability to accept this. So, in this case my evangilism is nothing but Christ, and the love of Christ. If she get’s to the point where she can accept that much, and joins about any church I’ll be happy. Sure I’d love her to join the CC, but for this one just joining any church would be a victory of epic proportions! I can’t even tell you how elated I would be.
So… Yeah Adam, you have to specify your terms. More over, I find it interesting that you keep preaching calvinism, keep not answering questions posed to you, and keep turning back to “christian love” as a sheild it would seem.
