The Lazy Approach to Evangelism: A Simple Guide for Conversing With Nonbelievers

by Eric Hernández

Unfortunately, the biblical command of apologetics in evangelism is often neglected and misunderstood within our churches today. Some think it’s optional; others assume it’s merely arguing with nonbelievers, while others outright deny its pragmatic (not to mention biblical!) application. As a result, the church has become a largely irrelevant, ignorable institution within the public sphere of ideas. But this need not be the case.

Rather than learn new gospel presentations, we must learn how to have gospel conversations. Evangelism doesn’t have to be intimidating or difficult, but in a growing culture of doubt, it must be effective. That is the aim of this book. To equip you with the tools necessary for initiating and navigating fruitful conversations with nonbelievers in a secular society. This is the role of apologetics in evangelism. This is an act of worship as disciples of Jesus. This is spiritual warfare. This is The Lazy Approach to Evangelism.

376 pages, Paperback

Published July 17, 2023

Reviews

[Max Beitel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yep, apologetics are necessary for evangelism today. This book has me further convinced of this. There is no reason to be a Christian unless it's true (and one ought to know why it's true). Perhaps in the past a moving personal testimony would have been sufficient for evangelism, but in today's postmodern culture when a person hears "Jesus changed my life, here's how..." they'll interpret it as "Jesus is true for me." To be sure, personal testimonies are powerful and useful at times but they've got to be accompanied by good apologetics. This is why mormonism will inevitably die - they've got the moving testimony part down great but it's pretty dang hard to make an evidence based argument for something so outlandishly false. Christians have the advantage of believing something true and therefore defensible but we seldom use it!

Eric's book does a great job communicating why we need apologetics. The many examples of churches he's encountered that are skeptical about (or even hostile to) apologetics make me really sad. We've got to do a better job of this as Christians. And it's actually not that hard! Eric's method is simple, methodical, and logical. With a little practice, anyone can use it. I'm excited to start implementing the principles in this book in my spiritual conversations with nonbelievers.

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book in the educational sense. Discusses strongholds that pose themselves against the concept of Christianity, as well as evidence for Christianity, and provides tools for having faith-based discussions with others. I think my main takeaways are to listen more, to ask how others came to their conclusions, and to recognize strongholds.

I'm really glad I read this book in a book study as parts of it are dense and hard to digest.

[Rjeyna Vaillancourt · Rating 4 out of 5]

It can get a little "wordy" in some chapters, but it gives great tools for debating any topic, really.