Sierra Elii Posted January 20, 2018 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/20/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted January 20, 2018 Hi everyone. How effective do you think Gospel tracts are? One of my friends has purchased these free Gospel tracts from www.gospeltracts.org, who is sharing the message of Christ with all people worldwide. It contains a simple Gospel message with Bible verses right there in the tract. So, what're your opinions on using Gospel tracts to witness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GandalfTheWise Posted January 20, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 24 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,459 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 2,377 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/23/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted January 20, 2018 Here' a story of a friend of mind. He was walking across a college campus one day and someone was handing out tracts. He took one to be polite. Later that day, he arrived early for a class, was bored, read it, prayed the prayer in it, and got saved. 30 some years later he's still serving the Lord. I originally met him at church perhaps a year or so after this happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted January 20, 2018 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 9 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 319 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/13/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted January 20, 2018 Many tracts I've seen use a message that could be summarized as "You're evil. You're doomed. Come to Jesus to be saved." While this may attract some to Christianity, it may drive others away. On the other hand, tracts that bring up points and get a person thinking and wanting to know more can be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK1110 Posted January 20, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 87 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6,872 Content Per Day: 2.42 Reputation: 9,606 Days Won: 4 Joined: 07/18/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/10/1986 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Depending on the content, they can be great. We cannot know when, where, and how God may use them. It is our job to get the message out; the actual changing of hearts is the Holy Spirit's work. Who knows if ten years after a tract is given out, some friend of the person you gave it to finds it in some box and it opens their eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillseeking Posted February 3, 2018 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 146 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 86 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/31/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted February 3, 2018 Tracts I've seen seem pretty ineffective, largely because they don't address the main reason people don't turn to God--they don't believe there IS a God. Posters above have affirmed a few anecdotal stories about traditional tracts being helpful, but my experience has been that most people I know personally, including myself at one point in life, would need to first get over the hurdle of believing that God even exists. I feel like tracts which could directly address THAT in a way that is respectful to one's intellect might be a little more effective. I have never seen any such tracts, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne Posted February 3, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 107 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3,820 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 4,805 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted February 3, 2018 Tracts are like anything else man-made. It is a tool that works with some and not others. A hammer is a great tool, but you wouldn't use it to mop a floor. There are people who would be receptive to tracts and people who would not be. Be careful in the tracts you choose. Many are terrible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted February 5, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.88 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted February 5, 2018 Not an expert here but don’t a lot of them preach Lordship Salvation? Do any of them preach the pure unadulterated Gospel thAt Paul gave us in 1 cor15:1-4 ? Haven’t seen one of these tracts for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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