Have you ever wondered, “How on earth am I going to share the Gospel with my loved ones?” I’m sure I am not the only one here.

Given we live in a post-postmodernism era, where it is normal to say, “You have your truth, and I have my truth. Let’s leave it at that.”

As many simpletons out there would say, “There is no absolute truth.”

It is as if they do not care and do not want to know the truth any longer.

When people say that to me, I’d respond: “Are you absolutely sure about that? Since you’re making a truth claim that contradicts itself.”

So how do we share the Good News with our loved ones?

The late Randy Newman, a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary, wrote a book.

The title is “Bringing the Gospel Home: Witnessing to Family, Friends, and Others Who Know You Well.”

In this book, he attempts to answer that perennial question of how to share the Gospel with our family.

The main purpose of this book is to give us hope, as we know that salvation belongs to the Lord. However, we need to pray more, trust Him more, and proclaim gently. Even though evangelism happens in the spiritual realm.

Randy advised that only when we trust God to open our family’s heart then we find hope. He came from a Jewish background, and he was the first Christian in his family. He shared some of his personal stories in this book.

If you think that this is a how-to book, you may be disappointed.

He talks about some of the impediments when it comes to evangelism, such as guilt and anger. Randy is aware that most of us, Christians never took a formal course on Evangelism or Theology.

In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus says “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”

This is His last word to the disciples. 

So we know that sharing the Gospel is not optional, as it is the Great Commission.

But we also know that evangelism is never easy.

If somebody told us that evangelism should come naturally, we’ll inevitably fall short. There is no exact formula for evangelism. It is even harder to share the Gospel with our direct family whom we’ve known our entire life. As they’ve seen us in both ups and downs.

This book is structured into three main points in each chapter. They are: insights from the Bible, people’s stories, and steps we can take to make progress. The chapters are organised differently based on Randy’s discernment. There is no chapter on witnessing to parents, one on siblings, one on grandparents, or one on friends, etc.

The book has 7 chapters: family, grace, truth, love, humility, time, and eternity. It is important to note that this book is far more about God and the Gospel than about you and your family. All chapters include some theological reflection to frame proper evangelism.

It’s because if we are not equipped with some Biblical foundations, our evangelism will be in vain.

The last thing that Randy wanted was to leave us fixated on the techniques. Such as how we should come across, what we need to say, what we need to remember, and when we need to be smarter or bolder.

I highly recommend this book for our church. It will help those wanting to share the Gospel but who are reluctant. It is worth reading, for sure. You can buy it wherever you normally buy books from.