Spending a lot of time in the Pub
 
I've been listening to the back issues of St. Anne's Pub and enjoying them.  Their critique of evangelical evangelism got me thinking more about what has and is influencing me in this area.  I wouldn't be surprised if many folks coming out of evangelicalism and into a reformed church share the same thoughts.
 
There seem to be two common American approaches to evangelism to avoid.  First are those that proclaim a very diluted gospel (think "4 Spiritual laws") without living out the consequences of the gospel (i.e. their life has no obvious elements of mercy, compassion, love for their neighbors, etc).  And second are the social gospelers.  These have mercy, service, etc, but proclaim very little gospel.
 
Seeing the problems with these approaches is not enough.  We must sew back together the proclamation of the Gospel and a life full of the claims of the Gospel.