While working in a large government bureaucracy, I learned that when we wanted to communicate, we needed to use various methods to do so. It was not enough just to send an email to everyone. The reason is that some people don’t like to read their email. We needed to give live briefings, put the same information in newsletters, place flyers on desks, reiterate it in meetings, and more.

God is very similar in using many modes of communication. Let’s look at the many ways God speaks to us.

I recently read a book titled Contagious by Jonah Berger. The book addresses how ideas spread, what drives word of mouth, and why online content goes viral. I read the book to see if it could give me some new ideas on how we can spread the gospel message. Here are some of the main points of the book that could help you to evangelize others.

The book addressed six primary reasons for contagiousness: social currency, triggers, emotion, public awareness, practical value, and stories. We will now take a closer look at each one in relation to our goal of spreading the gospel message.

As we end our first Holy Day season of the year (Passover and Unleavened Bread), we need to be reminded of the fact that we must work at eradicating sin from our lives. Yes, we are saved by grace through faith, but we are also expected to do good works (Ephesians 2:8-10). Good works, of course, are the opposite of bad works, or sin.

We will begin by defining the Greek and Hebrew words for sin. In Hebrew, the word for sin is hata or chattah. It can mean erring, doing wrong, missing the mark, or going astray. The primary Greek word for sin is harmatia. Much like the Hebrew word, it means to miss the mark. There are other terms in the Hebrew and Greek pertaining to sin, but these are the primary words associated with it.